United Launch Alliance President Tory Bruno Headlines Smith Lecture Series Feb. 25 at Florida Tech

in the Hartley Room at the Denius Student Center

BREVARD COUNTY • MELBOURNE, FLORIDA – Salvatore T. “Tory” Bruno, president and chief executive officer of United Launch Alliance, will headline the spring F. Alan Smith Distinguished Lecture Feb. 25 at Florida Tech in Melbourne.

Bruno will present, “ULA’s Transformation and Vision for the Future of Space Launch,” followed by questions and answers, from 6-7 p.m. in the Hartley Room at the Denius Student Center.

The event is free and open to the public, but pre-registration is required and can be done here. It is being co-sponsored by the Melbourne Regional Chamber of East Central Florida, Missile, Space and Range Pioneers and the National Space Club Florida Committee.

At ULA, considered the nation’s most experienced space launch company with 132 consecutive launches and a 100 percent mission success rate, Bruno serves as principal strategic leader. He oversees all business management and operations.

His presentation will explore how ULA is transforming the future of space launch in its quest to make it more affordable and accessible.

The company’s new Vulcan Centaur rocket will make the “impossible possible with capabilities that will allow a thriving lunar economy and extend the reaches of space exploration for generations to come,” according to a ULA summary.

“We are standing on the threshold of a post scarcity human future,” the summary concludes.

“Recent discoveries by NASA and others have revealed the presence of natural resources on the moon and other near-earth asteroids. An expansion of space transportation systems and the supporting industrial base is occurring which, together with the discovery of ubiquitous water that can be converted to high-energy rocket fuel, could make recovery of space resources practical and promise a new era for humanity.”

Prior to joining ULA, Bruno was vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin Strategic and Missile Defense Systems. He joined Lockheed Martin in 1984.

He previously served as vice president and general manager of FBM and ICBM, as vice president of the THAAD Missile, as vice president of Engineering, as chief engineer for Strategic Missile Programs, as program manager for FBM Rocket Propulsion and in engineering positions involving design and analysis for control systems of rockets and hypersonic reentry vehicles.

The holder of several patents, Bruno earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California, and completed graduate courses and management programs at Harvard University, Santa Clara University, the Wye River Institute, San Jose State University and the Defense Acquisition University.

The lecture series’ founder and benefactor is F. Alan Smith. He spent more than three decades in leadership positions at General Motors in the U.S. and Canada, including serving as executive vice president of finance of General Motors and president and general manager of General Motors of Canada, Ltd.

Smith, who now lives in Indialantic, has served on Florida Tech’s Board of Trustees since 1996.

The lecture series began in 2007 as the F. Alan Smith Visiting Executive Program. It was created to attract corporate executives to speak to students, faculty and community leaders at Florida Tech.

At least one executive speaker is welcomed to campus each spring and fall semester.

For questions about the Smith Lecture, contact Florida Tech’s Office of Development at 321-674-8962.

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