2025 Space ISAC Value of Space Summit (VOSS VI), Co-Hosted by The Aerospace Corporation

Erin has over a decade of experience building meaningful tech collaborations and has formed hundreds of formal partnerships between government, industry and academia to solve problems for warfighters and national security. Currently Erin is the Executive Director of the Space ISAC and leads this Public-Private Partnership (P3) with fervor to secure the global space community. Space ISAC serves as the primary focal point for the global space industry for all threats and all hazards. Stood up at the direction of the White House in 2019, Erin led the Space ISAC to open its operational Watch Center, alongside the Cyber Malware and Analysis Vulnerability Laboratory in Colorado Springs, CO, USA. Under Erin’s leadership, Space ISAC’s headquarters facility is already serving several countries to achieve the mission of security and resilience for the global space industry. Each year Space ISAC puts on the Value of Space Summit, co-hosted with The Aerospace Corporation.

As a serial entrepreneur in the non-profit space, she thrives in launching new programs and new organizations from standing it up through building operations for new organizations.

Erin was the Managing Director of the Center for Technology, Research and Commercialization (C-TRAC) and brought three USAF-funded programs to bear at the Catalyst Campus for Technology & Innovation (www.catalystcampus.org) from 2016-2018. Her expertise in brokering unique partnerships using non-FAR type agreements led to the standup of the Air Force’s first cyber focused (#securebydesign) design studio, AFCyberWorx at the USAF Academy, and the first space accelerator, Catalyst Accelerator, at Catalyst Campus in Colorado Springs – in partnership with Air Force Research Laboratory and AFWERX.

In 2020 Erin was a recipient of the Woman of Influence award. In 2018 Erin was recognized by the Mayor of Colorado Springs as Mayor’s Young Leader (MYL) of the Year Award for Technology. She is also the recipient of Southern Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce Award for Young Female Leader in 2018.

In her previous roles she developed and managed intellectual property portfolios, technology transfer strategies, export control/ITAR, secure facilities, and rapid prototyping collaborations.

Erin serves on the advisory board of CyberSatGov, CyberLEO and is a board member for the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce & EDC. She has guest lectured at Georgetown University, United States Air Force Academy, University of Colorado at Boulder, Purdue and Johns Hopkins University.

Samuel Sanders Visner is a Technical Fellow at the Aerospace Corporation and Chair of the Board of Directors. Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center, the premier public/private and global partnership for the protection of our space systems. Sam served previously as a MITRE Tech Fellow and the Director of the National Cybersecurity Federally Funded Research and Development Center (MITRE), sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Sam was appointed in 2020 as a member of the Board of Directors of the Oak Ridge Associated Universities. Sam is a former adjunct professor of Science and Technology in International Affairs at Georgetown University, where he taught a course on cybersecurity policy, operations, and technology; he remains and advisor to that program. Sam was a member of the Intelligence Community Studies Board of the National Academy of Sciences, serving the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Sam is currently a member of the Army Science Board. In industry, Sam served as general manager of several cybersecurity businesses. He also served as Chief of Signals Intelligence Programs at the National Security Agency for which he received the Agency’s highest award for civilian service. Sam holds a bachelor’s degree in international politics from Georgetown University and a master’s degree in Telecommunications from George Washington University. Sam has published articles on national and cybersecurity in World Politics Review, the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, and the Defense Intelligence Journal.

Ted “Juice” Perry is an experienced Joint Operations, Non-Kinetics, Space and Gray Zone Principal at Infinity Labs. He has 25 years of special operations, Advanced Forces Operations (AFO), and sensitive activities experience, which include the Global War On Terrorism (GWOT), Great Power Competition (GPC), Domestic Special Operations and Gray Zone Warfare. Mr. Perry has developed offensive cyber weapon systems, space-based assets and non-kinetic capabilities at the Joint and Interagency level, while carrying out missions spanning six continents. He served as the Russian New Generation Warfare (RNGW) Adviser to the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the 2014-2015 winter offensive in Ukraine, teaching the leveraging of unlicensed bandwidth to contest and defeat UAS and other platforms.

Ted Commanded at Joint levels to include Strategic satellite control facilities, non-kinetic threat scaping intelligence assessments for Continuation Of Operations (COOP) and Continuation Of Government (COG) missions. Ted served in the stand up of the USNORTHCOM Domestic Cyber Watch Operations Center and USSPACECOM Joint Cyber Center/Information Warfare Directorate. Ted served as a Principal Application Adviser for the development of Persistent Space-Cyber test beds to exploit on-orbit constellations; teaching and instructing space aggressors, special operations and other government agencies on how to target and induce non-kinetic effects on satellites. Mr. Perry has recently advised and performed on DARPA SCEPTER and STRATCOM Deep Strike, aiding in generating and evaluating Artificial Intelligence through social causality modeling and simulation developments to generate high fidelity/high speed all domain and gray zone operations wargaming for joint warfighting in Doctrine 2030 initiatives. Mr. Perry is a Co-author of Joint Publication 3-12 (JP 3-12) Cyberspace Operations, Army Field Manual 3-12 (FM 3-12) Cyberspace and Electromagnetic Warfare, and the Russian New Generation Warfare Handbook.

