MicroTau appoints Rebecca Lodin as CTO

Sydney, Australia - July 31, 2025

We are delighted to announce that Rebecca Lodin has been selected as MicroTau’s first Chief Technology Officer. This appointment reflects Rebecca’s numerous significant contributions to MicroTau’s hardware and manufacturing development roadmap and the continuing development of the broader engineering capability here at MicroTau. Rebecca previously held the positions of Engineering Manager and Head of Engineering. 

MicroTau CTO Rebecca Lodin

As we continue down the critical path of obtaining regulatory certification and scaling up manufacturing, the strategic importance of the CTO role, responsible for ensuring alignment of cross-functional teams, has become clear. 

Rebecca has previously held senior roles at Nanosonics and Baraja, where she led optics and hardware engineering teams, and developed quality systems to deliver regulated medical and automotive-grade products. At Finisar, she worked across optical product lines, driving manufacturing improvements, production scale-up, and process automation efforts.

Rebecca’s achievements at MicroTau include Riblet Modification Package delivery for the Lockheed Martin C-130J under the Defense Innovation Unit initiative and the delivery of key manufacturing and technology developments that have shortened our end-to-end product realisation cycle. 

MicroTau’s Riblet Modification Package is installed on a US Air Force C-130J during Defense Innovation Unit program flight testing.

Rebecca’s vision for the future of technology at MicroTau is the realisation of our mission to increase efficiency of the global aviation fleet through delivery of our riblet modification packages at scale, supported by our rapid design, fabrication and testing platform, our manufacturing and compliance systems, and a pipeline of nascent developments to drive our next generation offerings.

“The things that make me most excited about MicroTau are that we have a powerful and compelling mission to improve aviation efficiency through fuel and emissions reduction, an exciting technology that spans multiple domains from aerodynamics and materials to mechatronics and software development, a passionate, dedicated team and a unique and vibrant culture that values lifting each other up through constructive actions, curiosity and questioning assumptions, and transparent and honest conversations,” said Rebecca.

“In this new role I look forward to upholding and strengthening what makes MicroTau an amazing place to be, and casting an eye forward to support our technical evolution through delivery of key milestones including obtaining regulatory certification through collaboration with our commercial partners, building our manufacturing scale facility, and shepherding in next generation products.”