Brig. Gen. Eric Zarybnisky

Brig. Gen. Eric Zarybnisky is Acting Portfolio Acquisition Executive for Space Access, Patrick Space Force Base, Fla. He is responsible for the acquisition, integration, development, production, operation, and sustainment of the $13.5B National Security Space Launch, Rocket System Launch, Launch and Test Range System; Servicing, Mobility and Logistics, and Space Test programs. Brig. Gen. Zarybnisky is also responsible for the safe and secure payload processing and launching of U.S. government and commercial satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., and Vandenberg SFB, Calif. He leads government and contractor personnel in Florida, California, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Alabama and Utah to execute these programs. Brig. Gen. Zarybnisky earned his commission from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 2001 where he spent a semester on exchange to the U.S. Naval Academy. His previous assignments include Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training, launch vehicle engineering and analysis, satellite architecture analysis, command of a launch squadron, and graduate studies in Operations Research focusing on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle tasking, maintenance scheduling, and combinatorial optimization. He also deployed to Southwest Asia supporting OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM for the U.S. Air Forces Central, U.S. Central Command. Prior to assuming his current position, Brig. Gen. Zarybnisky was the Director, Office of Space Launch, National Reconnaissance Office, Chantilly, Va.