Executive Officers

Jose Ocasio-Christian, 48
Chief Executive Officer and Director

His expertise is in leadership, space, decision-making, and ensuring that the vision and mission of transactions are fulfilled. Caelus Partners is a strategic consulting firm focused on space and space-related activities associated with economic development, industrial base growth, and capital markets. In this role, he developed the business campaign plan called Community in Space — a project to address the commercialization of space globally and to develop the methodology through which a business community for space can grow with the global economy, thus bringing global economic and social stability to the space domain. The proprietary solutions resulting from this project are at the core of our investment thesis. Mr. Ocasio-Christian is also the architect for the International Space Hub, a model for how a community within a contiguous region can grow by acquiring foreign investment and intellectual property without compromising national interests. Mr. Ocasio-Christian understands the intricacies of investment in space companies, as well as the influence of location and jurisdiction on a company’s ability to create financial value, technological effects, and market growth. Mr. Ocasio-Christian is also the Chairman of the Board for the nonprofit Caelus Foundation, whose mission is to increase the participation of individuals, space stakeholders, and non-space organizations in space and space-related activity. He participates as a key member of the Track II diplomatic discussions between the United States and China on space commercialization — reporting and communicating with key leaders in the U.S. government. This work relies heavily on his expertise in the complex relationship between the economic and geopolitical aspects of space. Prior to Caelus Partners, Mr. Ocasio-Christian led multiple complex and diverse organizations to achieve success in volatile, uncertain, challenging, and ambiguous situations around the world in the classified and open-source environments within the U.S. military over the course of more than 22 years as a soldier and an officer. As an infantry officer that fought and served in forward deployed environments for over four years in the United States Army, Mr. Ocasio Christian’s unique experiences qualify him for the work he does today. Mr. Ocasio-Christian has provided vision and direction to strategic and operational teams to work across different cultures and to understand fragmented stakeholder motivations to arrive at optimal solutions, a critical skillset for executing a business combination. He has served in field units in combat as well as strategic headquarters around the world, including the Pentagon, where he has managed military budgets as large as $10.2 billion and strategies worth over $250 billion that impacted millions of individuals in the United States and its military, as well as the Middle East and Asia. He developed the intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance synchronization processes using space and ground technologies to recover a hostage during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2004. Mr. Ocasio-Christian’s negotiation skills have been instrumental in creating positive outcomes numerous times throughout his career. He participated in the negotiation between Serbians and Albanians in local communities in Kosovo, and he was one of the architects of the economic program for Gnjilane. He had the unique opportunity to lead negotiations and establish organizational structures with the United Nations for elections in Kosovo and in Iraq. He was the architect of key campaigns in Afghanistan and participated directly in those campaigns in the provinces of Kabul, Kandahar, and Helmand. He was the supporting lead for the U.S. negotiation team for the Yongsan Relocation Plan / Land Partnership Plan in 2011–2012, which resulted in $2.5 billion in cost savings between the U.S. government and the Republic of Korea in the development of Camp Humphreys. Mr. Ocasio-Christian strives to continue to excel in high-stakes, existential situations for companies and individuals in governed and ungoverned areas, where human survival and financial profits are required, as needed today in space. He holds a Master of Science in Joint Campaign Planning and Strategy from the National Defense University (Joint Advanced Warfighting School), where he is in the Hall of Fame as the Top Planner for the academic year 2006-2007 and holds a Bachelor of Science in Education and Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics from the University of Massachusetts.

