HawkEye 360 Inc. has appointed Craig Searle as the company’s Vice President of Strategic Finance — he is transitioning into this role after serving as a member of HawkEye 360’s Board of Directors for the past four years.
As a member of HawkEye 360’s Board of Directors, Searle represented the company’s investor, Advance, and provided corporate governance through his service as Chair of the Audit Committee and member of the Compliance Committee. Most recently, he was a finance and strategy executive at 21.co where he helped the company scale through a period of rapid growth. Prior to that, he was on the Strategic Investments and Acquisitions team at Advance where he led the company’s equity investment in HawkEye 360, as well as other transactions in the technology and media industries. Searle holds a Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Rochester.
“Craig has been an exceptional board member for the past four years and possesses a deep understanding of all facets of our business. His strong background in corporate strategy, principal investment and investment banking is well-aligned with the needs of our management team as we continue to grow and scale HawkEye 360.” — John Serafini, CEO, HawkEye 360
“Having worked with the HawkEye 360 leadership team for the past several years I am thrilled to join the company full time. The company’s unique and growing constellation of satellites is creating a safer world during a time of increasing uncertainty. I look forward to working alongside this team as it enters its next chapter of growth.” Craig Searle, Vice President, Strategic Finance, HawkEye 360
HawkEye 360 operates a growing constellation of 21 satellites that detect, characterize and geolocate radio frequency signals from a broad range of emitters used for communication, navigation, and security. HawkEye 360 will continue expanding the constellation to address clients’ increasing demands for RF Intelligence, aiming for a total of 60 satellites (20 clusters of three satellites) in 2025. For more information about capabilities of the HawkEye 360 satellite constellation, please visit he360.com.