Jacob is founder and CEO of Bright Yeti. Previously he was a Product Manager for the NASA Orion Manned Spaceflight Program where he worked on habitation, environmental, and structures. Jacob was cofounder and Chief Architect of the Engineering Sandbox at Johnson Space Center (NASAs very first makerspace) and was a Program Manager for SATOP Lockheed Martin where he built and led teams of engineers to support startups and faculty innovators. He is a UT Austin Alumni, served the Cockrell School Engineering Advisory Board, and was inducted into the Academy of Distinguished Alumni as an Outstanding Young Mechanical Engineer.