Cowboy Space Appoints John Sarkis as Global Head of Sales to Scale Data Center Business

Cowboy Space Appoints John Sarkis as Global Head of Sales to Scale Data Center Business

Sarkis brings over a decade of sales leadership and 20+ years experience across cloud, AI/ML, security, and data center infrastructure

Cowboy Space Corporation, the orbital infrastructure company founded by Robinhood co-founder Baiju Bhatt, today announced the appointment of John Sarkis as Global Head of Sales. Sarkis will lead global data center sales strategy and execution as Cowboy expands its commercial operations.

With more than a decade of leading high-performing global technology sales organizations, John Sarkis will play a pivotal role in accelerating Cowboy Space's commercial strategy and bringing its vision to market. Sarkis joins Cowboy Space from Oracle, where he held various sales leadership positions, driving growth and adoption across Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Oracle’s AI infrastructure, AI/ML services, Database, and SaaS solutions. Prior to Oracle, he held senior leadership positions at NTT Ltd. and Digital Realty, helping expand global cloud, connectivity, and digital infrastructure businesses. Throughout his career, Sarkis has been recognized for building and leading high-performing global commercial organizations, delivering transformational revenue growth, structuring complex strategic partnerships, and executing go-to-market strategies that have shaped the adoption of cloud, AI, and digital infrastructure solutions across many of the world's largest enterprises.

“Building the right commercial team is essential to bringing our vision to market,” said Baiju Bhatt, founder and CEO of Cowboy Space Corporation. “John has spent his career leading high-performing sales teams at global tech companies, and his expertise will be instrumental as we scale Cowboy for its next phase of growth.”

“Cowboy is tackling one of the most ambitious infrastructure challenges of our time,” said John Sarkis, Global Head of Sales of Cowboy Space Corporation. “I look forward to being a part of the process that brings data centers in orbit and forever changes the way we access and scale compute.”

Sarkis joins a growing team with backgrounds spanning SpaceX, NASA, Anduril, and the U.S. Navy, a reflection of Cowboy’s continued investment in the talent and capabilities needed to power the next generation of orbital infrastructure.

About Cowboy Space Corporation

Cowboy Space Corporation (formerly Aetherflux) is building vertically integrated orbital infrastructure for the AI era, spanning launch vehicles, space-based power and in-orbit compute. The company is headquartered in San Carlos, California, and backed by Index Ventures, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Construct Capital, Interlagos, Blossom Capital, and IVP, among others.

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