Dr. Lin-Nan Lee, vice president of Advance Development at Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), leads research and technology development in disciplines such as channel coding, modulation, multiple access, signal processing and data compression. He has participated in developing Third Generation (3G) wireless communications standards; DVB-S2 and DVB-S2X satellite broadcast standards; and IEEE802.11.n wireless local area network (WLAN) standards. Dr. Lee contributed fundamental technologies - most notably in the turbo codes for 3G and 4G wireless and in the low-density parity check codes for DVB-S2/S2X and IEEE802.11.n. Currently, he works on the 3GPP standardization process for the Fifth Generation (5G) Wireless Standard.

Prior to joining Hughes, Dr. Lee worked for Communications Satellite Corporation (COMSAT) in various positions in the COMSAT Laboratory, and as Chief Scientist of the COMSAT System Division. Prior to COMSAT, Dr. Lee worked at Linkabit Corporation developing an experimental packet satellite network linking the ARPANET and networks in UK and Norway over an Intelsat satellite.

Dr. Lee holds a Bachelor of Science degree from National Taiwan University and a Master of Science and Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. A Life Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), he authored or co-authored more than 60 U.S. patents and dozens of journal and conference papers. In 2019, Dr. Lee was recognized for "Distinguished Contributions to Satellite Communications" by the Communications Society Satellite and Space Communications Technical Committee (COMSOC SSC-TC) of IEEE.

Ethan Lin is a serial entrepreneur who founded three companies since 2007. He is the VP and Co-founder of TMYTEK. A start-up company focuses on 5G mmWave solutions. He leads the software technology and marketing teams and helped the company successfully raising pre-A and A funds. Before TMYTEK, Ethan founded Scarlet Tech, a successful IoT company run until today. He ever worked for the smartphone maker HTC and cooperated with Microsoft and Qualcomm closely in the fields of software and wireless communication. In the first job, he built the world's largest infrared telescope (WIRCam) for CFHT in Hawaii. Ethan holds a Master's degree in Electronics Engineering on the topic of Quantum Dots IR detectors from National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan.

John Galer is the Assistant Vice President for National Security Space at the Aerospace Industries Association, providing policy leadership and representing industry consensus on national security space matters.

John is a former active duty Air Force space operations officer experienced in leading dynamic teams in space operations, strategy, communications, and policy. During his career, he has served as a satellite operator and integrator and a trusted advisor and strategic communicator for chief executives in the Department of Defense, intelligence community, and U.S. Congress. In his last assignment, he was a Legislative Liaison for U.S. Strategic Command.

Galer holds a B.S. in Journalism from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an M.B.A. from Florida State University.

Ram Rao has over 30 years of satellite and terrestrial communications experience and expertise in both technical and management roles. His areas of expertise range from systems level to components level under commercial satellite systems, earth stations, and networks. Ram has held experience in Government and Commercial industry in both technical and management roles.

Ram is currently Director of Advanced Engineering technologies at Leonardo DRS Global Enterprise Solutions that a leading contractor providing mission-critical Communications and security solutions to US Government and DoD. He is currently involved in the LEO ecosystems (Satellite, Ground, User Terminal Segments) and 5G networks. His earlier work includes Technical Consultancy at Federal Aviation Administration on Satellite-based Augmentation System (SBAS) for Position, Navigation, Time-(PNT) and Aircraft Navigation applications. Ram worked at Director of Systems Engineering and Vice President of Network Engineering at WorldSpace Satellite Digital Radio, as well as Senior Technical Manager at Hughes Network Systems in the area of Mobile Satellite Systems.

Ram holds MBA in International Business from Georgetown University and Master of Engineering from Bangalore University.

I joined the European Telecoms research team at Credit Suisse in September 2000. Prior to joining Credit Suisse, I worked for Deloitte for 5 years in audit and corporate finance, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant (ACA) in December 1998. I graduated from Cambridge University in 1995 with a BA in Mathematics.

