Welcome to the SATELLITE 2022 speaker gallery! Below you’ll find the complete list of experts and leaders committed to speak. Click on their headshot to learn more!
Michael Abad-Santos
CEOBridgeComm
Sulaiman Al Ali
CEOThuraya Telecommunications Company
Hadi Alhassani
Chief Strategy OfficerArabsat
Chad Anderson
Founder & Managing PartnerSpace Capital
James Antifaev
Director, New and Emerging MarketsSpaceflight Inc.
Mike Antonovich
VP, International Sales and Business DevelopmentDataPath, Inc.
Martin Attiq
Chief Business OfficerAstra
Frank Backes
Sr VP SATCOM Products & Fed Sat SolutionsKratos
Kamal Ballout
Head of Nokia Enterprise, MEANokia
Sirisha Bandla
Vice President of Government AffairsVirgin Galactic
Marc Bell
CEOTerran Orbital
Robert Bell
Executive DirectorWTA
Carolyn Belle
Senior Director, Advanced SystemsAstroscale U.S. Inc.
Megan Bennett
Board MemberSpace Frontier Foundation
Walter Berger
President & Co-CEOKymeta Corporation
Camille Calibeo
Science Communicator / Business DevelopmentOrbit Fab
Eva Berneke
CEOEutelsat Group
Mr. David Bettinger
CEOSpaceLink
Kari Bingen
Chief Strategy OfficerHawkEye 360
Brad Bode
Chief Technology Officer & Co-FounderATLAS Space Operations, Inc.
Mark Boggett
CEOSeraphim Space
Hussain Bokhari
ConsultantNSR
Chris Boshuizen
Partner, DCVC and Blue Origin New Shepard NS-18 Commercial AstronautBlue Origin New Shepard NS-18 Commercial Astronaut
Jim Bridenstine
Senior Advisor, Acorn Growth Companies & Former AdministratorNASA
Ralph Brooker
PresidentSatProf Inc.
Josh Brost
Chief Revenue OfficerRelativity Space
Conor Brown
Director of Solutions EngineeringSpire Global
Eric Brown
Senior Director of Mission Strategy, Military SpaceLockheed Martin Corp.
Dylan Browne
President GovernmentOneWeb
Tory Bruno
CEOUnited Launch Alliance
Carissa Christensen
Founder and CEOBryceTech
Richard Buenneke
Senior Advisor, National Security Space Policy, Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance (AVC)US Department of State
Presenter: Luisa Buinhas
Co-Founder & Chief Program OfficerVyoma gmbH
Ron Busch
Executive Vice President, Engineering and OperationsABS Global Limited
Naia Butler-Craig
Graduate ResearcherGeorgia Institute of Technology
Vytenis Buzas
CEOKongsberg NanoAvionics
Lisa Callahan
VP & GM Commercial Civil SpaceLockheed Martin Corp.
Thomas Cavett
VP of Strategy and Operations, Chief of StaffTomorrow.io
Girish Chandran
CTOViasat
Jay Chapman
Director, Government SolutionsIridium Communications
Patrick Chatard Moulin
Deputy Head of Space Task ForceEuropean External Action Service (EEAS)
Gurvinder Chohan
Multidisciplinary Small Satellite missionsQSTC Inc
Serge Cholley
Director Defense Security & CSOEutelsat Group
Don Claussen
Chief Executive OfficerST Engineering iDirect
Kelvin Coleman
Associate Administrator for Commercial Space TransportationFederal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Steve Collar
CEOSES Astra S.A.
