Meet the Speaker: Eric Thomas

New Shepard Mission Manager, Blue Origin

Eric Thomas is a former Submarine Officer and Notre Dame MBA. He studied nuclear physics and was commissioned in the United States Navy at Miami University. The majority of his naval career was spent leading sailors onboard ballistic missile submarines in the Pacific where he served as reactor officer and then operations manager for a nuclear submarine. Eric pivoted to an unconventional role to conclude his naval career – he joined the Naval Space Cadre as a Technical Program Manager for an Intelligence Community satellite constellation. Eric decided to pursue his MBA at the University of Notre Dame and graduated in 2021 concentrating in strategy and entrepreneurship. He spent his MBA internship with SpaceX working on Starlink. He is currently working as Mission Manager for New Shepard, Blue Origin’s premiere reusable launch vehicle, and has had the pleasure of launching both Jeff Bezos and William Shatner into space.