How Prewitt Ridge's Steve Massey Hopes to Make Systems Engineering More Like Software Development
Dec 14 2020
On this week's episode of Just Go Grind, hear from Steve Massey, co-founder and CEO of the early-stage startup Prewitt Ridge, which was founded in 2019 to tackle the largest meta-problem in deep tech: systems engineering.
The company aims to reduce friction in collaborative design efforts by connecting critical data elements between engineering teams and offering git-like tracking of project-wide changes.
<h2>Key Takeaways:</h2><ul class="ee-ul"><li>Prewitt Ridge is trying to solve a digital engineering problem by building a tool that allows engineering teams to stay nimble for a longer period of time, while also allowing the teams to grow using IBM Doors or Java software tools and keep development fast paced without having to scale it too quickly.</li><li>Prewitt Ridge is venture backed.</li><li>Prewitt Ridge went through a <a data-linked-post="2646164360" href="https://dot.la/heres-the-2nd-class-of-techstars-starbust-space-accelerator-2646164360.html" target="_blank">TechStars accelerator program</a> that was backed by the Air Force.</li><li>Prewitt Ridge <a data-linked-post="2647541257" href="https://dot.la/techstars-aerospace-alums-gather-for-a-day-of-partnership-and-project-reveals-2647541257.html" target="_blank">has partnered with JPL</a> and is currently rolling out its software inside NASA JPL to fill a niche on a couple of early-stage lunar lander missions. </li><li>It's looking to expand into commercial and direct-to-government partnerships.</li></ul><blockquote>"If we build the right tool, we will be able to capture enough of a segment of the market and transform engineering the same way that it has transformed software development." — Steve Massey</blockquote><p><strong><em></em>Steve Massey </strong>is the co-founder and CEO of Prewitt Ridge. Prior to that, he was at Slingshot Aerospace for two years where he led the development of their real-time edge analytics pipeline working with USAF and defense contractor customers. He also spent five years at SpaceX where he acted in a mission management and integration engineer role for multiple early Falcon 9 launches as well as led the avionics build for their Hyperloop pusher project.<br></p><p>
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