William Francis

ROLE: CCO

Will is a technical business development professional with a 20+ year track record of harmonizing customers in need of solutions with passionate space-flight hardware delivery teams that deliver on those needs. He began his career as a furlable space structures architect resulting in many dozens of successful flight hardware deliveries and over two-dozen patents. Will is known for co-founding Roccor LLC in 2011, leading its engineering team through the first half of its growth and the business development team through the second half until a successful acquisition by Redwire in 2020 where he stayed on in a VP of Advanced Programs role for over 2 years.

Will has a people-first philosophy and is collaborative by nature. He combines a highly technical background with an empathic and unambiguous communication style that enables trust and peace-of-mind. Agile is a tremendously talented and passionate group and Will is honored to represent them. He thrives on working with Agile’s highly capable engineering and operations professionals to align them with the right business opportunities that enable Agile and their customers to flourish.

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