Brandon Bailey is a principal engineer for the Cybersecurity and Advanced Platforms Subdivision (CAPS) at The Aerospace Corporation, at The Aerospace Corporation. In this role, Bailey has focused on developing a cyber range to support penetration testing training and in-the-lab evaluation of customers’ implementations, performing vulnerability assessments and penetration testing activities for multiple customers as well as performing cybersecurity research on ground systems and spacecraft systems to better position the federal government with respect to protection of our critical space infrastructure. Bailey has also led the development of the space-focused tactic, technique, and procedures (TTPs) framework called Space Attack Research and Tactic Analysis (SPARTA). SPARTA is intended to provide unclassified information to space professionals about how spacecraft may be attacked. Bailey is a former civil servant at NASA, where he led various cybersecurity efforts and was awarded NASA’s Exceptional Service Medal for his landmark cybersecurity work in 2019. He has extensive experience in the test and evaluation of systems and technology using high-fidelity digital twins with specialization in cybersecurity. Bailey graduated Summa Cum Laude with a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from West Virginia University and currently holds multiple certifications in the cybersecurity field. Bailey has been an adjunct and guest lecturer at WVU for several years, and he also conducts lectures for Johns Hopkins University, Cornell University, and Indiana University.

Lina M. Cashin is a senior project engineer in the Defense Systems Operations Group at The Aerospace Corporation. She develops strategies, policies, and requirements for space-based capabilities and supports national security missions. Cashin also serves as a policy analyst for the Center for Space Policy and Strategy, where she provides objective research to ensure well-informed and forward-looking policy.

Cashin excels in translating complex concepts from engineers and scientists to operators and acquirers. She provides system engineering and requirement analysis for U.S. Space Command
and U.S. Strategic Command deterrence, nuclear operations, and space missions. She focuses on satellite communication and has co-authored a biennial threat report, Joint Space Communications Layer Initial Capabilities Document Change 1, and an implementation plan. She also drafted the USSTRATCOM 2016 GPS Timing Error Operational Review Board Report.

Additionally, she researches national and international security implications. She co-wrote Space-Enabled Persistence and Transparency in the Arctic to Support Infrastructure and
National Security Needs and Developing a Sustainable Spectrum Approach for 5G Services & Critical Weather Forecasts. She also orchestrated a space debris forum on Capitol Hill to educate congressional staffers.

Before joining Aerospace, Cashin was a strategic planner for U.S. Strategic Command’s Integrated Missile Defense in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She supported the missile defense
strategy and policy team in thought leadership and foreign military sales recommendations. She prepared the leadership for congressional testimony, missile defense boards, and global force management decisions.

Prior to this, Cashin served 24 years in the U.S. Air Force, where she was an expert in space and cyber operations, policy, and strategy. She established the U.S. space situational data-sharing
program, ensuring safety of spaceflight and pioneering international transparency for improved spaceflight operations, culminating in seven international agreements. Cashin also served many space operations assignments: orbital analyst; Delta II launch controller; flight commander and operations officer at the Air Force’s officer leadership training school; and commander, Detachment 1, 533rd Training Squadron, technical training for Cheyenne Mountain operations.

Cashin’s staff assignments included lead for space exercises at the Air Force Doctrine Center; Chief of Space Policy, U.S. Strategic Command; Director of Staff, 45th Space Wing, Patrick Air Force Base; and Chief, Policy, Doctrine, and International Engagement Division, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base. Cashin retired from the Air Force in 2013 with the rank of colonel.

Richard Clarke is the founder and CEO of Good Harbor Security Risk Management, and is an advisor to public and private sector leadership on all issues of cyber-security and crisis management. Clarke served in the White House for an unprecedented ten years as Special Advisor to the President on Cyber Security, serving under President George H.W. Bush, President Bill Clinton, and President George W. Bush. Clarke advised on counter-terrorism and served on the National Security Council for ten years. In his role as the nation’s “Cyber-Czar,” Clarke developed the country’s first National Strategy to Defend Cyberspace.

He is the author of the national number one best seller Against All Enemies as well as Cyber War: The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do About It and Artificial Intelligencia. He is co-author of The Fifth Domain: Defending Our Country, Our Companies, and Ourselves in the Age of Cyber Threats with Robert K. Knake.

Hector Falcon is the Director for the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Space ISAC) Watch Center. Before joining the Space ISAC in 2022, Hector served as a Cyber Security Leader for Space for two years before his retirement in 2022 from the newly established United States Space Force as a Senior Enlisted Leader helping establish diversity & fusion across intelligence, cyber and space disciplines spanning multiple career fields. Hector is a former Intelligence Officer serving within the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) as a regional leader and across the United States Air Force having served across several theaters of operation (Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan) & continents as a 26-year Air Force and Space Force Veteran. He holds a Master’s of Science Degree in Information Technology and Strategy and holds several industry certifications spanning disparate sectors. As a gray zone operations advisor, Hector continues to inform the broader community and collective through three simple questions.

