Welcome to the SATELLITE 2021 speaker gallery! Below you’ll find the complete list of experts and leaders committed to speak during the digital programs or in-person event. Click on their headshot to learn more!
Joseph Abakund
Chief Strategy OfficerRwanda Space Agency
F.Brent Abbott
NanoAvionics CEO USKongsberg NanoAvionics
Franklin Brent Abbott
CEO North AmericaKongsberg NanoAvionics
Jim Adams
Principal Consult, Jim Adams World & Former Deputy Chief TechnologistNASA
Dr. Matthew O. Adepoju
President, Geoinformation Society of Nigeria & Ag. Director, Strategic Space Applications DepartmentThe National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) of Nigeria
David Adhiambo
Senior Manager Transport and IP Planning and DesignSafaricom Plc
Adnan Al Muhairi
Chief Technology OfficerYahsat
Alia Al Qalam
Manager Development EngineeringOman Air
Abimbola Alale
CEONIGCOMSAT
Hadi Alhassani
Chief Strategy OfficerArabsat
Gus Anderson
Senior Director, Business DevelopmentSES Space & Defense
Joseph Anderson
Vice President, SpaceLogisticsNorthrop Grumman
Walt Anderson
President/CEOAVEALTO Ltd.
Artiom Anisimov
Space AdvocateNoosphere Ventures
Mike Antonovich
VP, International Sales and Business DevelopmentGilat Defense
Mr. Elie Ayoub
Chief of ICT Emergency Preparedness and ResponseUN High Commissioner for Refugees
Chris Badgett
Vice President, TechnologyKratos
Natalya Bailey
CEOAccion Systems
Jason Bates
Former Editor-in-Chief, Via Satellite & Senior Technical WriterNational Science Foundation
Robert Bell
Executive DirectorWTA
Col. Dean Bellamy
Executive Vice President of National Security SpaceRedwire
Carolyn Belle
Senior Director, Advanced SystemsAstroscale U.S. Inc.
Rodolphe Belmer
CEOEutelsat Group
David Bettinger
CEOSpaceLink
Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal
Executive Chairman of OneWeb & Founder and Chairman,Bharti Enterprises
Brian Billman
Head of Pre-Sales and Customer SolutionsALL.SPACE
Kari Bingen
Chief Strategy OfficerHawkEye 360
Grant Blaisdell
Co Founder/CEOCopernic Space
Brad Bode
Chief Technology Officer & Co-FounderATLAS Space Operations, Inc.
Mark Boggett
CEOSeraphim Space
Josef Bogosian
Vice President, Global Sales & Marketing, Boeing Satellite Systems InternationalBoeing
Marco Brancati
Chief Technology and Innovation OfficerTelespazio
Sir Richard Branson
FounderVirgin Galactic
Josh Brost
Chief Revenue OfficerRelativity Space
Dylan Browne
President GovernmentOneWeb
Tory Bruno
CEOUnited Launch Alliance
Klaus Bruun Egeberg
Head of Mobility & Connectivity, Fleet TechnologyMaersk
Carissa Bryce Christensen
Founder and CEOBryceTech
Naia Butler-Craig
Graduate ResearcherGeorgia Institute of Technology
Emily Calandrelli
Producer and HostXploration Outer Space, FOX Networks
Lisa Callahan
VP & GM Commercial Civil SpaceLockheed Martin Corp.
Carlos Carbajal
CEOOmni Access
Mike Carey
CSO & Co-FounderATLAS Space Operations, Inc.
Bill Carlin
Sr Manager, Ground StationAmazon Web Services
Jay Chapman
Director, Government SolutionsIridium Communications
William Chappell
CTO, Azure GlobalMicrosoft
Tom Choi
ChairAirspace Internet Exchange
Jon Cobin
Chief Strategy OfficerIntelsat US LLC
Assaf Cohen
Global Vice-President Sales & MarketingSpaceBridge Inc.
Steve Collar
CEOSES Astra S.A.