I currently have active coverage of 13 stocks (UK Telcos, Scandinavian & Benelux Telcos & European satellite) as well as being the European mobile telecoms specialist within a team of 4. Since 2011 I have covered the global satellite industry with active coverage of SES, Eutelsat & Inmarsat (historic covered for >10 years).

As Chief Regulatory and International Strategy Officer, Mindel De La Torre leads efforts to secure spectrum rights for Omnispace LLC's global non-geostationary satellite system. Prior to joining Omnispace, she was Chief of the International Bureau at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for more than seven years where she led the agency's efforts internationally - both on a bilateral and multilateral basis. She oversaw the International Bureau's functions with regard to licensing of international and domestic satellites, international telecommunications and broadcast, and submarine cables.

Ms. De La Torre was president of the Telecommunications Management Group, Inc. (TMG), a consulting firm in the Washington, DC area from 1998-2009. Her work at TMG included advising businesses, international organizations, and regulators on issues relevant to liberalization and commercialization of the telecommunications sector, as well as spectrum resources.

She has held numerous leadership positions on U.S. delegations to ITU conferences, including the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC), World Telecommunication Development Conferences, and Plenipotentiary Conferences. She has actively participated in regional telecommunications organizations, such as CITEL, ATU and APEC, as well as the OECD.

Ms. De La Torre has a bachelor's degree from Vanderbilt University and a law degree from the University of Texas. She is a member of the Texas bar and the Federal Communications Bar Association.

Brent is the CEO of the newly formed NanoAvionics US Inc. and is in charge of standing up the US office and factory as well as securing new business in the US and Latin America. Before joining NanoAvionics, Brent was the CEO and head of North American operations for AAC/Clyde Space. Prior to that, he held several senior roles at Surrey Satellite Technologies US (SST-US), where he was instrumental in landing the joint US-Taiwanese COSMIC-2/Formosat-7 constellation and payload supplier for the NASA CYGNSS constellation. He also started the hosted payload program at SST-US with the first all commercial hosted payload satellite OTB-1 (Orbital Test Bed) leading to >$80 Million revenue of follow-on business with OTB-2 and 3. Prior to joining Surrey in 2008, Brent served as a business development manager at Honeywell Defense & Space for 8 years and also invented their new Miniature Momentum Control System using Control Moment Gyros. His background also includes work as an engineer at Honeywell Commercial Aviation. Abbott is a registered professional engineer and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Iowa State University.

My name is Nelly Offord Harle, and I work for Surrey Satellites Technology Limited (SSTL), a subsidiary of Airbus Defence and Space located in Guildford, United Kingdom. My role is to develop Exploration business, with a special focus on lunar activities. As Head of SSTL Lunar, a brand of SSTL specialised in commercialising lunar services, my role is to run the definition, set-up and delivery of Lunar communication services for our customers.
Prior to joining SSTL in 2019, I worked for Airbus Defence and Space, in the Telecom business line, mainly as a Project Manager and then as R&D Manager, involved in the payload part of big GEO telecommunication satellites.
Educated in Aerospace Engineering at the Ecole Superieure de l'Aeronautique et de l'Espace (SUPAERO, Toulouse France), I then started my career in Industrial Engineering in the automotive industry, and moved on to Management Consulting, mainly for Aeronautical companies in the US and Europe. I then joined Airbus Defence and Space (Astrium) in 2012.

Mr. Dubi Lever has been working within the Gilat R&D team for the last 24 years. He has served in senior positions spanning different fields of expertise - Hardware design, FPGA, communications algorithms, RF design and system architecture, as an engineer and as a manager. Over the years Dubi has been leading innovation within the company, initiating the development of new products. In the current role as CTO of the R&D division, Dubi is responsible for developing concepts of solutions for new technologies such as LEO constellations and beam hopping. He is the co-author of five patents.
Dubi holds a B.Sc. (Cum Laude) and M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Tel Aviv University

Antonio is co-founder and COO of Orbital Wave that provides "spacecraft operations as a service" for commercial cubesat, smallsat and constellation missions. He has 6 years of experience in the space sector gained across academia, ESA and industry and has also worked as an innovation analyst in e-commerce. He is an International Space University alumnus, an active member of SGAC and an INCOSE systems engineer. He has a Master of Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid and he has business development expertise in the space and ground segment software domains for both institutional and NewSpace markets in Europe, North America and South East Asia, where he gained a detailed understanding of the emerging NewSpace players and supply chains. .

