Speakers Archive

Sirisha Bandla

Sirisha Bandla currently works as the Vice President of Government Affairs and Research Operations for Virgin Galactic. In this role, Sirisha oversees legislative, regulatory, and government business priorities for the company, as well as work with research customers to fly science and technology experiments on VG’s SpaceShip class of vehicles. Previously, Sirisha served as the…

Dan Ceperley

Dan Ceperley is the CEO and cofounder of LeoLabs. He, and the founding team, created LeoLabs to drive advances in space traffic safety, space situational awareness (SSA), and preservation of the space environment through actionable, real-time information. Collisions with debris are the number one risk to safe operations in space and new data sources are…

Richard Mastracchio

Rick Mastracchio is the Director of Strategy and Business Development for Northrop Grumman’s Human Exploration and Operations unit. He has held previously positions as a Program Manager and as the Director of Cygnus Operations. Prior to joining Northrop Grumman Mr. Mastracchio spent 20 years as a NASA Astronaut. He has flown three Space Shuttle Missions,…

Greg Johnson

David Meltzer

David Meltzer has 30 years of experience in the satellite and humanitarian industries. Mr. Meltzer currently leads GVF which is the largest global trade association for the commercial satellite industry. As GVF’s Secretary General, he leads advocacy efforts on behalf of the industry with national and international regulators while providing members with benefits in areas…

Ryan Duffy

Ryan is Payload’s managing editor and host of the Pathfinder podcast. Previously, Ryan was an early employee at Morning Brew, where he started the company’s second product and helped scale it to 300,000+ subscribers. Ryan’s writing has appeared in the New York Times, Fast Company, Texas Tribune, and the Verge, among other publications.

Joe Anderson

Joseph Anderson is Vice President of Operations and Business Development for SpaceLogistics, a Northrop Grumman company. In his role, Anderson is responsible for managing the technical, operational, licensing and insurance aspects of SpaceLogistics’ satellite servicing fleet, as well as business development for commercial and government satellite servicing. Anderson has more than thirty years of satellite…

Sir Martin Sweeting

Daniel Faber

Daniel Faber is an engineer and entrepreneur with over 25 years of space technology leadership. His goal is to create permanent jobs in space, which first requires a bustling in-space economy. Daniel founded Orbit Fab in 2018 to build a propellant supply chain in space and make satellites reusable, so we can stop throwing away…

Phil Carrai

Phil Carrai is President of the Space, Training and Cybersecurity division for Kratos Defense and Security Solutions, Inc. As President, he is responsible for all aspects of business operations, business development/sales, mergers, and acquisitions. Throughout his career, Phil has led numerous acquisitions along with major software and hardware development initiatives to transform the group to…