Michael Collett
Managing PartnerPromus Ventures
Marcus Collier-Wright
Co-Founder & CTONeutron Star Systems
Brig. Gen. Robert Collins
Program Executive Office Command Control Communications – Tactical (PEO C3T)U.S. Army
Theresa Condor
Chief Operating OfficerSpire Global
Ariane Cornell
Vice President of Commercial Orbital, Astronaut, and International SalesBlue Origin
Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch
Senior Vice President, Government Strategy & PolicyViasat
Peter Cresse
Commercial DirectorSTS Global
Clint Crosier
Director, Aerospace and Satellite SolutionsAmazon Web Services
Thomas Cuff
Director of ObservationsNational Weather Service
Gregg Daffner
CEO & PresidentGapSat & the Asia Pacific Satellite Communications Council (APSCC)
Danny Damaghi
CEOLyteLoop
Mark Dankberg
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and Co-FounderViasat
Dr. Santanu Das
Program Manager Communications and NetworkingOffice of Naval Research
Stuart Daughtridge
Vice PresidentKratos
Guy de Carufel
Founder, CEOCognitive Space
Mindel De La Torre
Chief Regulatory and International Strategy OfficerOmnispace
Jo De Loor
VP, Market Development & StrategyST Engineering iDirect
Nathan de Ruiter
Partner & Managing DirectorNovaspace
Peter de Selding
Co-Founder, EditorSpace Intel Report
Mike Dean
DoD SATCOM ChiefU.S. Department of Defense
Juan Deaton
Senior Research Scientist, Digitization & Virtualization TechnologiesATG Solutions
Frank DeMauro
Vice President and General Manager, Tactical Space SystemsNorthrop Grumman
Matt Desch
Chief Executive OfficerIridium Communications
Michele Di Paolo
Director Of Business DevelopmentSpaceBridge Inc.
Simonetta Di Pippo
DirectorUnited Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
Jai Dialani
US Managing Directorhttps://leaf.space
Lisa Dreher
Managing Director/PresidentGuideForce/MSUA
Bhanu Durvasula
Vice President, International DivisionHughes
Stephen Eisele
Vice President of Business DevelopmentVirgin Orbit
Gil Elizov
Vice President, Products and Marketing DefenseGilat Satellite Networks
Debra Facktor
Head of U.S. Space SystemsAirbus U.S. Space and Defense Inc.
David Fotheringham
Director of Product ManagementKymeta Corporation
Antonio Franchi
Head of 5G and 6G Strategic ProgrammeEuropean Space Agency
Jeffrey Freedman
Chief Executive OfficerKythera Space Solutions
Richard French
Director, Business Development and Strategy, Space SystemsRocket Lab
Bruno Fromont
CTOIntelsat
I-Kang Fu
Director of Standard StrategyMediaTek Inc.
Karl Fuchs
Senior Vice President of TechnologyIDirect Government
John Galer
Assistant Vice President, National Security SpaceAerospace Industries Association (AIA)
Meredith Garofalo
Award-Winning Meteorologist/Space & Science CorrespondentRocket Girl Enterprise, LLC
Mr. Paul Gaske
EVP & COOHughes
Tina Ghataore
Group CSRO, CEO North AmericaAerospacelab
Kheng Ghee
Head of Satellite & Voice SupportSingtel
Lee Giat
President & CEOFlying Ostrich Media, Inc.
Rei Goffer
Co-Founder, Chief Strategy OfficerTomorrow.io
Daniel S. Goldberg
President and Chief Executive OfficerTelesat LEO Inc
Rajeev Gopal
Vice President, Advanced Programs, Government & Defense DivisionHughes
Todd Gossett
Vice President for Space & National Security InitiativesSES Space & Defense
Brad Grady
Business Development ManagerHughes
Michael Graham
CEOSpace Simulation Services of Canada
Nicole Grainger
Strategic Marketing ManagerCollins Aerospace
Clare Grason
Chief, Commercial Satellite Communications Office (CSCO)U.S. Air Force Space Command
J. David Grossman
Executive DirectorGPS Innovation Alliance
Peter Hadinger
CTOInmarsat, Inc.
Morten Hagland Hansen
SVP, Engineering & OperationsInfrastructure Networks, Inc.
Mr. Samer Halawi
Chief Commercial OfficerIntelsat
Jeremy Hallett
CEO & Managing DirectorClearbox Systems
Dawn Harms
Chief Revenue OfficerMomentus
Dr. Tanya Harrison
Director of Strategic Science InitiativesPlanet PBC
Dan Hart
Advisor, Consultant, Executive MentorHarTechnologies LLC
Bryan Hartin
Executive Vice President - Sales & MarketingIridium Communications
David Hartshorn
CEOGeeks Without Frontiers (GWF)
Mahmud Harun
Senior Ground Systems EngineerSES Astra S.A.
