Julie Baker co-founded Ursa Space Systems in 2014 to connect satellite-derived insights with decision makers around the globe. As Ursa’s Chief Operating Officer and member of its board of directors, Julie has built diverse, interdisciplinary teams across the company. As a co-founder, she has worn multiple hats since the company’s start and currently works with the technical teams at Ursa to build and deliver products and services to the growing number of customers in global security, maritime, utilities, energy and finance sectors. 

Prior to co-founding Ursa, Ms. Baker served as Vice President of Cyber Technology at Architecture Technology Corporation from 2001 to 2014. Under her direction, the ATC-NY division in Ithaca, NY produced innovative, award-winning products and 19 patents.

Earlier in her career, Ms. Baker worked as a software engineer at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA in Stuttgart, Germany where she developed scheduling software for industrial applications in the automobile and steel industries. At Applied Decision Analysis in Menlo Park, CA, Ms. Baker developed interactive software applications to gather customer input for market research analysis. At Daniel H. Wagner Associates, in Sunnyvale, CA, she developed software for the Commander's Console on the P-3C Orion.

Ms. Baker holds a Master of Science in computer science from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Music from the University of Texas at Austin.