Margo de Naray is the Executive Advisor of DEFCON AI. She leads the company’s long-term growth strategy and external financing initiatives. She brings more than 20 years of executive experience across aerospace, technology, and global industrial businesses, with a record of leading technically complex organizations through commercialization, operational scale-up, and growth.

Prior to joining DEFCON AI, de Naray served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Solestial, a space solar technology company. She led the company’s transition from research and development to commercial production at scale, positioning its technology to address growing demand for power generation in space. She successfully managed the sale of Solestial to Aerospace Prime, York Space Systems, in June 2026.

Previously, de Naray served as Senior Vice President & General Manager of Space Products and Services at Astra Space, where she led the company’s spacecraft propulsion business. Earlier in her career, she held senior general management, commercial, and strategy roles at Cargill, leading businesses and teams across international markets. She began her career at Intel in manufacturing engineering and operations.

De Naray holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management, a master’s degree in Engineering Systems from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a bachelor’s degree in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan.She brings more than 20 years of executive experience across aerospace, technology, and global industrial businesses, with a track record of commercializing complex technologies, scaling operations, and driving growth.