Natavan Hasanova
Strategic Development and Planning ManagerAzercosmos OJSC
Semir Hassanaly
Head of Cellular Backhaul and TrunkingST Engineering iDirect
Norman Haughton
Director, IFEC Product and AnalyticsAir Canada
Dominic Hayes
Spectrum Management and International Relations, DG Defence Industry and SpaceEuropean Commission
Dedi David Haziza
CEO and FounderNexTenna
Dave Hebert
Vice President of Global Marketing & CommunicationsAstroscale U.S. Inc.
Bruno Henrion
CTORascomStar
Caleb Henry
Director of ResearchQuilty Space
Ben Hilburn
Principal Program ManagerMicrosoft
Jeffrey Hill
Executive ChairmanSATELLITE 2024
Jonathan Hofeller
Vice President of Starlink, Commercial SalesSpaceX
Lars Hoffman
SVP Global Launch ServicesRocket Lab
Ms Aarti Holla-Maini
Secretary GeneralGlobal Satellite Operators Association (GSOA)
Mark Holmes
Senior Editorial DirectorVia Satellite
Andy Hoskins
Director of Space, Washington OperationsAerojet Rocketdyne
David Howgill
PresidentHuckworthy
Joseph Ibeh
ConsultantNSR
Eric Ingram
Chairman of the Board, Chief Strategy OfficerSCOUT Space Inc.
Daniel Iriarte
IFEC Specialist- Onboard ProductAeroméxico
Stéphane Israël
CEOArianespace
Daniel Jablonsky
President and CEOMaxar Space Systems
Mohammed Jamsheer
Marketing & Digital DirectorGulf Air
Raghunandan Janardhan
Senior Director, TechnicalHughes
Ryan Jennings
Senior Manager for SATCOM Strategy and ProductsBAE Systems, Inc. Space and Mission Systems
Rachel Jewett
Senior Managing EditorVia Satellite
Candace Johnson
Venture Partner & Chair, Advisory BoardSeraphim Space
Chris Johnson
CEOMaxar Space Systems
Karen Jones
Sr. Space Policy Analyst and Space EconomistThe Aerospace Corporation, Center for Space Policy and Strategy
Peter Kant
CEOAccion Systems
Pradman Kaul
PresidentHughes
Chris Kemp
Founder and CEOAstra
Hannah Kerner
Assistant Research ProfessorUniversity of Maryland
Andrey Kirillovich
Director for Integration Services and Turnkey ProjectsRussian Satellite Communications Company
Tom Kirkland
VP & GM, Army/SOCOML3Harris Technologies
Paul Klassen
Senior Vice President of EngineeringKymeta Corporation
Rakesh Kukreja
Managing DirectoriSAT Africa Ltd FZC
Dr. Meredith Labeau
Chief Technology OfficerCalumet Electronics
Tonya Ladwig
Vice President, Navigation SystemsLockheed Martin Space
Joe Landon
Vice President, Advanced Program Development, Commercial Civil SpaceLockheed Martin Corp.
Dr. Lin-Nan Lee
VP, Advanced Development Engineering GroupHughes
Rich Leshner
VP of ConsultingBryceTech
Zigmond Leszczynski
Systems Director – Artificial Intelligence, Analytics & InnovationThe Aerospace Corporation
Yau Chyong Lim
Chief Operating OfficerMEASAT
Ethan Lin
Co-Founder, Vice PresidentTMY Technology Inc
David Logsdon
Chair of the Space Enterprise CouncilCompTIA
Whitney Lohmeyer
Chief TechnologistFederal Communications Commission (FCC)
Ron Lopez
President and Managing DirectorAstroscale U.S. Inc.
Tiphaine Louradour
CEOSpaceflight Inc.