What do I know?
What do I not know?
What are my assumptions?

Joel has leveraged his background in technical writing and information design in the commercial threat intelligence field and enjoys building unique insights on the threat landscape for the space industry. Through his work at the Space ISAC, Joel communicates with space subject matter experts from across the world to track threats to space systems and facilitate information sharing across the space sector. As the lead of the Space ISAC’s Watch Center, Joel tracks trends and significant activity regarding threats to the space community. Joel received his bachelor’s degree in Professional and Technical Writing at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs and has helped to co-author several publications on behalf of Space ISAC.

Serving as the Cross Domain Analyst at Space ISAC, Marcus Graham’s duties included spanning intelligence, cyber, signals, and space domains. He is responsible for employing sound intelligence analyst processes actively leveraging and fusing intelligence from many sources to include cyber, space and multi-domain conduits. To Marcus, impacts against space system architecture span all the way from the aquatic layer to the sun, both physical and non-physical. Which is something Marcus has learned through his time at Space ISAC, routinely providing threat briefings, writing timely reports, and actively engaging in research to assist members in maintaining actionable and critical situational awareness. Marcus had the privilege of routinely collaborating with subject matter experts that span all segments and sectors to better understand the diversity of threats against space. Some of the areas of threats that he is more passionate about include space weather, space debris, launch / recovery operations, subsea cables, and geopolitical conflicts. Marcus’ background is in criminology where he received my Master’s degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. 

Dr. Timothy P. Graves is the general manager of the Information Systems and Cyber Division (ISCD) at The Aerospace Corporation. ISCD is responsible for Aerospace’s software, cyber, and data science innovations supporting national security space (NSS), NASA/civil programs, industry, and academia. As one of Aerospace’s largest engineering divisions, ISCD is at the cutting edge of technology supporting customers in multiple frontiers of software and cloud architecture, edge computing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, space cyber resilience, full-tack development, and more.

Previously, Graves was the general manager of the Physical Sciences Laboratories (PSL), a unique organization consisting of over 150 laboratories and a world-class scientific staff and portfolio. Graves led PSL to new levels with R&D growth and transition strategies that expanded the research portfolio and enabled improved collaboration and customer impact.

Graves joined The Aerospace Corporation in 2006 as a senior member of the technical staff in the Space Materials Laboratory, Laboratory Operations, where he developed new research and laboratories for space plasma effects. He managed the Electric Propulsion and Plasma Science group within the laboratories and then went on to have multiple customer-facing roles in the Department of Defense and Intelligence community. He relocated to Chantilly, Virginia, to join Aerospace’s National Systems Group, managing multiple payload acquisitions and becoming principal director of the Survivability and Resilience Office. In this role, Graves developed and grew a new program office for space resiliency across multiple customer sets and mission partners.

Dr. Monty Greer is currently a member of Aerospace’s Consortium Management Entity for the Consortium for Space Mobility and ISAM Capabilities (COSMIC). Monty has been with the Aerospace Corp since 2017 where, aside from his current role, he has held a number of positions in Technical Intelligence, System of Systems Engineering, and S&T investment planning for the USSF Force Design Process.

Prior to joining Aerospace, Monty was a Colonel in the USAF where his career spanned 33 years of service beginning as an aircraft structures technician on the SR71 and U2/TR1, GPS satellite operations, USAFA faculty member, C-17 flight test program manager and engineer, Space Domain Awareness research and operations site commander, Deputy to the Air Force Chief Scientist and culminating with a tour with the NATO S&T Organization in Paris France. In addition, he deployed twice to Afghanistan and once to Iraq.

Dr. Gabrielle Hedrick is an Aerospace Engineer at the MITRE Corporation with over 10 years of prior NASA experience in planetary exploration. At MITRE, she focuses her research on space traffic coordination, launch and reentry, human spaceflight, and cislunar space, including security in cislunar as part of the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Space ISAC). After spearheading its creation, she became chair of its Cislunar Affinity Group that doubles as the Security Working group for the American Institute of Aeronautic and Astronautic (AIAA) Cislunar Ecosystem Task Force. She led the development of a course series on cislunar challenges and opportunities in partnership with the Space ISAC and AIAA, that include topics such as space weather, space law, and lunar geodesy. She is also an Emergency Medical Technician, firefighter, and ski patroller, expertise that she leverages as part of her research on safety of humans in space. She has a master’s degree in mining engineering, for which she spent a year mining gold in the Amazon Rainforest, a master’s degree in Planetary Sciences, focused on long-term planning for the NASA Mars rover Opportunity, and a PhD in Aerospace Engineering with a dissertation centered around terrain-aware path planning for the NASA Mars Sample Return rover.

Mark Henrie is Deputy General Manager of 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 and maintenance.

