Leadership

Joan Amble has had a storied career in finance, most recently serving as Executive Vice President, Finance, and Comptroller for American Express. Prior to holding senior leadership positions at American Express, Ms. Amble spent more than a decade at General Electric, most recently serving as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer for GE Capital Markets, overseeing securitizations, debt placement, and syndication, as well as structured equity transactions. She has extensive experience in corporate governance, having served on the Board of Directors of Broadcomm Corp, Brown-Forman, Sirius XM Holdings Inc., and as an independent advisor to the Executive Committee of the U.S. affiliate of Société Générale S.A. Ms. Amble currently serves on the Board of Directors of Zurich Insurance Group AG, BuzzFeed and Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. She is currently the president of JCA Consulting, LLC. Throughout her career, Amble has been a tremendous advocate for the professional development of women in business. She is the co-founder of W.O.M.E.N. in America, a leadership program launched in the fall of 2009.

Theresa Condor is Chief Operating Officer at Spire and has served in a variety of roles since February 2013, most recently as our Executive Vice President, General Manager of Space Services and Earth Intelligence. She has also served as one of our directors since November 2015. From August 2008 to February 2012, Ms. Condor was with Citi Group Inc., where she served most recently as Vice President of Trade Risk Distribution at the Latin America Desk and previously as a Rotating Management Associate. Ms. Condor holds a B.A. in Government from Cornell University and an M.I.A. in International Finance and Policy from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.

Mr. Hoke’s career spans 25 years and five continents in various industries, often focusing on digitalization. He was most recently Chief Executive Officer of the Airbus Defence and Space division of Airbus SE and served as a member of the Airbus Executive Committee. Before joining Airbus, he worked at Siemens AG, where he held various executive-level positions including General Manager for the Transrapid Propulsion and Power Supply Subdivision, President of Siemens Transportation Systems China, the first Chief Executive Officer of Siemens Africa and the Division Chief Executive Officer of Industrial Solutions in Germany. He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University of Brunswick, Germany and is an Alumni of the Young Global Leader Program of the World Economic Forum.

Stephen Messer has served as one of our directors since May 2014. Mr. Messer has served as Member at Zephir Worldwide LLC, a venture capital firm, since 2012. Mr. Messer has served as Vice Chairman and Co-Founder at Collective[i], a predictive analytics company, since January 2008 and as President and Co-Founder of World Evolved Services, LLC, a venture capital firm, since January 2006. Prior to this, Mr. Messer served as Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder at LinkShare Corporation, an affiliate marketing service company acquired by Rakuten, Inc., from 1996 to 2005. Mr. Messer currently serves on the board of directors of several private companies and on the advisory boards for multiple venture capital firms. Mr. Messer holds a B.A. in Government and Law, History from Lafayette College and a J.D. from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University.

Peter Platzer is one of our co-founders and has served as our President, Chief Executive Officer, and as one of our directors since September 2012. Prior to this, Mr. Platzer served as Senior Portfolio Manager at Vegasoul Capital, LLC, an asset management firm, from September 2010 to September 2011, and as Director, Proprietary Trader at Deutsche Bank AG, from July 2007 to December 2010. Mr. Platzer also served as Head of Quantitative Research at TRG Management LP, also known as The Rohatyn Group, from May 2003 to July 2007. Mr. Platzer holds a Dipl. Ing (equivalent to B.S., M.S., and PhD qualification exam) in Physics from the Technical University of Vienna, an M.Sc. cum laude in Space Science and Management from the International Space University, and an M.B.A. summa cum laude from Harvard Business School.

