Rocket Lab taps Rivian’s former operations head
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- Space firm Rocket Lab USA (NASDAQ:RKLB) has named Frank Klein as its new chief operations officer, effective September 16th, 2024.
- Klein holds more than 30 years of international manufacturing experience and leadership in the automotive industry, having formerly worked at served Daimler AG (now Mercedes-Benz Group) for 27 years.
- Most recently, he served as COO at Rivian Automotive (RIVN), helping to transform the automotive start-up to a high-volume premium electric vehicle manufacturer.
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At Rocket Lab, he will lead the company’s efforts to scale manufacturing of spacecraft, launch vehicles, and spacecraft components to meet growing customer demand of more than a billion dollars of backlog orders.