In 1992, Mark was commissioned in the U.S. Army as a Signal Officer. He served in a number of company grade leadership roles before transitioning into the Army Acquisition Corps. Mark served as Assistant Program Manager responsible for the Installation Information Infrastructure Modernization Program (I3MP) with a five-year program value of $2.6B delivering IT services for enhanced Army power projection capabilities throughout the continental United States. Mark authored a restructure plan of I3MP to better support a transformed Army, coordinated and briefed it to the Headquarters U.S. Army, and garnered $1.4B in additional resourcing across a five-year period.

Mark first joined the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) in 2005 and managed a task order in the systems engineering, planning, execution, analysis, and reporting of Missile Defense System (MDS) test events with an annual budget of $40M+. In 2009, he led a campaign that accomplished a live intercept of an Aegis ship launching remotely on space tracks, along with other technological firsts integrating space tracks into fire control loops.

Mark retired from this position after 23 years of service and joined Jacobs in 2015 to help win the IRES contract. With that successful win in 2017, Mark was assigned Director for Events and Warfighter Support (EWS). EWS successfully planned, integrated and executed over 100 missile defense ground tests, flight tests, wargames, and exercises; transitioned test enclaves into the MDA CIO’s global enterprise; and generated the highest CPARs and profitability in IRES. He was promoted to IRES Deputy Program Manager in 2022, and has increased CPAR scores, profitability, and delivery of enterprise projects across the program.

Terri Johnson Akse, MS, CEH is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Cybersecurity Management at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS), where she delivers undergraduate and graduate courses focused on applied cybersecurity, governance, and critical infrastructure protection. With more than 25 years of experience spanning industry and academia, she has held leadership roles such as Director of Network and Systems Services at Colorado College and played a pivotal role in launching the first Associate of Applied Science degree in Cybersecurity at Pikes Peak State College (PPSC).

A recognized advocate for cybersecurity education and workforce development, Terri has led and contributed to numerous initiatives supporting diversity in tech. Her involvement includes national committee service with Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS), teaching GenCyber camps for both UCCS and PPSC, and collaborating with the College Board to advance cybersecurity curriculum at the high school level.

Terri is also a co-developer and instructor of the SpaDoCs (Space Domain Cybersecurity) framework in partnership with TSTI, and she teaches in UCCS’s Space Cybersecurity Enterprise Management Graduate Certificate and MBA emphasis program. She is currently completing her Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) in Cybersecurity Management at UCCS, with expected completion in 2026.

Kev is a director-consultant within CGI’s Space Defence and Intelligence Business Unit. Since 2017 Kev has been the enterprise, business-change, and the programme coherence lead for the UK Ministry of Defence and UK Space Agency’s National Space Operations Centre Space Domain Awareness and C2 capability programme.

An enterprise architect, Kev is currently helping the Royal Air Force and UK Space Command design, implement and operate architecture practices to govern and assure the design, delivery and continuous innovation of business operating models and architecure practices to support capability portfolio planning in order to optimise the integration of digital systems, and operational coherence across all of the five operational domains. Since Jul 24 Kev has been co-leading the design, development, implementation and management of a UK industry and Academia initiative to formally support and contribute to Space ISAC’s global collective defence mission.

Kev operated Tornado GR1/4 and F-18 Hornet strike/attack aircraft for over 15 years for the RAF and USN. He is a Qualified Weapons and Electronic Warfare Instructor, and has an MSc in aero-space systems and served as the UK’s Mission Systems Flight Test Lead for the F35 DT at Pax River NAS. On his return to the UK in 2010 Kev attended and graduated from University of Warwick’s Executive MBA in 2013.

Adam Kall is Co-Founder & Director of Science at Kall Morris Inc (KMI), established in 2019 with 2 other alumni of Northern Michigan University (NMU) where he graduated magna cum laude with degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science, with a Master’s in Data Science from Elmhurst University. Adam’s experience and interest in technology provide a strong foundation for his leadership of the Mission Planning, Spacecraft Operation, and Mission Control teams at KMI delivering workable, real-world solutions; driving development of solutions and software for operations in space. Adam and one of his co-founders was recognized by Forbes 30 under 30 for Transportation & Mobility in 2024.

At KMI, he has overseen the growth from bootstrapping co-founders to a startup small business that recently returned demonstration hardware after over 200 days in orbit aboard the International Space Station. Over half a dozen testing sessions, the KMI-led effort completed 170+ record-breaking capture cycles and validated critical aspects for the future fleet of radically-optimized mobility spacecraft. The demonstrations of REACCH are a public display of the functional, efficient, and effective set of solutions at KMI focused on Relocation as a Service (RaaS): a vital aspect of in-orbit servicing and space sustainability that supports End-of-Life Services, Orbit Change Maneuvers, and Active Debris Removal (ADR).

KMI is an in-space logistics company dedicated to sustainable orbital operations by providing innovative relocation services in space. Based in Marquette, MI, KMI is leveraging unconventional approaches, first principle thinking, and practiced scientific rigor to develop exclusive patented hardware, essential software, and strategic partnerships through contracts with NASA, USSF, USAF, and more. Through these efforts, KMI provides solutions to extend & enhance vital missions in orbit for legacy, modern, and future assets. This decreases the risk to operators and assets while increasing the options for our customers in the commercial, civil, and national security space areas, and overall strengthens the situation for all stakeholders in #KeepingSpaceClearForAll.

