← Back to PeopleCTEngineerChris ThompsonPresident & CTO at Phantom SpaceLinkedInChris Thompson is a former SpaceX employee who worked in operations and production.1Mentions1Articles1OutletsCompanies CoveredAnthropic1Arianespace1Boeing1Google1NASA1Nvidia1PayPal1Redmond1SpaceX1Starlink1Tesla1ULA1xAI1ArticlesMost recent firstMentioned InReferenced in coverageSpaceX & the Sentient Suna16zpositiveJun 16, 2026“SpaceX employee number two who joined as the second person on the founding team to handle operations and production.”