>After nearly 12 years leading United Launch Alliance (ULA), current ULA President and CEO Tory Bruno has resigned to pursue another opportunity.
>We are grateful for Tory’s service to ULA and the country, and we thank him for his leadership.
>Effective immediately, John Elbon is named as the Interim CEO. We have the greatest confidence in John to continue strengthening ULA’s momentum while the board proceeds with finding the next leader of ULA. Together with Mark Peller, the new COO, John’s career in aerospace and his launch expertise is an asset for ULA and its customers, especially for achieving key upcoming Vulcan milestones.
Tory used to interact with the community a lot on Twitter to answer questions about the vehicles or the company. I’m going to miss him.
ace17708 on
Dude was insanely good at being public facing, but its the least important part of the gig/role… nose to the grind stone and make things happen.
Adeldor on
That was a particularly terse announcement. Hmm.
zidave0 on
I remember watching Smarter Everyday’s tour of the ULA facility and how knowledgeable Tory was. Dude is so cool.
pxr555 on
I’m really curious which “another opportunity” he’s going to pursue… Doesn’t sound like he’s retiring (he’s 64, so for many people this definitely would be a thing to do).
Especially since this seems to be a quite sudden development with ULA having to shove in an Interim CEO. Really sounds like he’s been lured away from ULA. Where’re you going from ULA?
todd0x1 on
I guess he never recovered from the twitter exchange with Shotwell over the raptor 3
ARocketToMars on
Due to the timing and the relative abruptness, I can’t help but wonder if Isaacman made him an offer.
Texas_Kimchi on
Awwwww man I’m sad to hear this. Tory was an extremely active guy in the industry and community. Went to a conference he spoke at and he was great and stayed behind and talked to a lot of us.
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>After nearly 12 years leading United Launch Alliance (ULA), current ULA President and CEO Tory Bruno has resigned to pursue another opportunity.
>We are grateful for Tory’s service to ULA and the country, and we thank him for his leadership.
>Effective immediately, John Elbon is named as the Interim CEO. We have the greatest confidence in John to continue strengthening ULA’s momentum while the board proceeds with finding the next leader of ULA. Together with Mark Peller, the new COO, John’s career in aerospace and his launch expertise is an asset for ULA and its customers, especially for achieving key upcoming Vulcan milestones.
Tory used to interact with the community a lot on Twitter to answer questions about the vehicles or the company. I’m going to miss him.
Dude was insanely good at being public facing, but its the least important part of the gig/role… nose to the grind stone and make things happen.
That was a particularly terse announcement. Hmm.
I remember watching Smarter Everyday’s tour of the ULA facility and how knowledgeable Tory was. Dude is so cool.
I’m really curious which “another opportunity” he’s going to pursue… Doesn’t sound like he’s retiring (he’s 64, so for many people this definitely would be a thing to do).
Especially since this seems to be a quite sudden development with ULA having to shove in an Interim CEO. Really sounds like he’s been lured away from ULA. Where’re you going from ULA?
I guess he never recovered from the twitter exchange with Shotwell over the raptor 3
Due to the timing and the relative abruptness, I can’t help but wonder if Isaacman made him an offer.
Awwwww man I’m sad to hear this. Tory was an extremely active guy in the industry and community. Went to a conference he spoke at and he was great and stayed behind and talked to a lot of us.