Besan Dahboor Engel
Founder & Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Besan Dahboor Engel is a deep-tech entrepreneur, astronaut candidate, and strategic advisor working at the intersection of food systems, AI, energy, and space infrastructure. As Founder and CEO of ReVora, she leads the development of regenerative and intelligent infrastructure platforms designed for food security, environmental resilience, and future living across Earth and space. Her work integrates controlled-environment agriculture, advanced systems thinking, and space-enabled technologies to support next-generation economies and long-term planetary sustainability. She also serves as President of the Space Economic Forum, focused on shaping the future framework of the global space economy through infrastructure, policy, investment, and international collaboration.
Matthias Engel
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Matthias Engel leads finance, administration, reporting, and governance at ReVora, supporting the company's mission to advance space-enabled technologies and resilient infrastructure systems for Earth's food security and future living. His background spans financial services, banking compliance, sustainability strategy, auditing, and consulting across leading German financial institutions and advisory firms, bringing expertise in governance, regulatory compliance, strategic finance, and sustainable organizational development.
Carl Petmecky
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Carl Petmecky is an aerospace and operations executive with more than 15 years of experience across military aviation, semiconductor systems, technical infrastructure, and emerging space-sector development. His background starts as an F-15 technician and leader, later applying these skills while an instructor for the Royal Saudi Air Force, semiconductor field engineer, and international work with noise and vibration systems. Across these roles, he has led people, managed complex technical operations, and worked across demanding operational and institutional environments globally. As Co-Founder and COO of ReVora, he leads operational strategy, program and systems architecture, organizational development, execution planning, and coordination across the company’s technical, institutional, and commercial workstreams.