Dr. Krassner has over 40 years of experience in R&D, focused on space and on the application of advanced technologies for national security. He has performed on, or managed, projects ranging from undersea warfare to space technologies, and from fundamental R&D to system demonstrations.

He is well known in the area of advanced sensors and technology concepts for national security applications. Dr. Krassner was co-founder and former National Chairman of the MASINT Association, a participant on several NATO studies, a technical advisor to DARPA and IARPA, Chief Scientist of an IC space office, and is currently a consultant to various aerospace companies and DoD agencies. He has taught continuing education classes in space technology.

Dr. Krassner has worked closely with the JASONS advisory group over several years, providing multiple study topics regarding space technology and national defense. Additionally, he was a member of the USAF Scientific Advisory Board (SAB), where he supported or led studies on Responsive Launch, Urban Warfare, Global Strike, and UAV defense. More recently, he has been a member of a number of White House panels focused on space development.

Lydia LaFavor is a research fellow at the Center on Military and Political Power at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, where she focuses on the U.S. defense industrial base, weapons development, arms sales, and defense policy.

Prior to joining FDD, her dissertation research encompassed the origins of the Russian aerospace defense industrial base, infrared-guided tactical missile development, and transnational air defense technopolitics. Lydia served in the United States Air Force for seven years as an intelligence officer. Her time on active duty included deployments to the Horn of Africa and Afghanistan in support of Air Force special operations aviation and an assignment in the Republic of Korea in support of Air Force conventional aviation operations.

Lydia holds a B.S. in History and a minor in Russian from the United States Air Force Academy, an M.A. in Intelligence Studies from American Military University, and a Ph.D. in History from Auburn University. She conducts research in Russian, Greek, and Spanish.

Norm Laudermilch joined space technology company Maxar as the Chief Information Security Officer in April 2024. Over a 30-year career, he’s been at the forefront of cybersecurity and artificial intelligence, including classified cyber and space environments. Norm helped build the cybersecurity-as-a-service industry at Riptech, acquired by Symantec, where he led the design of first-of-a-kind managed security products used by more than 5,000 enterprises today. Norm joined Sophos following its acquisition of Invincea, where he was Chief Operating Officer. There, his team built an AI-based malware detection platform that is still protecting over 100M users today. Previously, Norm was CISO of the cloud computing division at Verizon, where he spearheaded the company’s early enterprise cloud innovations. He was also a pioneer in the mobile security space, co-founding mobile security provider Trust Digital and leading technology development before the company’s sale to McAfee. He began his career at the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), where he held a variety of cybersecurity roles over nearly a decade.

Mairead Levison studied Political Science, Russian Language, and Leadership at Virginia Tech, where she was a member of the Corps of Cadets and served as Regimental Commander, leading 1,200 cadets. She began her career at the National Ground Intelligence Center as a Russian Intelligence Analyst, authoring intelligence products on Russian ground systems, emerging technologies, and clandestine operations, and spearheading cross-agency collaboration. 
 
She went on to earn a Master of Science in National Security with a focus on Homeland Security from Liberty University, graduating with high distinction. In 2022, Mairead joined the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center, where she now serves as Deputy Director, bringing strategic leadership and expertise in international relations and national security to the forefront of the space sector. 

Brian Maguire is the Senior Director of Business Integration and Deputy to the Head of Space for Airbus US, Space & Defense, Inc. Within this role, he is responsible for the execution and growth of the ARROW 450 platform, Final Assembly Line (FAL) improvements at the Merritt Island FL facility, and integration streamlining within the line of business. Brian works closely with operations, engineering, and the security organizations in implementing secure practices within both the FAL and product line. Airbus US, Space & Defense, Inc. is committed to growing manufacturing capability in the U.S., and our government customers can leverage our commercial capability to develop proliferated orbit small satellite constellations.

Prior to coming to Airbus US Space & Defense, Brian spent time as the Senior Director of Aerospace Engineering at Loft Orbital and multiple roles with Engineering and Security & Mission Assurance at Ball Aerospace. 

Professor Carsten Maple is the Director of the NCSC-EPSRC Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Research and Professor of Cyber Systems Engineering at the University of Warwick. He is also Director for Research Innovation at EDGE-AI, the National Edge Artificial Intelligence Hub, and a Professor and Fellow of the Alan Turing Institute, where he is a principal investigator on a $9 million project developing trustworthy digital infrastructure.  Carsten is also a Research Affiliate at Judge Business School, and is a departmental visitor at the Computer Laboratory for 2025-2026, both University of Cambridge. He was formerly the co-director of the UK’s Future AI and Robotics Hub, where he led on cyber security.  He has an international research reputation, having published over 450 peer-reviewed papers. His research has attracted millions of pounds in funding and has been widely reported through the media.

