Eric is part of the founding team at Varda Space Industries where he is the Chief Revenue Officer. Varda Space Industries develops small reentry vehicles that are used both for the commercial development of pharmaceuticals in microgravity, as well as a test system for all manner of reentry related technologies. Varda is currently in partnership with NASA Ames, NASA Langley, and multiple branches of the US Defense Department, as well as the commercial pharmaceutical industry. Varda recently completed their first end to end reentry mission and the W-1 capsule was the first commercial spacecraft to ever land on US soil.

Prior to his work at Varda, Eric worked in similar roles at the drone logistics company Zipline International, operating mass-scale delivery drones in sub saharan Africa, and the payment processing company Stripe. Eric has a degree in Physics from Colgate University.