Our Team
Carlos Grodsinski
Director
Michael Johanson
Sr Vice President Operations
Dr. Carlos Grodsinsky’s progressive leadership experience includes IR&D, R&D and product development expertise in active/passive vibration control, radiation detection and space flight instrumentation. Dr. Grodsinsky has managed large programs and product development initiatives within the government and industry. Dr. Grodsinsky leads ZIN Aerospace. Most recently, he is Chief Operating Officer of ZIN Technolgies, Inc. and leads the Ohio Aerospace and Aviation Council as its chairmen and is a member of the State’s legislative Ohio Aerospace and Aviation Technology Committee.
Dr. Grodsinsky earned a Doctorate and Masters of Science in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Case Western Reserve University, a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Wayne State University, and a Bachelor of Science in Physics/Mathematics from Kalamazoo College.
Michael Johanson has over 28 years of experience in engineering, operations, project and program management, strategy, partnership and business development. His experience includes work at McDonnell Douglas Aerospace, Northrop Grumman and several other small business leaders in support of multiple NASA and DoD customers. Mr. Johanson has a proven track record in product life-cycle development from concept definition, design, development, and fabrication to system assembly, integration, test, launch, operations and return. His program and project management experience includes efforts in support of domestic and international launch and transport vehicles, on-orbit carriers, microgravity science payloads and the NASA operations centers.
Mr. Johanson earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the University of Tennessee and a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Tennessee Space Institute.