Michael Collett
Managing PartnerPromus Ventures
Major General Robert Collins
Program Executive Office Command Control Communications – Tactical (PEO C3T)U.S. Army
Ariane Cornell
Vice President of Commercial Orbital, Astronaut, and International SalesBlue Origin
Sam Costa
National CI Officer for SpaceOffice of the Director for National Intelligence/Acquisition, Technology & Facilities
Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch
Senior Vice President, Government Strategy & PolicyInmarsat Government
Judge: Terence Craig
Chief Investment Office, The Impact Seat & AdvisorToyota Ventures
Dr. James Crawford
Founder, Chairman and CTOOrbital Insight
Judge: Meagan Crawford
Managing PartnerSpaceFund
Clint Crosier
Director, Aerospace and Satellite SolutionsAmazon Web Services
Mark Dankberg
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and Co-FounderViasat
Nathan de Ruiter
Partner & Managing DirectorNovaSpace
Mike Dean
DoD SATCOM ChiefU.S. Department of Defense
Hervé Derrey
CEOThales Alenia Space
Matt Desch
Chief Executive OfficerIridium Communications
Tony DeTora
VP, Space Safety & SustainabilityLYNK
Jai Dialani
US Managing Directorhttps://leaf.space
Evan Dixon
President, Global Fixed BroadbandViasat, Inc.
Michel Dothey
Co-Founder & CCOneXat
Lisa Dreher
Managing Director/PresidentGuideForce/MSUA
B. Alvin Drew
Current NASA Dept. of Defense Liaison Manager, Former NASA AstronautNASA
Louis Dubin
Senior Vice President Product Management, MarketingComtech Satellite Network Technologies Corp.
Joakim Espeland
CEOQuadSAT
Daniel Faber
CEOOrbit Fab
Ms Debra Facktor
Head of U.S. Space SystemsAirbus U.S. Space and Defense Inc.
Andrew Faiola
VP EMEA Commercial SalesALL.SPACE
Negar Feher
VP of Business DevelopmentMomentus
Charles Ferland
Vice President & General Manager, Edge computing & TelecomLenovo
John Finney
Founder & CEOALL.SPACE
Tony Frazier
EVP, Global Field OperationsMaxar Space Systems
Presenter: Isa Fritz
Founder + OwnerCalico Star
Renee Frohnert
Business DevelopmentL3Harris Technologies
Bruno Fromont
CTOIntelsat
Frank Gallagher
NESDIS Chief ArchitectNOAA
Miguel A. Garcia Primo
CEOHISDESAT
Meredith Garofalo
Award-Winning Meteorologist/Space & Science CorrespondentRocket Girl Enterprise, LLC
Dennis Gatens
CEO, FounderLEOcloud
Dan Getman
Vice President Of ProductCapella Space
Tina Ghataore
Group CSRO, CEO North AmericaAerospacelab
Jean-Philippe Gillet
Vice President & General Manager, NetworksIntelsat US LLC
Mike Gold
Chief Growth OfficerRedwire
Mr. Daniel S. Goldberg
President and Chief Executive OfficerTelesat LEO Inc
Luis Gomes
CEOAAC Clyde Space
Rajeev Gopal
Vice President, Advanced Programs, Government & Defense DivisionHughes, An EchoStar Company
Brig. Gen. Steven Gorski
Director of Intelligence, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-EusticeU.S. Air Force
Brad Grady
Research DirectorNSR
Richard Green
Assistant Director for Government RelationsUniversity of Arizona
Mike Greenley
CEOMDA Space Ltd.
