Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Nix, United States Space Force, JETSON Project Lead and Senior Military Advisor, Spacecraft Technology Division (RVS), Air Force Research Laboratory( AFRL), Kirtland AFB, New Mexico. As Senior Military Advisor, Lieutenant Colonel Nix provides leadership and direction for over 120 personnel (24 Military, 100 Civilians) conducting world class research across multiple portfolios to…

Bernadette Maisel is the workforce development director for Space ISAC. She has served in the space industry for more than 14 years. Maisel facilitates collaboration across the community to provide opportunities for Space ISAC’s industry members and partners to engage in Space ISAC initiatives and Fellows Program. Maisel graduated from University of Colorado at Colorado…

Jim Elder is Vice President and General Manager of Jacobs Rapid Solutions. Rapid Solutions provides differentiated-technology solutions focused on intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) satellite and airborne payload development, exceptionally high-density microelectronics packaging, tactical systems production, and aerial digital mapping to US and allied partner nations and state, local, and commercial clients. Previously, Jim served…

Greg Sharp is Deputy General Manager of Jacobs Missile Defense Group, and Deputy Program Manager for the Integrated Research & Development Enterprise Solutions (IRES) contract. IRES is a $4.6B, eight-year contract that supports concurrent testing, training and operations conducted by the Missile Defense Agency with engineering, test planning and execution, information technology, and facility operations…

Alexis Sáinz is the global co-leader of the Hogan Lovells Space and Satellite practice and a partner in the Infrastructure, Energy, Resources & Projects group.  She regularly represents export credit and multilateral development agencies, satellite operators, aerospace manufacturers, launch services providers, communications companies, financial institutions, project sponsors, private equity firms, hedge funds, and other industry…

Dr. Rodrigo Leonardi is the Coordinator for Satellites and Applications at the Brazilian Space Agency. Dr. Leonardi holds a PhD in Astrophysics (2006) from the Brazilian Institute for Space Research and a BS degree (1999) in Mathematics from the University of Brasília. He joined the Brazilian Space Agency in 2017, and coordinates a portfolio of…

Hugo André Costa, born and raised in the north of Portugal, has a background in physics by Minho University. His love for space took him to Strasbourg to study a Master in Space Studies at the International Space University and later an MBA at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management. He worked at the…