# About Extellis

## Leadership

### Michael Boyarsky

Co-founder & CEO

### Jeff Ludwig

COO

### Prof. David Smith

Co-founder & CSO

## Board Directors

### Nadine Alameh

### Scott Herman

### Justin Wright-Eakes

## Advisors

Rusty Thomas  
Space heritage and defense capabilities  
_Experience: SpaceX, DARPA, Sierra Space_

Scott Herman  
Commercial strategy and growth  
_Experience: Maxar Intelligence, BlackSky_

David Baum  
Government strategy and growth  
_Experience: National Reconnaissance Office_

Prof. Matt Reynolds  
Technical management and hardware  
_Experience: ThruWave, University of Washington_

Joe Camilo  
Software and AI/ML image processing  
_Experience: CoVar, Duke University_

## Development Timeline

Metasurface antenna technology developed over a decade of funded research at Duke University

### 2015

Ideation

### 2019

First Prototype

### 2023

First Patents Issued

### 2027

Pathfinder Launch

### 2017

Conceptual Development

### 2021

$2.3M DARPA Program

### 2025

Seed Funding Closed

## Extellis Press Kit

[Download kit](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1RwPoGITGH_hFeJmWAx3sV-laTbjo5-ut)

## What's the latest?

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Nov 10, 2025\
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**Extellis raises $6.8 M seed round to unlock reliable satellite imagery at an industrial scale**\
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**Michael Boyarsky**\
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Co-Founder and CEO](https://www.extellis.com/about/seed-round-announcement)

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Sep 1, 2023\
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**Duke research heads to Australia to collaborate on metasurface antenna development**\
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**Michael Boyarsky**\
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Co-Founder and CEO](https://www.extellis.com/about/duke-australia-2023)