Dr. Martin joined Astroscale U.S. in August 2019 as Executive Vice President. She brings many years of experience in space technology management, operations, and engineering to support the foundation and growth of Astroscale U.S.

Dr. Martin previously held the position of the Director, Orbital Solutions at General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS). She was responsible for the management and technical performance of the engineering staff and delivery of projects, including planning and managing technical and programmatic solutions to ensure quality, business, and financial objectives were met.

Prior to joining GA-EMS, Dr. Martin was the Chief Operating Officer at Surrey Satellite Technology US, where she led the Surrey project management and engineering teams. As a member of the Surrey Satellite US Executive Team, Dr. Martin managed the bidding, negotiation, and execution of projects, and was responsible for ensuring the company’s cost-effective methods were appropriately applied to the execution of programs.

Dr. Martin transferred to Surrey Satellite US from Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. in the United Kingdom, where she held several positions including the Head of Telecommunications and Navigation business unit, encompassing the Galileo payload programme. Prior to Surrey, Dr. Martin was a Project Manager and Scientist at QinetiQ.

Dr. Martin earned a Master of Science in astrophysics and a Doctorate in mathematics and computational sciences from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. She loves to explore and adventure the mountains in Colorado.

Sean O’Connor is the Founder of Violetshift UK Ltd, a specialist consultancy advising industry, international bodies, and governments on the strategic opportunities, risks, and hazards of investing in space and next-generation technologies. He is also the Co-founder of ScenarioAI, a tech start-up developing two novel large language models (LLMs) to support defence decision-making, cross-domain wargaming, and strategic analysis.

A retired Royal Air Force officer, Sean has deep expertise in capability planning and international defence policy. He is a recognised authority in space operations, multi-domain integration, joint intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), uncrewed air systems (UAS), and integrated air and missile defence (IAMD).

In his final role with the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), Sean served in the Finance and Military Capability Directorate, first as Head of Joint Capability Plans and later as Head of Space Capability Planning. He led the development of new space capabilities for UK Defence and authored a foundational thesis for the MOD’s Strategy Development Group. His work shaped a national innovation framework for the UK Space Enterprise, which became the foundation of the UK’s National Space and Defence Space Strategies published in 2021.

As Head of the MOD’s Joint Plans Directorate, Sean translated defence policy into strategic capability development, setting priorities and balance of investment recommendations. He drove greater coherence across cyber, ISR, and missile defence programmes, collaborating across government, industry, and international partners to shape proposals for the UK’s Integrated Review. He received a Director General’s Commendation for uniting teams to align complex MOD programmes.

Earlier, Sean served as Head of the J35 Division at NATO Joint Force Headquarters Brunssum, leading 78 multinational staff. He integrated five previously siloed teams to improve coordination across strategic operations, earning a 4-star commendation for enhancing synchronisation in a complex operational environment.

He also commanded a coalition special operations forward operating base in Afghanistan and later led the NATO Unified Training Advisory Group in Kabul. His joint operational experience includes leading a UK Joint Forces specialist operations and reconnaissance team responsible for non-combatant evacuations in the Levant from 2010 to 2013. He played a key role in evacuating 3,000 civilians from Libya and worked with UK agencies to assess regional risks and coordinate support.

In 2012, Sean was deployed to Damascus to provide direct crisis support to the British Ambassador. As the Syrian civil war escalated, he led the evacuation of 30 British civilians and 18 diplomats. For his leadership and dedication to preserving life and enhancing the UK Government’s crisis response across the Middle East, he was appointed an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE).

Sean holds a Master of Arts (MA) in Defence Studies from King’s College London and a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in International Relations from the University of Cambridge.

Jacob Oakley, PhD, DSc, is a cybersecurity journeyman, author, speaker, and educator with two decades of experience. As Technical Director for SIXGEN he provides Vision, strategy, and execution of digital warfare, space system cybersecurity, and offensive cyber programs. He serves on the Steering Committee for the IEEE Space System Cybersecurity Standards Working Group and is the Space Lead for the DEFCON Aerospace Village. An adjunct professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University writing/teaching graduate courses on space cyber, he also developed and teaches a satellite hacking course at Black Hat USA and internationally.

Nick Reese is the Cofounder and COO of Frontier Foundry Corporation. He most recently served as the first ever Director of Emerging Technology Policy at the US Department of Homeland Security where he advised the White House and senior Cabinet officials on national security implications of emerging technologies. He is the author of the multiple White House, Cabinet-level, and other federal government policies, Executive Orders, National Security Memoranda, and strategies related to emerging technologies.

With over 20 years of experience in national security, Nick’s career spans direct military service in multiple Global War on Terrorism campaigns, covert operations in the US intelligence Community, and technology policy making. He is the author of the DHS Space Policy and contributor to multiple White House space policies. A frequent Space ISAC collaborator, Nick created and ran the 2024 Saving Selene tabletop exercise and is the coauthor of the Cislunar Incident Response Framework. From federal policy making to building companies to teaching, Nick is focused on the sustained safety and security of the space economy and the delivery of actionable solutions to the most difficult challenges.