Mac Malkawi
PresidentBorderless Labs Inc
Jennifer Manner
Senior Advisor for Space and Satellite Policy, Office of Spectrum Management (OSM)National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
Brian Manning
CEO & Co-FounderXona Space Systems
William Markey
PresidentRCBG
Barry A. Matsumori
CEOBridgeComm
Paul Mattear
Principal Account ExecutiveAmazon Web Services
Georg Mayer
SA TSG Chairman3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)
Suzi McBride
COOIridium Communications
Ryan McDevitt
Co-Founder and CEOBenchmark Space Systems
Jill Mcguire
Robotics Technology ManagerNASA
Michael Mealling
General PartnerStarbridge Venture Capital
David Meltzer
Secretary GeneralGVF
Dave Micha
PresidentIntelsat General
Nick Miller
Director, Satellite & SpaceOptus Satellite
Josephine Milward
PartnerOpAmp Capital
William Milroy
Chairman and CTOThinKom
Mark Mitcham
Unified Network Deputy, Network Cross Functional Team,United States Army Futures Command
Andiswa Mlisa
Earth Observations ExecutiveSouth African National Space Agency
Tucker Morrison
Chief Executive OfficerBlue Sky Network
Clay Mowry
PresidentInternational Astronautical Federation (IAF)
Charles Mudd
President and Principal AttorneyMudd Law
Will Mudge
Executive Vice President and Chief Technology OfficerSpeedcast
Lilac Muller
Senior Vice President of Product ManagementKymeta Corporation
Scott Mumford
CEOLiquid Intelligent Technologies
Sergy A. Mummert
SVP, Global Cloud Sales & PartnershipsSES
J. Armand Musey
President and FounderSummit Ridge Group LLC
Elias Naffah
CSP Project ManagerThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Communications Services Project (CSP)
Sunil Nagaraj
Founder & Managing PartnerUbiquity Ventures
Jean Marc Nasr
Executive Vice President & Head of Space SystemsAirbus
Mr. Jassem Nasser
Chief Business Development Officer, ThurayaYahsat
Neal Nicholson
PresidentBlue Marble Communications
Carl Novello
Chief Technology OfficerNXT Communications Corp. (NXTCOMM)
David Novotney
Director of Business DevelopmentEnsign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company
Ruben Nunez
Director of Business DevelopmentKSAT
Kevin OBrien
CEOOrbital Insight
Bill O'Hara
Vice President and General Manager, MediaIntelsat US LLC
Dr. Patrick O’Neil
Chiet Technology OfficerBlackSky
John Padgett
Chief Experience and Innovation OfficerCarnival Corporation & PLC
Mr. Dara Panahy
PartnerMilbank LLP
Chirag Parikh
Executive SecretaryNational Space Council at The White House
Andrew Parlock
Senior Director of SalesICEYE US
Dr. Tim Parsons
Executive Director, Australian NewSpace Delta-V Alliance & Chair,Space Industry Association of Australia (SIAA)
Pranav Pasricha
Global Head P&C SolutionsSwiss Re
Brian Pemberton
Vice President Sales and MarketingOmnispace, LLC
Andrew Penn
PrincipalOliver Wyman
Karina Perez Molina
Co-Founder, Zed Factor Fellowship & Manager, Unmanned and Emerging Aviation TechnologiesAerospace Industries Association
Samuel Peterson
Director Of Strategy and InnovationSwedish Space Corporation (SSC)
Linden Petzer
OwnerLinden Petzer Consulting
Ruy Pinto
CEOSES Astra S.A.
Dianne Poster
Senior AdvisorNational Institute of Standards and Technology
Michael Potter
Board DirectorThe International Institute of Space Commerce
Whitley Poyser
Director, Business TransformationLockheed Martin Space Systems
Dave Provencher
VP Business DevelopmentAvL Technologies
George Pullen
Author & Chief EconomistMilky Way Economy
Greg Quiggle
Senior Vice President of Product ManagementKratos
Ramesh Ramaswamy
EVP and General Manager, International DivisionHughes
Ram Rao
Director of EngineeringSES Space & Defense
Channasandra Ravishankar
Senior Vice President of EngineeringHughes
Jared Reece
Branch Chief, COMSATCOM Solutions OfficeU.S. Space Force
Ryan Reid
PresidentBoeing Satellite Systems International, Inc.
Shadrach Benny Retnamony
Founder & CEOQuvia
Jeff Rex
VP of Programs and Business DevelopmentSpire Global
Kevin Reyes
VP, Business DevelopmentSaturn Satellite Networks
Luc Riesbeck
Space Policy Research AnalystAstroscale U.S. Inc.
Jason Rizzo
Satellite Solutions Sales ManagerAmazon Web Services
Mathieu Robilliard
Director - Equity ResearchBarclays
Nicole Robinson
PresidentUrsa Space Systems
William Rorrer
Principal, Business Development, Mission AnalysisL3Harris Technologies
Luca Rossettini
CEO and Co-founderD-Orbit
Shey Sabripour
Founder and CEOCesiumAstro, Inc.
Alexis Sainz
Special CounselMilbank LLP
Jon Sala
Vice President Products and Platforms, ConnectivityEutelsat Group
Alvaro Sanchez
CEOIntegrasys
Amy Saunders
EditorSatellite Evolution Group
Richard Schgallis
EVP Space SolutionsSafran Defense & Space, Inc.