As General Counsel at ABL Space Systems, Erin is responsible for all legal and compliance matters. ABL is making small satellite launches more flexible, reliable, and affordable than ever. Erin has over 15 years of experience representing clients in the aerospace and technology industries, previously at Hogan Lovells, International Launch Services, and Cognizant.

Clint Crosier leads the AWS Aerospace and Satellite Solutions business, responsible for providing commercial and government customers with tailored, secure, and cost-effective cloud solutions for building satellites, conducting space and launch operations, and reimagining space exploration. Prior to joining AWS, he spent 33 years in the US Air Force and US Space Force retiring as a Major General. During his career, he operated GPS, SatCom, and missile warning satellite constellations, launched Atlas and Titan rockets putting national security payloads in orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office and Air Force Space Command, deployed to the Middle East during Operation Enduring Freedom as USSCENTCOM's Director of Space Forces, and led Requirements and Strategy Development for the entire US Air Force. He has commanded at the Squadron, Group, and Wing levels, and held leadership roles as a US Senate Staffer and in the office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence. Prior to retiring from military service, he was the lead planner and architect of the stand-up of the US Space Force, the first new military service in 72 years.

Dr. Sara Spangelo worked on small satellites and autonomous aircraft at the University of Michigan and was a lead systems engineer at both NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) and Google X. Her expertise is in modeling and optimizing satellite constellations to maximize impact and business opportunities. Sara holds a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan and in 2017 was a Top 32 Canadian astronaut candidate.

Rajeev was appointed as Inmarsat's Chief Executive Officer in March 2021. He joined Inmarsat from Nokia, where he was most recently President and Chief Executive Officer. From 2009 to 2014 Rajeev was Chief Executive Officer of Nokia Solutions and Networks. During his tenure as CEO, he transformed Nokia into a top two telecommunications infrastructure company, led the consolidation of the sector from ten to three major players, positioned Nokia as a leader in a world connected by 5G and shaped by increasing digitalisation and automation. Under his leadership, Nokia acquired the networks businesses of Siemens, Motorola, Alcatel-Lucent, including the famed Bell Labs, successfully expanded into enterprise vertical markets, created the world's leading standalone telecom software business, significantly grew the annual recurring revenue patent licensing business and engineered the return of the Nokia brand to mobile phones.

Rajeev has lived and worked in the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Europe. He was a Commissioner of the United Nations Broadband Commission, Co-Chair of the digitalisation task force for the B20 and member of various digital and healthcare committees at the World Economic Forum. Rajeev was a member of the Chinese Premier's Global CEO Council from 2014 to 2020, a recipient of China's Marco Polo award; the highest honour awarded to an international business person from the Chinese government. Rajeev is an engineering graduate in Electronics and Communications and has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Manipal University.

Jack Waters, President and CEO

Mr. Waters is Chief Executive Officer of XipLink, Inc. In July 2007 XipLink was spun-off from the aerospace company Xiphos Technologies and new capital invested into the company. Mr. Waters was chosen to lead the XipLink team due to his long term success in data communications technologies, his past focus with growth strategies for high technology companies and the positive outcome for employees and investors after the sale of his latest venture to Singapore Technologies, for $165 Million Dollars, in November of 2005.

Most recently, Mr. Waters was Senior Vice President of Global Sales at iDirect Technologies, Inc., where he helped lead the turnaround of a failed "dot com" company, starting in 2001 with sales under $1 Million Dollars, to a leader in the IP Broadband VSAT business. While at iDirect, he was primarily responsible for creating the strongest sales and distribution organization in the satellite equipment market.

