PJ King

PJ holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Physics from Trinity College Dublin, and a Master's Degree in Astronautics & Space Engineering from Cranfield University in the UK. PJ deferred his PhD in Astronautics at Stanford University to found software company, Clockworks International, which he grew to a multi-million dollar business by 1999, when he concluded a trade sale of the company. In 2007, PJ completed a corporate turnaround and privatization of CNG Travel Group plc, a New York based, UK listed travel and technology company. PJ restructured that company and turned it from making a $23 million loss into an $8 million operating profit. PJ raised $45M in equity and debt finance and lead a Management Buy-Out of the company. Prior to co-founding Firefly Space Systems, PJ founded ReResearch LLC a materials research group dedicated to solving the world's toughest problems in the renewable energy sector.