Linda Maxwell, 57
Chief Financial Officer

Ms. Maxwell is a consultant with MB Associates LLC, where she advises clients on improving operational performance and business development strategies, including organic growth initiatives to increase revenue and cost structure improvements to enhance margin profiles. She is currently on the Advisory Board for MIKEL Inc., an undersea defense and technology solutions provider for the U.S. Navy. Previously, Ms. Maxwell was an investment banker focusing on mergers and acquisitions in the aerospace and defense industry, including space, with a combined twenty years of experience at Houlihan Lokey, Inc (“Houlihan Lokey”) and Jefferies Financial Group (“Jefferies”). During her tenure, she was instrumental in building both practices, utilizing her technical and financial background to expand the client base and execute transactions for both large private equity firms and private and public companies requiring specialized knowledge of space and the aerospace and defense industry. Among the space-related transactions led by Ms. Maxwell were the 2020 sale of American Pacific Corporation, a company that manufactures chemicals for solid propellant rockets and booster motors that are used in space exploration and commercial satellite transportation, to private equity firm AE Industrial Partners, LP. In 2019, she co-led the sale of API Technologies, a manufacturer of electronic components for satellites, payloads, and launch vehicles. In 2018, Ms. Maxwell advised on the sale of TRYO Aerospace & Electronics group, a key component of which was RYMSA RF, a designer and manufacturer of antennas and passive components for satellites. During her time at Houlihan Lokey and Jefferies, Ms. Maxwell represented many private and public companies in the sales process. Her clients included Boeing Company, Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, General Dynamics Corporation, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Eaton Corporation, and L-3Harris Technologies, Inc. (including their predecessor companies). The following is a representative sample of the completed transactions she advised on: The Boeing Company’s Sensors & Electronic Systems, Raytheon’s Optical Systems, Lockheed Martin Hanford Corporation, General Dynamics’ Propulsion Systems, Northrop Grumman’s Teldix, Eaton’s Navy Controls, Anaren, Inc., Globe Composite Solutions, LLC and Thinklogical LLC. She also represented many private equity firms and family offices such as H.I.G. Capital, J.F. Lehman & Company, Inverness Graham, Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, and Huntsman Family Investments in the sales of their portfolio companies. Prior to investment banking, Ms. Maxwell spent approximately 15 years with Hughes Aircraft Company, a predecessor company to Raytheon Technologies Corporation (“Raytheon”), where she held advancing levels of responsibility within the engineering, program management, and marketing organizations. Her last position at Raytheon was the Director of Business Development for all of Army Land Combat in the Washington DC office, interfacing with government officials (both uniformed and civilian) inside and outside the Pentagon. Before that position, she was based in El Segundo, California at the Electro-Optical Systems Division, as the System Engineering Manager for the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) sensor payload aboard the Landsat 7 spacecraft. Ms. Maxwell was on the engineering design team that developed one of the first electro-optical systems for rotary wing aircraft and the first electro-optical system with laser designation capability for the U.S. Army Special Forces. In addition, she was involved in the design and testing of the original HS-601 satellite bus which is now the foundation of Boeing Space Systems’ current product lines. Ms. Maxwell graduated with both Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and she holds an MBA from Harvard University.

Robert Tull, 68
Chef Operations Officer, Chief Compliance Officer

Procure Holdings offers the opportunity to design, develop, sponsor and launch ETFs as well as provide asset management, exchange traded product (ETP) consulting and IP through various subsidiaries. In April 2019, one of Procure Holdings’ subsidiaries launched the Procure Space ETF (NASDAQ: UFO), the world’s first pure-play space ETF. Mr. Tull’s experience includes multiple major operational analyses for clients including central banks, asset managers, multiple national depositories in India, and several Pacific Rim governments seeking long-term investment capital from the U.S. markets. Mr. Tull’s employment in the capital markets includes serving as an outsourced COO for multiple domestic and international issuers. From 1999 to 2000, Mr. Tull managed a custody bank acquired by Deutsche Bank AG (“Deutsche Bank”) that held assets in excess of $1 trillion dollars, serving as COO for Bankers Trust Company’s global custody, benefit payments and master trust business units in Australia, Scotland, and New York. From 1996 to 2000, Mr. Tull managed the operations for Deutsche Bank’s first U.S. ETF business. Prior to Deutsche Bank, Mr. Tull worked at Morgan Stanley from 1982 to 1996 and oversaw the development of the company’s global custody, international stock loan, precious and base metals trading units, including unit risk management. He participated in the development of key technology software at Morgan Stanley, including TAPS I and TAPS II. Mr. Tull’s diverse background in operations, trading, and capital markets provides experience with the compliance and controls that will assist the management team with meeting requirements before and throughout the de-SPAC process. His years of experience with external counsel, contract terms, and audit procedures will ensure the smooth operation of our sponsor and DPAC.

