Bruce Yost is currently the Director of the NASA Small Spacecraft Systems Virtual Institute (S3VI), which is funded and managed by the Space Technology Mission Directorate. The S3VI is engaged in assisting NASA smallsat missions across a number of mission phases including assimilating and providing knowledge about smallsat best practices, supplier offerings, concept development, and mission operations and lessons learned.

Prior to S3VI, Bruce was the initial Program Manager for the Small Spacecraft Technology Program within STMD. He began his aerospace career working on the Space Shuttle at Kennedy Space Center, and also worked at NASA Headquarters prior to moving to Ames Research Center. Bruce has worked on a number of Shuttle, ISS, and more recently, smallsat missions and programs for over 30 years.