Craig Ellis is a mechanical engineer with a degree from Rensselaer Polytechinic Institute (RPI), where he was captain of the ski team, and he holds an MBA from UCLA. He spent much of his career designing and building airplanes. He was the head of composite materials on the B2 stealth bomber and worked on many NASA structures programs during his career. In 2007 he was ranked #25 in the world by the International Inline Downhill Association.