Mr. Waters joined iDirect from CoManage Corporation, a software developer of OSS Systems for ISP's, CLEC's and Alternate Carriers where he served as Vice President of Worldwide Sales, building the initial sales team to 12 members, assisting with closing two rounds of venture funding and developing initial traction in the telco marketplace. Prior to joining CoManage, Mr. Waters was Director of Worldwide ISP and CLEC Sales at Argon Networks, a manufacturer of large carrier-class core routers, which was later acquired by Siemens and renamed Unisphere (now Juniper Networks). Before his tenure at CoManage, Mr. Waters served as Director of the Mid-Atlantic Region at FORE Systems, where his team consistently obtained awards as the top performing region with a company that grew sales volume from $25M in 1994 to over $500M by 1998. Prior to FORE Systems, Mr. Waters held regional sales positions at Network Systems Corporation from 1984 to 1994 and Wang Computer from 1980 to 1984. Mr. Waters is a proud graduate of Michigan State University, holding a B.S. in Accounting and named Captain of the MSU Ski Team in 1979.

Started in Silicon Valley, working on the early GPS mapping systems, Sylvia has remained a dominant force in tech startup culture with 30+ years of extensive executive experience in all aspects of traditional and digital marketing. She is a self-proclaimed "Space Baby" as her father was integral in early space exploration and honed her skills creating new market opportunities for her clients such as Apple, The Home Depot, Verizon and Bozell.

14 years' heritage delivering complex Space contracts, including missions to Mars and Mercury as co-founder of Magna Parva. Broad commercial and business development skills centred around major space mission providers (European Space Agency).

Kevin O'Brien has spent his entire career in the commercialization of Big Data and Analytics, including three stints as a top C-Suite executive, including as CEO. In these roles, he designed, oversaw and implemented products that provide more timely, unbiased and normalized actionable insights from public and anonymized data sets in the energy, manufacturing, technology and consumer sectors. He has been in charge of each firm's sales efforts, putting them on a positive revenue growth trajectory, and he has led multiple rounds of financings to strategic and financial investors totaling more than$145million. In addition, he has also been the force behind developing marketable indices and tradable securities, and has consistently appeared in the media to explain verifiable economic insights that give investors and business decision-makers real-time informational advantages.

Tom Wilson is Sector Vice President, Business Development of Northrop Grumman's Innovation Systems sector and President of Space Logistics LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Northrop Grumman. Previously, Wilson served as Vice President of Strategy, Business Development and Advanced Systems for the Space Systems Group at ATK. He was responsible for managing and coordinating business development and acquisition strategies, and aligning group capabilities with customer requirements. Wilson also held key management positions at Swales Aerospace, including Vice President, Corporate Development and Vice President, Space Systems Programs. He has over 15 years of government experience with the Department of Defense, where he was the Staff Director for the Congressional Commission to Assess U.S. National Security Space Management and Organization, held several positions within the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and with the Naval Center for Space Technology at the Naval Research Laboratory. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Maryland.

Space geek trying to use my skills to help bring the benefits of autonomous and connected technology to the world.

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Matt Langenbahn is the Deputy Segment Lead for RT Logic Satellite Ground Systems (RT Logic is a Kratos subsidiary.) Matt coordinates customer projects, R&D, BD activities and operations management for the segment. In his current capacity, Matt is leading Kratos' efforts in the small satellite market with the development of virtualized, integrated ground systems (C2, Front End processing and Signal Processing) for small satellite operators. Matt has worked at RT Logic for 9 years with roles as Project Manager, Business Development, and Business Area Management.
Prior to RT Logic, Matt worked for Hewlett Packard and Agilent Technologies in many different roles. He has 20 years' experience in design, test, and manufacture of electronic equipment and software solutions.
Matt holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from University of Idaho and is currently pursuing an MBA from the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs.

Tina Ghataore is the President of Mynaric USA where she leads the efforts to position Mynaric as the preferred laser communication provider for aerospace application for both government and commercial markets. Prior to joining Mynaric USA, she was the Executive Vice President of Inflight Connectivity Solutions at Yahsat, a leading UAE Satellite Operator where she was responsible for the overall strategy and execution of enabling Yahsat to launch into Mobility Satcom Services business.