Presenter: Jeromy Grimmett
Founder & CEORogue Space Systems Corporation
Kalpak Gude
Head of Domestic Regulatory Affairs, Project KuiperAMAZON KUIPER MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES LLC
Mary Geunther
Director of Space PolicyCommercial Spaceflight Federation
Kenneth Harris II
Senior Project EngineerAerospace
Dr. Tanya Harrison
Director of Strategic Science InitiativesPlanet PBC
David Hartshorn
CEOGeeks Without Frontiers (GWF)
Semir Hassanaly
Head of Cellular Backhaul and TrunkingST Engineering iDirect
Susan Hastings
Associate Principal DirectorAerospace
James Hatt
Manager, Policy and Innovation Division, Office of Commercial Space TransportationFederal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Robert Hauge
PresidentSpaceLogistics
Douglas Hendrix
CEOExoAnalytic Solutions
Caleb Henry
Director of ResearchQuilty Space
Mr. David Hershberg
CEOSTS Global
Jeffrey Hill
Executive ChairmanSATELLITE 2024
John Hill
Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space PolicyOffice of the Under Secretary of Defense
Pete Hoene
President/CEOSES Government Solutions
Jonathan Hofeller
Vice President of Starlink, Commercial SalesSpaceX
Mr. Lars Hoffman
SVP Global Launch ServicesRocket Lab
Ms Aarti Holla-Maini
Secretary GeneralGlobal Satellite Operators Association (GSOA)
Mark Holmes
Senior Editorial DirectorVia Satellite
Erwin Hudson
Vice President, Telesat Lightspeed System DevelopmentTelesat LEO Inc
Phillip Ingle
Managing Director, Investment Banking DivisionMorgan Stanley & Co.
Presenter: Eric Ingram
Chairman of the Board, Chief Strategy OfficerSCOUT Space Inc.
Paul Isaac
Director, RF ProductsKratos
Stéphane Israël
CEOArianespace
Diana Jack
Strategy Senior ManagerBlue Origin
Rafferty Jackson
Board Member, Advisor, InvestorJack Industries
John Janka
Chief Officer, Global Government Affairs & RegulatoryViasat
Umair Javed
Chief Counsel for FCC Chairwoman Jessica RosenworcelFederal Communications Commission (FCC)
William A. Jeffrey
General Partner & Founder, Airstream VenturesSRI International
Rachel Jewett
Senior Managing EditorVia Satellite
Chris Johnson
CEOMaxar Space Systems
Mr. Darius Johnson
Managing Director, People & TransformationFTI Consulting, Inc.
Jarrett Jones
Senior Vice President of New GlennBlue Origin
Karen Jones
Sr. Space Policy Analyst and Space EconomistThe Aerospace Corporation, Center for Space Policy and Strategy
David Kagan
CEOGlobalstar
Glenn Katz
Chief Commercial OfficerTelesat LEO Inc
Hagay Katz
Chief Product and Marketing OfficerGilat Satellite Networks
Pradman Kaul
PresidentHughes, An EchoStar Company
Anne Keeney
Senior DirectorGlen Echo Group
Ann Kim
Managing Director and Head of Frontier TechnologySVB Financial Group
Jason Kim
CEOMillennium Space Systems
Tom Kirkland
VP & GM, Army/SOCOML3Harris Technologies
Kristen Kloster-Grady
VP, MarketingNSR
Josef Koller
Systems DirectorAerospace
Christina Korp
Co-Founder / Astronaut WranglerSPACE for a Better World
Guennadi Kroupnik
Executive Director, Space ExploitationCanadian Space Agency
Roger Lanctot
Associate Director, Global Automotive PracticeStrategy Analytics Ltd.
Natalia Larrea Brito
US DirectorNovaSpace
Kelly Larson
Chief Executive OfficerAquarian Space
Amber Ledgerwood
Director, Social and Environmental ImpactSES Astra S.A.
Erica LeFaive
Legislative Affairs Assoc, Government Operations & Strategic CommunicationsAxiom Space
Lon Levin
VP, New VenturesGEOShare / Lockheed Martin
Ethan Lin
Co-Founder, Vice PresidentTMY Technology Inc
Dr. Agostinho Linhares
Manager of Spectrum, Orbit and BroadcastingAnatel
Whitney Lohmeyer
Chief TechnologistFederal Communications Commission (FCC)
Ron Lopez
President and Managing DirectorAstroscale U.S. Inc.
Kylie Lucas
Corporate Strategy LeadBlue Origin
Erik Luther
Vice President Of ProductsCesiumAstro, Inc.
