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ASCEND speaker Sho Nakanose GITAI
May 16, 2024

Sho Nakanose

Sho Nakanose is the Founder and CEO of GITAI, the world's leading space robotics startup. He aims to provide safe and affordable labor in space, reducing operational costs to one-hundredth of the current levels. In…
Niki Blaker
May 16, 2024

Michael López-Alegría

Michael López-Alegría was born in Madrid, Spain and immigrated to the U.S. as a young boy with his family. He has over 40 years of aviation and space experience with the U.S. Navy and NASA…
Niki Blaker
Matt Kozlov Techstars
May 16, 2024

Matt Kozlov

Matt is the Managing Director of three of the top venture accelerators in the country: Techstars LA (in partnership with JPMorgan), Techstars Healthcare (in partnership with Cedars-Sinai, UnitedHealthcare, UCIrvine Health, and Point32Health), and Techstars Space…
Niki Blaker
Janet Grondin Stellar Solutions
May 15, 2024

Janet Grondin

Janet Grondin is the CEO of Stellar Solutions Inc., a leading provider of high-impact engineering services to significant intelligence, defense, civil, commercial, and international customers for 29 years. Grondin previously was Vice President of Intelligence…
Niki Blaker
Barbara Golf, United States Space Force
May 15, 2024

Barbara Golf

Mrs. Barbara A. Golf is the Executive Agent for Space Domain Awareness (SDA) within the Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power directorate, Space Systems Command, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California. In this role, she…
Niki Blaker
February 12, 2024

Kris Kuehnel

Home > Program >Kris Kuehnel serves as Managing Director for Airbus US Space & Defense, Houston Space Operations at the Johnson Space Center (JSC).  In this position, Mr. Kuehnel manages and directs activities related to company…
Lawrence Garrett
February 12, 2024

Lindsay Papsidero

Home > Program > Lindsay Papsidero leads Astrobotic’s civil and commercial space business development efforts and payload sales. Prior to Astrobotic, Lindsay served as the Director of Lunar Communications and Navigation at Crescent Space, a subsidiary…
Lawrence Garrett
February 9, 2024

Kevin Engelbert

Home > Program > Mr. Engelbert serves as the Manager of NASA’s In Space Production Applications (InSPA) Portfolio, responsible for development and implementation of the Agency strategy to enable sustainable and scalable commercial manufacturing in space…
Lawrence Garrett
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