Senior Management Experience Biographies

Our Team

Senior Management

JASON SCHWARTZ

Managing Partner

Jason has over 30 years of experience in investment banking, corporate advisory, and investment fund management. He has experience in various industries as an investor, executive, and investment banker. He is a co-founder of League Advisors and has held senior investment banking positions at Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers in the US and Asia. He has a B.S. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, an M.A. from the University of Tokyo, and a J.D. from Columbia Law School. He is fluent in Japanese.

DUSTIN HARRIS

Partner

Dustin has over 15 years of experience in investment banking, corporate advisory, and asset management in both the United States and Canada. He is a co-founder of League Advisors and has held investment banking positions at CIBC, Jefferies and FBR Capital Markets. He specializes in public and private M&A and capital markets transactions with a focus on the Energy, Industrials and Services sectors. He has a B.S. from Bucknell University.

BRIAN VALIK, CPA

Managing Director

Brian worked as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs for 10 years, advising clients on M&A and capital markets transactions. At Goldman, his clients included banks, financial technology firms and specialty finance companies. Early in his career, Brian worked at Arthur Andersen as an auditor and at Morgan Stanley within the firm’s Finance Division. Brian is a Certified Public Accountant and holds an MBA from the University of Chicago, with concentrations in Analytic Finance and Economics. He also graduated cum laude from Rutgers University with a degree in accounting.

Advisory Board

James Bacchus

Advisory Board Member

Globally recognized authority on international law, trade, cooperation, commerce, and sustainable development

Distinguished Professor/Lecturer – University of Central Florida; University of Cambridge; Zhejiang University
Former Founding Judge/Chairman – World Trade Organization (Geneva), Appellate Body
Former Member – U.S. House of Representatives (Science, Space, Technology, and Banking Committees)
Former International Trade Negotiator for the U.S.
Former Chairman – Greenberg Traurig, Global Law Practice
Former Chairman –World Economic Forum (Davos), Global Council on Sustainability Governance
JD – Florida State University
MA in History – Yale University
BA in History – Vanderbilt University

Fred Crawford

Advisory Board Member

Accomplished business leader, investor, consultant, advisor, and Board member at multiple prominent companies, investment firms, and non-profit organizations

Founder – Vistance LLC
Former CEO/Senior Vice Chairman – AlixPartners
Former Partner/Head of North American Sales – Cap Gemini Ernst & Young
MBA – Kelley School of Business, Indiana University
BS/BA in Operations Management/Psychology – Michigan State University

Michael J. Fletcher

Advisory Board Member

Accomplished NASA leader with over 30 years of technical expertise in the international space sector

President – MJF Consulting
Former Chief Engineer – NASA, Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Former Technical Advisor to International Representative – NASA, Ames Research Center
Former Mansfield Fellow – Secondee to Government of Japan (MEXT, JAXA, MOD, and National Space Policy Secretariat Cabinet Office)
MA in Aeronautics and Aeronautics Engineering – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
BS in Aerospace Engineering – California State Polytechnic University
Fluent in Japanese

George Hsueh

Advisory Board Member

Prominent Taiwan-based semiconductor industry veteran with extensive technical and managerial expertise in AI/ML, chip design, and deep tech

Founder/CEO – SteadyBeat Technology Corp. (Taiwan)
AI/Semiconductor Industry Advisor – EQUVO (Singapore)
Former Senior Executive – TSMC (Taiwan)
MA in Industrial Management – University of Birmingham (UK)
BS in Mechanical Engineering – National Cheng Kung University (Taiwan)
Fluent in Mandarin and Hokkien

Senior Advisors

Kristi Bradford

Senior Advisor

Space industry specialist with broad expertise ranging from science and engineering to policy, investment, management, and start-up consulting

Founder/Managing Director – Pragmatic Frontiers
Lead Mentor – Techstars LA, Space and Healthcare Accelerators
Former Space Technology Lead – In-Q-Tel
Former Senior Space Architect – The Aerospace Corporation
MA in International Science and Technology Policy/Space Strategy and Management – The George Washington University
MS in Exploration Systems Design/Systems Engineering – Arizona State University
BA in Astrophysics, Earth & Planetary Science – Harvard University

Eric Ingram

Senior Advisor

Pioneering space industry entrepreneur and thought leader

Owner – Ingram Insights
Leadership Team – AstroAccess
Former CEO/Chairman/Founder – Scout Space
Former Aerospace Engineer – Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Office of Commercial Space Transportation
Former Appointed Member – National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Advisory Committee on Commercial Remote Sensing
MS (incomplete) in Electrical Engineering – University of Houston
BS in Physics – Old Dominion University

Michael Tanner

Senior Advisor

Veteran expert and authority on earth observation, climate, and environmental information collection and analysis

President – Tanner Group International
Former Senior Advisor – The Aerospace Corporation, Environmental Remote Sensing Group of Civil Space Program Operations Division
Former Director – National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Technology, Planning and Integration Office/National Climatic Data Center
Former Associate Director of Policy, Analysis and Evaluation – NASA
MS in Research and Development Management – West Coast University
BS in Biology/Mechanical Engineering – University of Notre Dame

Terry Virts

Senior Advisor

Accomplished astronaut and inspirational leader with multidisciplinary expertise in areas including the aerospace and energy sectors, leadership, strategy, and crisis & risk management

Former International Space Station (ISS) Commander – NASA
Former Astronaut – NASA
Former Operational F-16 Fighter Pilot/Experimental Test Pilot – U.S. Air Force
Alumni Achievement Award Winner – Harvard Business School (2021)

MAS in Aeronautics – Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
BS in Applied Mathematics – U.S. Air Force Academy
Fluent in French and Russian

Sean Wilson

Senior Advisor

Former White House lead authority on international space policy with broad expertise in the commercial, national security, and civil space sectors

Founder/CEO – The Mirai Group
Former Director of International Space Policy – National Space Council, Executive Office of the President
Former Diplomat – U.S. State Department, Office of Missile Defense and Space Policy/Office of Emerging Security Challenges/Office of the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security/Office of Korean Affairs
Former Mansfield Fellow – Secondee to Government of Japan (METI, JAXA, MOD, and National Space Policy Secretariat of the Cabinet Office)
MA in International Affairs – The George Washington University
BS in International Affairs – Georgia Institute of Technology
Fluent in Japanese

Our Team