Dave King on growing up, giving back, and leading through the Columbia Space Shuttle Tragedy

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Dave King is the President of Dynetics, a large aerospace and engineering company, a father to three children, and a close friend of mine. In this interview, Dave shares with us his experiences growing up in South Carolina, and how the lessons he learned as a child influenced the the values he holds closest as an adult, and he is transparent and vulnerable about his personal experiences with adopting his two daughters and parenting a son with special needs. As the former director of NASA’s Marshal Space Flight Center, Dave led the recovery efforts after the Columbia Space Shuttle tragedy, and during this interview he shares with us how he owned their mistakes by admitting that “we missed it”, and how that leadership helped the organization to heal.

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