Nick is an adjunct professor of emerging technology at the NYU Center for Global Affairs where he teaches graduate level courses on National Security and Emerging Technology and Connected Communities.

Jose Remy is a PhD Student in the Laboratory for Cybersecurity Dynamics of University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (UCCS), under the supervision of Dr. Shouhuai Xu. His research focuses on space cybersecurity, including: understanding space infrastructure vulnerabilities, attacks, and defenses; characterizing real-world attacks and natural hazards against space systems; understanding resilience of space infrastructures and systems; and investigating practical solutions to making space infrastructures, systems, and services (including Space Domain Awareness and Situational Awareness) resilient against cyber threats. He holds a Certified Ethical Hacking certificate.

Ryan is a leader in Deloitte & Touche LLP’s Cyber Risk and Space practice where he focuses on cyber operations capabilities and services for clients operating in the non-traditional IT and mission system space. Ryan served in the Marine Corps and has over 25 years of experience in IT and cybersecurity. He lives in Colorado Springs with his wife and three daughters, loves to RV all over the USA, and has a passion for helping veterans as they transition into civilian life.

Professor Scott J. Shackelford is the Provost Professor of Business Law and Ethics at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. He serves as the Executive Director of the Ostrom Workshop and the Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research. He is also an Affiliated Scholar at both the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society.

Professor Shackelford has written more than 100 articles, book chapters, essays, and op-eds for diverse publications. Similarly, Professor Shackelford’s research has been covered by an array of outlets, including Politico, NPR, CNN, Forbes, Time, the Washington Post, and the LA Times. He is the author of Forks in the Digital Road: Key Decisions in the History of the Internet (Oxford University Press, 2024), The Internet of Things: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford University Press, 2020), Governing New Frontiers in the Information Age: Toward Cyber Peace (Cambridge University Press, 2020), and Managing Cyber Attacks in International Law, Business, and Relations: In Search of Cyber Peace (Cambridge University Press, 2014). He is also the lead editor of the first volume dedicated to cyber peace entitled Cyber Peace: Charting a Path Toward a Sustainable, Stable, and Secure Cyberspace (Cambridge University Press, 2022).

Both Professor Shackelford’s academic work and teaching have been recognized with numerous awards, including a Harvard University Research Fellowship, a Stanford University Hoover Institution National Fellowship, a Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study Distinguished Fellowship, the 2014 Indiana University Outstanding Junior Faculty Award, the 2015 Elinor Ostrom Award, and the 2022 Poets & Quants Best 40-Under-40 MBA Professors Award.

Dr. Georgianna “George” Shea is Chief Technologist at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), where she leads the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation and the Transformative Cyber Innovation Lab. Over a career spanning more than 30 years in federal and commercial roles, she has authored multiple policy papers on SBOM governance, quantum computing, risk management, and zero-trust architectures. Her work at FDD has directly informed congressional briefings and DoD acquisition policies, shaping resilience strategies across critical infrastructure sectors.

An accomplished thought leader, Dr. Shea has published 38 peer-reviewed articles, op-eds, policy briefs, and technical notes since 2011. She has delivered over 20 keynotes and panel presentations at venues such as the Davos Cyber Future Dialogue 2025, the Cyber Future Foundation Summit 2024, MIT Sloan School of Management, Georgetown University’s CSET, Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), ISSA, and the NVTC 2024 conference—discussing topics from “Cyber-Informed Engineering” and “Resilience” to “Operationalizing SBOMs in National Supply Chains” and “Quantum-Safe Cryptography for Critical Systems.”

She served on the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) Cyber-Physical Systems Working Group, contributing substantially to the 2024 Report to the President on Cyber-Physical Resilience. She is also a contributor to the Global Resilience Federation’s Operational Resilience Framework team and to CISA’s SBOM and AI BOM initiatives. Dr. Shea serves as a member of the Cybersecurity Canon at Ohio State University—providing book reviews and recommendations—and was previously part of the CyberWire Hash Table of experts.

Beyond her day-to-day leadership, Dr. Shea serves on various boards, including BioTone, Raidian AI, Rixon Technologies, Cyber Hero vCISO Network, Cybeats, and American Binary. She was also an OASIS Open governing board member for DAD-CDM. Before joining FDD, Dr. Shea was Chief Engineer at MITRE, where she provided cyber-SME support to the DoD, DoJ, and DoE, contributed to the DoD Test & Evaluation Guidebook, and led cyber test and evaluation for space-based systems.

Dr. Shea has taught and mentored the next generation of cybersecurity professionals for nearly a decade. She has served as an instructor at Fusion Cyber—developing hands-on training—and as an adjunct professor at Colorado Technical University and the University of Maine at Augusta, designing both online and in-person curricula in various cybersecurity topics. Since 2024, she has volunteered as a mentor with Cyber Guild Rise, guiding early-career and veteran students into cybersecurity roles. Additionally, Dr. Shea volunteers with Goodwill of Colorado and served as editor of the American Legion Post 206 newsletter (2022–2023), leading it to a first-place national award for best newsletter.

