Matt Ondler is Axiom Space's Chief Strategy Officer. He brings more than two decades of leadership experience, including serving as NASA Johnson Space Center’s assistant director of engineering, where he was responsible for all advanced exploration systems development. NASA conferred upon him its Outstanding Leadership and Exceptional Achievement medals.

Ondler has more than 35 years of engineering and management experience, including founding and serving as president & CEO of Houston Mechatronics, Inc. (HMI), a growing robotics and intelligent automation company. Under his leadership, HMI grew from a three-person start-up to an engineering staff of 75 and a valuation of $60 million. Previously, he was a senior executive at Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies.

He is an aerospace engineering graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder and holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Houston Bauer College of Business.