Ted Blackmon Email & Phone Number

Ted Blackmon is a Founder and Director at WorkPacks based in Houston, Texas, United States, North America. Dr. Ted Blackmon is Founder of Construct-X and Jovian Ventures, with focus on launching innovative start-ups in the capital projects industry. As a visionary and serial entrepreneur, Ted helped to pioneer the market for Advanced Work Packaging in the early 2000 timeframe with the invention of the ConstructSim and OpSim platforms. Dr. Blackmon’s early career achievements began as a member of the highly successful Mars Pathfinder Mission in 1997, where he developed and operated the Virtual Reality for Mars software program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, planning and monitoring the daily activities for the Sojourner rover as a team member in mission control. Ted went on to leverage the MarsMap software as a pioneering technology commercialization endeavor at NASA, which began his journey in the area of AWP. The career accomplishments of Dr. Blackmon were recognized through a Penn State Alumni Achievement Award, and a FIATECH Outstanding Career Research Award in 2013. Dr. Blackmon received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California.