Nominal

Nominal's team was on campus at Stanford University this week to participate in the annual Stanford Technology and National Security Conference. While there, we were able to talk to brilliant students ready to support the national interest. Our CEO, Cameron McCord, also had the chance to discuss what it has looked like to build a startup for the "future of defense". It's always energizing when the public sector, private sector, and academia come together to remind us of America's enduring advantage: innovation!

Meet Shaun Sweet, a new member of Nominal's Engineering team! Shaun is a former Software Engineer at Panther and Integrate Space Corp. He's previously built best-in-class workflows ranging from triage of high-scale security logs to orchestration of satellites with launch providers. Read more about Shaun here: https://lnkd.in/gVnueWrc

We’re Nominal. Allow us to reintroduce ourselves: www.nominal.io Our purpose is to increase your mission-critical test cadence. We believe that helping growing hardware companies, DoD institutions, and the broader defense industrial base accelerate their ability to test is of decade-defining importance. We provide the industrial-grade software, support, and resources you need to reach your milestones faster while building resilience and reliability every step of the way. Today, we celebrate by launching a new website dedicated to those who test relentlessly. If that's you, reach out!

It's always a good time at Nominal! Yesterday we had a blast welcoming our growing industry community to our LA office. Thanks to everyone who was able to make it!

Meet Joy He, a new member of Nominal's Engineering team! Joy recently graduated from Columbia University and previously interned at Datadog. She has already hit the ground running, including going to the flight line to work directly with United States Air Force pilots and engineers. Read more about Joy here: https://lnkd.in/gtbvP6c3

Meet Alexander Hill, a new member of Nominal's Engineering team! Alex is a former Software Engineer at Palantir Technologies. He has a deep background in building scalable data products and infrastructure, especially for high-stakes deployments. Read more about Alex here: https://lnkd.in/gUF3Mz7s

Meet Kimberly Lancarte, a new member of Nominal's Mission Ops team! Kimberly is a former Senior Product Manager at ICON and Product Manager at KUKA. She grounds a user-first mindset in technical understanding gained from her background as a mechanical engineer. Read more about Kimberly here: https://lnkd.in/gVtDweqv

Meet Jack Parmer, a new member of Nominal's Growth team! Jack is the former cofounder & CEO of Plotly and former founder & CEO of FLOJOY. He has deep experience as a technical executive and operator, bringing expertise across data products, test & measurement, and open source technologies. Read more about Jack here: https://lnkd.in/g3ft8ZYH

This summer, Nominal has welcomed five interns from both undergraduate and graduate programs to our Engineering and Growth teams. We’ve been incredibly grateful to benefit from their hard work and prior professional and academic experiences. Read on to learn a bit more about our intern crew! Laura Ahmetaj joined our Growth team as an MBA candidate from Harvard Business School. She was formerly a Principal Systems Engineer at Northrop Grumman after graduating with her BS in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from New York University. Colin Bakey joined our Growth team as a DoD Skillbridge intern and incoming MBA candidate at Harvard Business School. He spent 11 years in the US Navy as a Naval Aviator flying Seahawk helicopters and as a Flag Aide in Washington, D.C. Neil Malur joined our Engineering team as an undergraduate from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he is currently earning his BS in Computer Science and Engineering. Ahmad Nasir joined our Growth team as a joint JD/MBA candidate from Stanford Law School and Stanford University Graduate School of Business. He spent 10 years in the US Army as a Green Beret and Missile Defense Officer. Aman Tewari joined our Engineering team as an undergraduate from The University of Texas at Austin, where he is currently earning a double major in Computer Science and Mathematics.

Today our CEO, Cameron McCord, had the honor of sharing the stage with Ian Glow, Ashish Kapoor, and Juan Alonso at the AI & Compute Technologies for Aerospace Workshop hosted by Stanford University and the United States Air Force. There he discussed the current opportunities and challenges of founding a test and validation software company, particularly one focused on serving the defense sector. Throughout the day, it was encouraging to see the deep technical collaboration occurring at the intersection of the private sector, academia, and the Department of Defense.