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Diego Pierrottet

Diego Pierrottet

Founder and chief engineer at Psionic, Inc.

Executive
Updated Nov 6, 2026·Latest SEC filing Nov 4, 2026·Suggest an edit

About Diego Pierrottet

Diego Pierrottet is founder and chief engineer of Psionic, Inc. Psionic makes navigation systems that give land, air, and space vehicles precise position and speed data when GPS signals are jammed or unavailable. Pierrottet coinvented the company's Navigation Doppler Lidar technology, which won NASA's 2022 Invention of the Year award in the commercial category.

He has more than 25 years of experience in inertial navigation, including work at KVH Industries, Dell EMC, and Pentair.

Experience

This experience comes from official bios and from SEC filings. For roles taken from filings, the years are when the filings name Diego Pierrottet in the role, so the role may have started earlier or lasted longer.

Psionic, Inc. Current
Founder and Chief Engineer
2019 – Present · Hampton, VA
Psionic's laser-based navigation sensors give ground vehicles, aircraft, and spacecraft precise position and velocity data when GPS signals are jammed, blocked, or unavailable.

Key Colleagues at Startups

The people Diego Pierrottet works with at each company, as listed on that company's latest Form D.

Psionic, Inc. · Form D/A, Nov 4, 2026
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Stephen Sandford
Founder and CEO, director
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Sean McCormack
Sean McCormack
Senior Vice President SurePath™
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VC
Vicki Cleavenger
Executive officer
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DC
David Cummings
Executive officer

Diego Pierrottet in the News

Sources

  1. SECPsionic, Inc. Form D/A, filed Nov 4, 2026
  2. governmentNASA SBIR Award record