Eric Holstrom, a space and defense business development professional, has been appointed vice president of business development for national security space at Astrion, according to a LinkedIn post the executive shared Sunday.
Holstrom previously worked at Axient as the vice president of growth for the company’s space segment. In his 10 months at the Huntsville, Alabama-based defense and space contracting company, he spearheaded the growth team responsible for capture management, marketing, customer relationship management, proposal development and intelligence gathering.
He was associate VP for business development at LinQuest for over five years and AVP for growth lead at TMC Design, a LinQuest company, for just over a year. The executive also spent 10 years at ASRC Federal, where he served as senior director for business development responsible for the company’s space operations, maintenance and sustainment opportunities across the defense sector.
Before joining the government contracting sector, the retired lieutenant general served in the U.S. Air Force for 25 years. Holstrom held various leadership roles, including chief of space control for the Fourteenth Air Force, director of operations for the 76th Space Control Squadron and chief of the Counterspace Operations Branch at the Air Force Space Command.