Kim Macharia
Chair Of The Board Of DirectorsSpace Frontier Foundation
Nelson Malaguti
Counsellor for ITU-R Study Group 4 (SGD/SG4)ITU
Mac Malkawi
PresidentBorderless Labs Inc
Kate Manning
Communications SpecialistNASA
Campbell Marshall
Vice President, Government & International MarketsOmnispace, LLC
Dr. Daniel Massey
Program Lead, Operate Through, U.S. DoD 5G to NextG InitiativeU.S. Department of Defense
Paul Mattear
Principal Account ExecutiveAmazon Web Services
Jeff Matthews
Specialist LeaderDeloitte Consulting LLC
Judge: Troy McCann
Founder and CEOMoonshot
Ryan McKinney
President of Satellogic North AmericaSatellogic North America
Darren McKnight
Senior Technical FellowLeoLabs Inc
Neil J. McRae
Chief ArchitectBT Group (British Telecom)
Judge: Michael Mealling
General PartnerStarbridge Venture Capital
Jason Mello
PresidentFirefly Space Transport Services (STS)
David Meltzer
Secretary GeneralGVF
Rob Meyerson
Co-Founder and CEOInterlune Corporation
Michelle Miller
Senior Loan OfficerExport-Import Bank of the United States
Judge: Josephine Millward
PartnerOpAmp Capital
Bill Milroy
Chairman and CTOThinKom
Mina Mitry
CEOKepler Communications
Hazem Moakkit
Vice President, Spectrum StrategyIntelsat US LLC
Mike Moran
Senior Vice President, Defense & Intelligence SystemsTerran Orbital Corporation
Valvanera Moreno
Director, Space Procurement ProgrammesSES
Hirokazu Mori
Chief Strategy OfficerWarpspace Inc.
Adrian Morris
Executive Vice PresidentHughes, An EchoStar Company
Clay Mowry
PresidentInternational Astronautical Federation (IAF)
Will Mudge
Executive Vice President and Chief Technology OfficerSpeedcast
Lilac Muller PhD
Senior Vice President of Product ManagementKymeta Corporation
Scott Mumford
CEOLiquid Intelligent Technologies
J. Armand Musey
President and FounderSummit Ridge Group LLC
David Myers
CEO and PresidentUltiSat
Jean Marc Nasr
Executive Vice President & Head of Space SystemsAirbus
Tobias Nassif
DirectorSpace Data Association
Mario Neri
Director, International CoordinationTelesat LEO Inc
Jessica Noble
General CounselNanoRacks LLC
Judge: Matt O'Connell
Operating PartnerData Collective Venture Capital
Tom Ochinero
Senior Vice President of Commercial BusinessSpaceX
Judge: Michael Palank
General PartnerMaC Venture Capital
Lindsay Papsidero
Program ManagerLockheed Martin Parsec TM
Andrew Parlock
Senior Director of SalesICEYE US
Luigi Pasquali
CEOTelespazio S.p.A.
Brian Pemberton
Vice President Sales and MarketingOmnispace, LLC
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)
Ruy Pinto
CEOSES Astra S.A.
Tom Pirrone
CEOInfostellar U.S.
James Platt
Chief, Strategic Defense InitiativesU.S. Department of Homeland Security
William Pomerantz
Vice President, Special ProjectsVirgin Orbit
Darren Pralle
Senior Director, Product ManagementST Engineering iDirect
Ruth Pritchard-Kelly
Senior Advisor, Regulatory & Space PolicyOneWeb
Jason Rainbow
Senior Staff WriterSpaceNews
Ram Rao
Director of EngineeringSES Space & Defense
Sapna Rao
Systems EngineerLockheed Martin Space
Reza Rasoulian
VP, Hughes AviationHughes, An EchoStar Company
Minoo Rathnasabapathy PhD
Research EngineerMIT Media Lab
Bill Raymond
Director of PreSales - USGPlanet PBC
Dave Rehbehn
Vice President, International DivisionHughes, An EchoStar Company
Bulent Altan
CEOMynaric AG
Ryan Reid
PresidentBoeing Satellite Systems International, Inc.
