John M. Klineberg was CEO of Swales Aerospace, a space systems and engineering support services company in Beltsville, MD, from December 2005 until May 2006. He was president of Space Systems/Loral, a major provider of commercial communications satellite systems and services, and vice president of Loral Space & Communications, of which SS/L is a wholly owned subsidiary, when he retired from Loral at the end of 2003. He continues his association with both companies as a member of the SS/L and Swales board of directors.

Before becoming the president of SS/L in 1999, Dr. Klineberg was executive vice president for Globalstar programs, where he led the successful development, production and deployment in orbit of the Globalstar satellite constellation for providing a new generation of cellular telephone services.

Before joining Loral in 1995, Dr. Klineberg spent 25 years with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in a variety of management and technical positions. He was director of the Goddard Space Flight Center; director of the Lewis (now Glenn) Research Center; deputy director of the Lewis Research Center; deputy associate administrator for Aeronautics and Space Technology at NASA Headquarters, and was a research scientist at the Ames Research Center. Before beginning his career at NASA, he conducted fundamental studies in fluid dynamics at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and worked at the Douglas Aircraft Company and the Grumman Aircraft Company.

Dr. Klineberg has received many awards for his outstanding service to NASA and his significant contributions to the fields of aeronautics and space systems, including the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, the NASA Goddard Award of Merit, the U.S. Government’s rank of Distinguished Executive and Meritorious Executive, the AIAA Barry M. Goldwater Education Award, and the Engineer of the Year Award from the University of Maryland. Among his other activities, he is a member of the board of directors of The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, a member of the National Research Council’s Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, and a fellow of the American Astronautical Society and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from Princeton University, a Master of Science in aeronautics from Caltech, and a Doctorate in aeronautics and political science from Caltech.