Tina brings 20+ years of experience in the aerospace/aviation and telecom industries. In 2007 she founded The EKKAM Group, a strategic management consulting firm focused on serving clients in the aerospace/aviation and telecom industries. Key notable clients included Airbus, Panasonic and Thales.

Prior to starting her own consulting business, Tina served as Director of Broadband Communications at Panasonic Avionics Corporation, where she was instrumental in efforts to launch the Panasonics Global Communications Services business, currently serving over 80+ airlines globally. Tina also served as the Director of Strategic Software Applications where she was charged to establish the strategy and grow the software, applications and media business, serving the In-Flight Entertainment and Communications industry.

Tina started her career at The Boeing Company's Satellite Systems business unit. She was integral to the building and launch of Connexion by Boeing (CBB) business, the first of its kind true broadband communications services for commercial airlines. Previously, as part of the business development organization, she participated in the early pursuits of the Teledesic (LEO) and Ellipso (MEO) satellite programs. She was also a key member of the due diligence team efforts, resulting in acquisition of Hughes Space and Communications.

Tina received her Bachelor of Honors Degree in Aerospace Engineering from Kingston University in the U.K. She is also a graduate of the International Space University.

Eli Naffah is the Formulation Manager for the Communications Services Project (CSP) at the NASA John H. Glenn Research Center in Cleveland Ohio. Mr. Naffah is a native of the Northeast Ohio Area. He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Central Florida and a Juris Doctor from Cleveland Marshall College of Law. Mr. Naffah started his career with NASA at the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida where he integrated Space Lab experiments for launch on the Space Shuttle. Mr. Naffah moved back to Cleveland to work on the Space Station Power System, with responsibility for integration and processing of the Power System at the launch site. Mr. Naffah later joined the NASA Glenn Office of Chief Counsel, serving as lead counsel on significant matters over a 12 year period. Mr. Naffah moved to the Space Flight Systems Directorate to lead the Orion Project Office at GRC with responsibility for development of the Orion Service Module, Orion Requirements and Orion Space Environmental Testing. He went to NASA Headquarters to serve as Deputy Chief Engineer for the Science Mission Directorate (SMD) where he was responsible for assessing SMD Programs and Projects and a number of technical excellence initiatives. He returned to GRC to serve as the Deputy Chief for the Avionics and Electrical Systems Division responsible for Avionics, Power Systems, Diagnostics/Data Systems, Electrical and Electromagnetic Systems, Flight Communications and Flight Software Engineering. In 2011, Mr. Naffah moved to establish the Glenn Space Communications and Spectrum Management Office. The Office supported the NASA Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) Program providing leadership in the areas of Spectrum Management, Architecture, Standards and Technology Development. In 2020, Mr. Naffah moved to lead the formulation of CSP, a major element of NASA's plan to transition to commercially provided communications and navigation (C&N) services for near-Earth space and terrestrial users. Such user's include launch vehicles, human spaceflight, and science missions in a variety of locations from Low Earth Orbit (LEO) up to geostationary orbit (GEO) and highly elliptical orbits, as well as terrestrial users such as aeronautical, balloon missions, and scientific research outposts such as McMurdo Station in Antarctica.

William Markey is President of RCBG, a management consulting and advisory services firm in TMT. RCBG assists management teams, boards, and investors in growth strategy and value creation. The firm's satellite clientele includes Boeing, Lockheed, Intelsat, Echostar, and Kymeta, and private equity firms. Last year, RCBG led the acquisition of Newtec for ST Engineering, the parent company of iDirect.

Mr Markey began his career at Motorola, including the Iridium spin-off, AT&T, and the World Bank. He is a member of several advisory boards, and previous chairman of Seachange, a video distribution company. William is a graduate of Georgetown, Columbia, and Johns Hopkins universities, and currently lives in Chicago where he is an active member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary in the Great Lakes region.