Pacôme Révillon
CEONovaSpace
Jeff Rex
VP of Programs and Business DevelopmentSpire Global
Brig. Gen. Jeth Rey
Director, Army Futures Command Network Cross-Functional TeamUnited States Army Futures Command
Steve Richeson
VP Sales & MarketingMission Microwave
Mx. Luc Riesbeck
Space Policy Research AnalystAstroscale U.S. Inc.
J.R. Riordan
Chief Revenue OfficerBlackSky Holdings Inc.
Nicole Robinson
PresidentUrsa Space Systems
John Rood
Chairman and CEOMomentus
John Roth
Vice President of Strategy and Business DevelopmentSierra Nevada Corporation
Claude Rousseau
Research DirectorNSR, an Analysys Mason Company
Andrew Rush
President & COORedwire
Susan Saadat
Sr. VP AmericasETL Systems
Shagun Sachdeva
FounderKosmic Apple
Alvaro Sanchez
CEOIntegrasys
Ignacio Sanchís
CCOHispasat
Presenter: Sethu Saveda Suvanam
CEO & FounderReOrbit
Sarah Schellpfeffer
Sector Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Space Systems SectorNorthrop Grumman
Jo-Anne Sears
PartnerVelocity Government Relations
Nuno Sebastião
Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO, Feedzai & InvestorNeuraspace, SA
Randy Segal
PartnerHogan Lovells
Dr. Teresa Segura
Sr Manager, Emerging Capabilities Investments, Boeing Applied InnovationBoeing
John Serafini
Chief Executive OfficerHawkEye 360
Kartik Seshadri
VP International Products and OperationsHughes, An EchoStar Company
Avi Shabtai
CEORamon.Space
Dr. Vagan Shakhgildian
Vice-President Global Business DevelopmentComtech Telecommunications Corp.
Gwynne Shotwell
President & COOSpaceX
Jim Simpson
Chief Strategy OfficerVirgin Orbit
Cara Sindir
Chief Operations OfficerAirbus U.S. Space and Defense Inc.
Steven Soenens
VP Product MarketingSkyline Communications
Dr. Sara Spangelo
Sr. Director, Satellite Engineering, co-lead Direct to CellSpaceX
Dennis Stone
Project ExecutiveNASA
Jared Stout
Director of Congressional and Regulatory PolicyMeeksBI
Al Tadros
Chief Growth Officer and EVP Space InfrastructureRedwire
Samir Tafech
Senior Director Innovation & DisruptionDETASAD
Dan Tani
Chief of NASA INSPIRE Office, Former NASA AstronautNASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Col. Shane Taylor
PM, Tactical NetworkU.S. Army
Derek Tournear
DirectorSpace Development Agency
Dr. Frank Turner
Technical DirectorSpace Development Agency
Sankar Venkatraman
SVP Digital BusinessDETASAD
Natalia Vicente
VP Public AffairsGlobal Satellite Operators Association (GSOA)
Dr. Laurence Vigeant-Langlois
Managing DirectorAE Industrial Partners LLC
Dirk Wallinger
CEOYork Space Systems
Presenter: Rick Ward
CEOOrbitsEdge
Felix Thomas Wass
President and CEODETASAD
Erin Weber
General CounselABL Space Systems
Dr. Brian Weeden
Director of Program Planning for Secure World Foundation and Executive Director of CONFERSSecure World Foundation
Jaisha Wray
Associate Administrator, Office of International AffairsNational Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
Salim Yaghmour
Director of InnovationIntelsat
Jay Yass
Chief Corporate Development and Strategy OfficerOmnispace
Presenter: Thomas Yen
CEO & Co-FounderTensor Tech
Presenter: Adisesh Yeragudi
CEOAV SpaceTech
Maxwell Zhu
SGAC Policy and Advocacy Platform U.S. Task Force LeadSpace Generation Advisory Council