Micah Walter-Range, 38
Vice President

In addition to his role managing Caelus Partners’ operations globally, Mr. Walter-Range creates partnerships and frameworks that support the economic development needed on Earth to unlock value in space. These efforts span a wide variety of activities, such as supporting startup companies in search of financing, providing market entry strategies for leading aerospace firms and advising government policymakers in multiple nations on how to accelerate the growth of the commercial space economy. As the founder/co?founder of two companies operating at the intersection of space and finance, Mr. Walter-Range understands the challenges that face technology?oriented startups and is experienced in developing financial frameworks to enable long?term sustainable development of the space industrial base. In his previous role as Director of Research and Analysis at the nonprofit Space Foundation, Mr. Walter-Range led development of all research projects and publications. This included 12 editions of the Space Foundation’s annual flagship publication, The Space Report: The Authoritative Guide to Global Space Activity, which is used as a reference source by space agencies, policymakers, industry executives, and the media throughout the world. He has also authored papers on space-specific topics such as the impact of export controls on the U.S. space industrial base, and cross-sector subjects such as the role of space technology in aviation. He has been a member of the International Astronautical Federation’s Space Economy Committee since 2016. Drawing on his knowledge of the space industry, Mr. Walter-Range partnered with S-Network Global Indexes to create the S-Network Space Index, which tracks a portfolio of publicly traded space companies from around the world. This index has been adopted as the underlying index for the Procure Space ETF, the world’s first pure-play space-focused exchange traded fund. Mr. Walter-Range holds a Master of Arts in International Science and Technology Policy (with concentrations in space policy and security policy) from The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs and a Bachelor of Arts from Swarthmore College, where he double-majored in Astronomy and Political Science.

Andrew Chanin, 35
Vice President

He has served as CEO and majority owner of numerous financial firms specializing in exchange traded products (ETPs), consulting, and intellectual property. As a result of his endeavors, Mr. Chanin is one of the youngest individuals to have rung the opening bell at both the NYSE and NASDAQ stock exchanges. Prior to establishing Procure Holdings, Mr. Chanin co-founded PureShares, LLC (“PureFunds”) in 2011. PureFunds achieved global prominence in the ETF industry for developing and sponsoring 10 different thematic ETFs in partnership with the International Securities Exchange (now NASDAQ). Under Mr. Chanin’s stewardship as CEO, PureFunds sponsored ETFs that presently have assets under management exceeding $4 billion in the United States. As a result, the company received numerous industry awards for its accomplishments. In 2009, Mr. Chanin was recruited by Cohen Capital Group to build out the firm’s ETF trading capabilities. There, Mr. Chanin made markets in a variety of ETFs across various asset classes while helping to develop multiple global and international equity/ETF trading strategies for the company’s prop trading division. Mr. Chanin began his ETP career in 2007 working for the specialist firm Kellogg Group on the floor of the American Stock Exchange. Mr. Chanin quickly worked his way up from clerk to Lead Market Maker for global and international equity ETFs helping the company transition from its core American Stock Exchange ETF specialist business to NYSE Arca ETF market making.

Board of Directors

Timothy Hascall, 67
Director Nominee

In addition to his role as the Chariman, Mr. Hascall may assume a leadership role in the post-business combination entity. In preparation for this role, Mr. Hascall will be deeply engaged in reviewing the due diligence process and corporate strategy development for the target company as we determine whether his services are required in an operational role or as a director of the new entity. His prior experience qualifies him to serve in most operational and corporate positions within a space company, and we believe many potential target companies would benefit from his extensive knowledge and operational expertise. Until 2019, Mr. Hascall served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer for Maxar Technologies, (NYSE:MAXR) (TSX:MAXR) (“Maxar”), a $2.4 billion company that serves government and commercial customers through satellite remote sensing, satellite and space robotic arm manufacturing, and geospatial analytics. Mr. Hascall led Maxar’s efforts to achieve integration and synergy targets across 20 locations worldwide, managing capital expenditure investment priorities, corporate procurement, facilities and real estate initiatives, and implementing Enterprise Shared Services across the company. He also led corporate Information Technology Services, Enterprise Risk Management, and Cyber Security processes. Prior to the merger that created Maxar, Mr. Hascall was EVP, Chief Operations Officer and General Manager with P&L responsibility for the imagery business of DigitalGlobe (NYSE:DGI) and led the Commercial, International Defense, and U.S. Government business units. He was responsible for sales and customer experience, all aspects of satellite flight and ground operations, imagery product management, corporate information technology and cyber security. Mr. Hascall also led the company’s adoption of cloud storage and cloud computing technologies. Prior to DigitalGlobe, Mr. Hascall held executive leadership positions with TriZetto Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:TZIX), an integrated health management enterprise software and services company, Equitant, a global finance and accounting business process outsourcing company, and was a partner at Accenture plc (NYSE:ACN), a global management and business consulting, technology and outsourcing firm.

