Robert Haynes

Robert Haynes leads and manages the Civilian Space Division’s strategic growth initiatives, customer base expansion, new opportunity identification, program operations performance, and strengthening of customer and partner relationships. He brings over 20 years of technical and management experience to the field, leading engineering-based programs with a science and satellite ground system focus. Robert has a proven track record of managing programs that emphasize technical innovation to the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Air Force, the United States Coast Guard (USCG), Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA).

Prior to Entarian, Robert held technical and management positions at STi Systems, RGII Technologies, and Integral Systems (later acquired by Kratos Defense), and supported strategic organizations including NOAA, USGS, DARPA and the Air Force. Rob began his career as a software engineer, eventually expanding his technical expertise to include system administration and design, systems engineering, network design, virtualization and enterprise architecture, and project and program management. Prior to this role, Robert served as the Deputy VP of ERT’s Science Mission Business Unit, where he oversaw management and performance of every one of ERT’s NOAA NESDIS programs.

Robert holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Virginia Darden Graduate School of Business, a Bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from Purdue University.