Jeremy Schiel
Co-Founder and Chief Development OfficerOrbit Fab
Doug Schroeder
Oversight Executive // FNC3 Mission Prototyping DirectorOffice of the Secretary of Defense
Teresa Segura
Sr Manager, Emerging Capabilities Investments, Boeing Applied InnovationBoeing
Marc-Henri Serre
Executive Vice President, Telecommunications Business LineThales Alenia Space
Anirudh Sharma
Co-Founder & CEODigantara India
Michael Sheetz
Space ReporterCNBC News
Gwynne Shotwell
President & COOSpaceX
Frederik Simoens
CTOST Engineering iDirect
Sarah Simon
Senior AnalystBerenberg Capital Markets Llc
Jim Simpson
Chief Strategy OfficerVirgin Orbit
Jay Skylus
CEO + FounderAevum, Inc.
Amit Somani
CEOABS Global Limited
Dr. Sara Spangelo
Sr. Director, Satellite Engineering, co-lead Direct to CellSpaceX
Blad Stavropoulos
Sr. Director Solution and Sales EngineeringIntellian Technologies Inc.
Kevin Steen
CEOOneWeb Technologies
Giselle Stewart
Sr Mgr Diversity & InclusionBoeing
Andy Sutton
Principal Network ArchitectBT Global Services
Al Tadros
Chief Growth Officer and EVP Space InfrastructureRedwire
Emmanuel Terrasse
Vice PresidentThales Alenia Space
Dr. Michaelyn Thomas
Head of Affordability & Project Manager for Spaceport DevelopmentVirgin Orbit
Alan Tilles
Chairman, TelecommunicationsShulman Rogers Gandal Pordy & Ecker P.A.
Derek Tournear
DirectorSpace Development Agency
Dr. Frank Turner
Technical DirectorSpace Development Agency
Raenaurd Turpin
CTO Satellite SystemsBoeing Satellite Systems International, Inc.
Dr. Ezinne Uzo-Okoro
Assistant Director for Space Policy, Office of Science and Technology PolicyWhite House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Thomas Van den Driessche
Chief Commercial OfficerST Engineering iDirect
Ronald van der Breggen
Chief Commercial OfficerRivada Space Networks
Ric VanderMeulen
Vice President of Government SatcomViasat
Elodie Viau
Director of TelecommunicationsEuropean Space Agency (ESA)
Aurélien Vigano
VP International Transmission NetworksOrange Business Services
Laurence Vigeant-Langlois
PartnerAE Industrial Partners LP
AJ Vigil
Senior ScientistSystems Technologies Inc
Aude Vignelles
Chief Technology OfficerAustralian Space Agency
Dr. Stephen Volz
Acting Assistant Secretary for Environmental Observation and PredictionNational Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration NOAA
Eric Von Eckartsberg
Group Chief Revenue OfficerKleos Space
Nancy Walker
SVP of Aviation ConnectivityGlobal Eagle
Erin Weber
General CounselABL Space Systems
Brian Weeden
Director of Program Planning for Secure World Foundation and Executive Director of CONFERSSecure World Foundation
Charity Weeden
Vice President, Global Space Policy and Government RelationsAstroscale
Rob Weitendorf
Vice President, Business DevelopmentKymeta Corporation
Kyle Whitehill
Chief Executive OfficerAVANTI COMMUNICATIONS
Danielle Wood
Director of the Space Enabled Research Group, Assistant Professor of Media Arts & Sciences and Aeronautics & AstronauticsMIT Media Lab
Paul Woods
Chief Innovation OfficerGlobal Fishing Watch
Teruo Yamashita
Group President, Global Business GroupSKY Perfect JSAT Corporation
Sean Yarborough
Vice President of Product ManagementST Engineering iDirect
Jay Yass
Chief Corporate Development and Strategy OfficerOmnispace
Thomas Yen
CEO & Co-FounderTensor Tech
Adisesh Yeragudi
CEOAV SpaceTech
Elias Zaccack
SVP Commercial AmericasSES Astra S.A.
Louis Zacharilla
Director of Innovation, SSPI & Director of Development, World Teleport Assoc.WTA
Justin Zhen
Co-FounderThinknum Alternative Data
Andrew Zolli
VP of Sustainability and Global ImpactPlanet PBC