Keith Masback, 57
Director Nominee

Mr. Masback is the owner of Plum Run, LLC, which provides advisory and consulting services primarily to startups working in geospatial intelligence and related fields. He is also an early stage investor in companies engaged in remote sensing, geospatial information, data analytics, and data visualization. He is a member of the Federal Advisory Board of Orbital Insight and a member of multiple Advisory Boards, including: Hermeus Corporation, Anno.Ai, Slingshot Aerospace, Inc., Xplore, Ursa Space, Lunar Station Corporation, and Albedo Space Corp. He is also a strategic advisor to HySpecIQ, OmniSci, ICEYE, and Tomorrow.io. He has served as a member of the Intelligence Task Force of the Defense Science Board and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Advisory Committee on Commercial Remote Sensing. He is the immediate past Chair of the National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC) and is currently a member of the NGAC’s Landsat Advisory Group, a Councilor and Fellow of the American Geographical Society and a member of the Board of Advisors of the Global Special Operations Forces Foundation. Prior to founding Plum Run, LLC, Mr. Masback spent over a decade as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF). Under his leadership, the organization more than doubled its organizational membership to over 250 member companies and organizations, quintupled its number of accredited academic programs, and increased total attendance at the annual GEOINT Symposium from 3,000 to 5,500. Before joining USGIF, Mr. Masback spent over 20 years combined as an officer in the U.S. Army and as a government civilian employee, culminating as a member of the Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). Mr. Masback held a variety of positions at NGA primarily focused on strategic planning and programming, including leading the community user requirements process to guide the development and acquisition of space-based imaging systems by the National Reconnaissance Office. Most recently, he served as the Director, Source Operations Group where he led a globally deployed 500-person organization responsible for 24/7/365 operation of the Nation’s space-based missile warning systems and imagery collection systems. Prior to his service at NGA, Mr. Masback was a senior executive civilian on the Army Staff, responsible for planning the future of Army Intelligence and serving as the Army’s first Director of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Integration, which included responsibility for ensuring high-altitude airborne and space remote sensing assets were readily available to support the full range of Army operations. Mr. Masback holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Gettysburg College. He completed the Postgraduate Intelligence Program at the National Intelligence University. He has also completed executive education at the Kellogg School, Northwestern University and the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University. He is currently a Nonresident Advisor for the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies and a member of the Mapping Science Committee of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine.

Timothy Wolf, 68
Director Nominee

Mr. Wolf is President of Wolf Interests, Inc., the investment entity that he established after he retired as Chief Integration Officer of MillerCoors Brewing Company in June 2010, following a $10 billion joint venture that he helped negotiate and effect (completed July 2008). Mr. Wolf was responsible for converging and integrating the two companies (SABMiller and Molson Coors) and ensuring delivery of $500 million in cost reduction synergies, which ultimately resulted in synergies of approximately $780 million. Prior to joining MillerCoors, Mr. Wolf was Chief Financial Officer of Coors Brewing Company (“Coors”) (1995 to 2005), and Global Chief Financial Officer of Molson Coors Brewing Company (2005 to 2008), whose merger he helped negotiate, close, and refinance. Mr. Wolf was instrumental in helping drive $180 million of synergies in less than three years, reducing the debt associated with refinancing and restructuring the Molson-Coors merger, well ahead of commitments to the Molson Coors board of directors. During the nearly 14 years that Mr. Wolf was CFO of these two companies, he built a broad variety of disciplines, capabilities, systems, talent, teams, credibility, and strong operating results that drove an increase of more than $10 billion in shareholder value, as of his move to MillerCoors in July 2008. Focusing on cost reduction, cash generation, teaching, talent, and tools needed to achieve them, Mr. Wolf helped drive Coors Brewing Company’s $1.9 billion acquisition of Bass Brewery, subsequently achieving a four-year debt reduction plan in less than three years. The resulting financial strength of Coors paved the way for its $6 billion merger with Molson Breweries in 2005. Before arriving at Coors, from 1989 to 1993, Mr. Wolf was Controller, Chief Accounting Officer for the Walt Disney Company, and Senior VP, Euro Disney, Marne-la-Vallée, France, where he ran all infrastructure and support groups for the $5 billion construction and opening of the park. Mr. Wolf also spent nearly 10 years, from 1980 to 1989, with PepsiCo in planning, finance, control, and strategy roles of increasing responsibility in its soft drinks and fast food businesses. Mr. Wolf has been a member of the board of Xcel Energy, Inc. since 2007, serving on and Chairing its Audit Committee, and serving on its Operations, Nuclear, Environmental and Safety and Finance Committees. He serves on the boards of two Colorado-based startup businesses, Black Bear Energy Inc. (since 2017), and Cholaca (since 2018). He is also the Chair and primary angel investor in Colorado-based WAGGIT, a startup building and marketing a state-of-the-art canine wearable (since 2015).