As CIRI’s vice president, Mergers, Acquisitions and Ventures, Hyder Alabed plays a key role in developing and executing CIRI’s growth strategy, including evaluating and executing acquisitions; making strategic decisions based on industry research and analysis; and collaborating with CIRI leadership to actively drive corporate growth, sustainability and profitability.

Hyder joins CIRI from Blue Origin where he served as the head of Reef Starter, an innovation engine that aims to reduce barriers of entry for startups to become users of Orbital Reef, the commercially developed, owned and operated space station to be built in low Earth orbit. In his role, Hyder was responsible for launching and leading an international investment initiative focused on facilitating growth for companies pursuing research and development in space.

Prior to Blue Origin, Hyder served as an investor for global organizations, including Walt Disney Companies, Lockheed Martin and Techstars. He has also worked as a data scientist.

Hyder holds a Bachelor of Science degree in statistics and economics from Florida State University and volunteers as a mentor for various accelerator and incubator programs.