William D. Porteous has served as one of our directors since May 2014. Since August 2000, Mr. Porteous has been with RRE Ventures, LLC, a venture capital firm, where he currently serves as a General Partner and the firm’s Chief Operating Officer, having previously served as a Principal and an Associate. Since 2004, Mr. Porteous has also served as Co-Chairman and Founder at the Dockery Farms Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to preserving the historic property and heritage of Dockery Farms. Mr. Porteous served as an Adjunct Associate Professor at Columbia University from January 2003 to May 2018. He has served on the board of directors of several private companies. Mr. Porteous holds a B.A. in English from Stanford University, an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School, and an M.Sc. in Economics and Industrial Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Peter Platzer is one of our co-founders and has served as our President, Chief Executive Officer, and as one of our directors since September 2012. Prior to this, Mr. Platzer served as Senior Portfolio Manager at Vegasoul Capital, LLC, an asset management firm, from September 2010 to September 2011, and as Director, Proprietary Trader at Deutsche Bank AG, from July 2007 to December 2010. Mr. Platzer also served as Head of Quantitative Research at TRG Management LP, also known as The Rohatyn Group, from May 2003 to July 2007. Mr. Platzer holds a Dipl. Ing (equivalent to B.S., M.S., and PhD qualification exam) in Physics from the Technical University of Vienna, an M.Sc. cum laude in Space Science and Management from the International Space University, and an M.B.A. summa cum laude from Harvard Business School.

Theresa Condor is Chief Operating Officer at Spire and has served in a variety of roles since February 2013, most recently as our Executive Vice President, General Manager of Space Services and Earth Intelligence. She has also served as one of our directors since November 2015. From August 2008 to February 2012, Ms. Condor was with Citi Group Inc., where she served most recently as Vice President of Trade Risk Distribution at the Latin America Desk and previously as a Rotating Management Associate. Ms. Condor holds a B.A. in Government from Cornell University and an M.I.A. in International Finance and Policy from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.

Leo Basola is the Chief Financial Officer at Spire. Before joining Spire, Mr. Basola served as Senior Finance Officer at Equifax International, where he provided financial oversight for 23 countries, led two acquisitions, and played a strategic role in growing data and analytics sales and improving margins. Prior to that, he was CFO at ChemTreat, a Danaher Operating Company, for five years. Mr. Basola also spent 16 years at General Electric and Genworth Financial, General Electric's Insurance spin off. A Corporate Audit Staff and Financial Management Program graduate, he has held CFO and Acting CFO titles at GE Intelligent Platforms, GE Consumer and Industrial in EMEA, and Genworth's Retirement and Protection Long Term Care and Mortgage Insurance Europe divisions. Mr. Basola holds a B.A in Accounting from the Argentine Catholic University in Buenos Aries and an M.B.A. from the University of Virginia.

Tim Braswell oversees all aspects of Spire’s global human resources activities, including recruitment, talent development, employee systems, and health and wellness program management. Mr. Braswell most recently spent eight years with MetLife, where he served as Senior HR Partner for C-suite leaders of global finance, risk management, internal audit, legal affairs and compliance. Prior to this role, he was Chief HR Officer for MetLife’s joint venture with PNB in India, based in Mumbai. In that capacity, Mr. Braswell led a significant amount of change across the organization in collaboration with the CEO and the company’s Board of Directors. Prior to his time at MetLife, Mr. Braswell held senior HR positions in the US, Japan and the Latin America region at Merck. He also supported the global HR efforts at Johnson & Johnson as well as Hughes Network Systems. Mr. Braswell received his Bachelor of Science in Human Resource Management from the University of South Alabama and his Master of Business Administration from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Boyd Johnson is our Chief Legal Officer. Before joining Spire, Mr. Johnson helped lead two successful public offerings and ten acquisitions as General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, and Chief Compliance Officer at SPS Commerce. Prior to that, Mr. Johnson served as Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer at Merrill Corporation, where he created and ran its SaaS Contract Management Business Unit. He also served as General Counsel at MTS Systems Corporation, successfully completing many strategic acquisitions and divestitures, including domestic and international operations. Mr. Johnson received his Juris Doctor degree from University of North Dakota School of Law and a Bachelor of Science in aviation from University of North Dakota.

Johnny Truong has served as Spire’s Chief Technology Officer since July 2023, focusing on ensuring future technology developments deliver what the business needs. Mr. Truong previously led the Company’s engineering organization from February 2019 to June 2023. Prior to joining Spire, he was Senior Director of Infrastructure and Operations at Medallia, a SaaS company, from 2015 to 2019. Mr. Truong was with Nvidia from 2008 to 2015, where he served most recently as Senior Director of Software Infrastructure and Operations, managing engineering operations and infrastructure. Mr. Truong received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Waterloo.