Bill Hughes has been with Rocket Lab for three years, initially focused on project managing several infrastructure projects including the layout design and retrofit of the new Rocket Lab building at 25 Levene Place and the recent installation of Rosie the Robot. More recently Bill has moved into a role managing staff and engineering projects relating to the development of Rocket Lab's Electron launch vehicle. Before Rocket Lab, Bill was involved in three campaigns with Emirates Team New Zealand (including the winning 2017 edition) and he worked at Air New Zealand and associated companies in a variety of engineering and management roles.