Adam is a rocket and gas turbine propulsion professional with broad involvement in the industry. He is a turbine engine concept designer at Pratt & Whitney Canada and a founding partner of Continuum Aerospace, a small company devoted to engineering consulting and developing innovative rocket propulsion systems. In his spare time, Adam is heavily involved in liquid-propellant rocketry activities, mentors student rocketry teams, and works tirelessly to advance the cause of entrepreneurial space and rocketry in Canada. He served as a technical advisor for the Base 11 Space Challenge rocket competition and is co-chair of its Safety Council. He is the founder and president of Launch Canada, an organization founded to support and advance grassroots experimental rocketry in Canada.
Adam earned his bachelor’s in Engineering Science (aerospace) at the University of Toronto, and his Master of Applied Science in aerospace engineering at Ryerson University.