Dr. Shea earned a Doctor of Computer Science in Information Assurance, a Master of Science in Computer Information Technology Management, a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, and an Associate of Arts in Mathematics. She holds a CISSP certification (ISC²) and served as a Mobile Subscriber Transmission Systems Operator (31D) on active duty and reserve in the U.S. Army from 1992 to 2001. Her military experience instilled a deep appreciation for secure communications and a lifelong commitment to national security.

Mr. Fred Slane is a leader in space architecture and the development of supporting technical space standards in the U.S. and globally. As the International Chair of the ISO Subcommittee for Space Systems and Operations he is responsible for establishing consensus across the 33 countries on the subcommittee organizations and work program and individual working group Convenors. His current work includes the development of the standards-based reference architecture for the global space industry as a basis for the international space marketplace, including future space expansions. Within the consortium for On-Orbit Servicing (CONFERS) he has applied this work to nascent on-orbit servicing and in-space assembly and manufacturing. Within the AIAA he serves as the Chair of two Committee on Standards. He is a member of the ASTM standardization effort on space flight safety qualification. He has supported NRO Launch Standardization, and NEO studies. Internationally, he has worked on the ISO Subcommittee for Space Systems and Operations since 1999.

Rosa Szurgot is an Assistant Professor of Space Systems Cybersecurity at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, a 2025 Fulbright Fellow, and an NSF-sponsored doctoral candidate. Bridging avionics engineering with cutting-edge cyber defense, she researches and teaches secure command-and-data-handling architectures, resilient satellite networks, and quantum-ready communications.

In 2022, Rosa led the implementation of the full cybersecurity-requirements baseline for NASA’s Gateway lunar-orbit program—work formally recognized by both agency leadership and Gateway’s systems-engineering divisions for harmonizing complex, multi-vendor security specifications into a unified architecture.

Her current scholarship builds machine-learning defenses that detect and thwart threats across orbital, ground, and emerging quantum links while shaping national-security policy for the peaceful use of space. To translate theory into practice, she designs immersive cyber ranges where blue- and red-team operators battle across simulated interplanetary and IoT environments, each scenario bound by rigorous rules of engagement. Through this fusion of research, policy, and experiential training, Rosa equips engineers and decision-makers with the tools and insights needed to keep humanity’s expanding presence in space secure, resilient, and responsibly governed.

Dr. Eytan Tepper is Research Professor, Space Governance & Security and Director of the Space Governance Lab at Indiana University Bloomington, where he is affiliated with the Ostrom Workshop established by Nobel Laureate Elinor Ostrom. He teaches courses on Space Governance, Space-Cyber Governance, and Space Cybersecurity and leads research projects on global space governance, space-cyber power, and the commercial space revolution. Dr. Tepper earned his doctorate from the McGill University Institute of Air and Space Law and subsequently pursued a postdoctoral fellowship at the New York University (NYU) School of Law. Dr. Tepper has published in journals like the Maryland Law Review, the Georgia Law Review, the NYU Journal of International Law and Politics, Global Studies Quarterly, Journal of Space Law, Space Policy Journal, and Georgetown Journal of International Affairs. Prior to his return to academia, he was a practising lawyer with a career spanning the public and private sectors, representing government ministries and Fortune 500 companies.

Through CEM, MITRE provides engineering and data analyses and related studies to advance the missions of the US Treasury, IRS, Veterans Affairs, Department of Commerce, Social Security, Federal Reserve, USDA, OPM, and related Federal entities.

Kevin is responsible for engaging leadership of his customer base to understand their mission, threats to those missions, and how the broad capabilities of the FFRDC can be brought to bear against those threats to improve mission outcomes.

In his 20 years at MITRE, Kevin has led and overseen several groundbreaking data analytics efforts,
including the use of novel data sets to discover fraud, radio frequency interference and data downlink assurance, and Federal Reserve fraud analytics.

A decorated former Air Force officer, Kevin served in the Air Force’s Space & Missile Systems Center
(SMC) in Los Angeles with launch vehicles and satellite mission planning.

Kevin graduated from Rider University (B.S., finance) and the Wharton School of Business at the
University of Pennsylvania (M.B.A., finance and public policy).

David Weissmiller is a seasoned Industry executive and U.S. Air Force veteran with over 30 years of leadership in Space, Cyber, and Electronic Warfare operations. A distinguished expert in multi-domain integration and technology innovation, he currently serves as Vice President and Co-Founder of Freedom Space Technologies Inc. Here, he leads the company’s growth strategy and oversees complex satellite ground communication requirements that support both commercial satellite industry and National Security Space missions.

David has held senior leadership positions across the defense and aerospace sectors, including serving as a Senior Space Strategist for Parsons and a Senior Cyber Architect for Lockheed Martin. He is also a founding board member and committee chair for the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Space ISAC), where his leadership continues to shape international collaboration in space security and threat intelligence sharing.

Throughout his career, David has built a reputation for excellence in executive engagement with C-suite and federal stakeholders, business development, and operational leadership at both strategic and tactical levels. A decorated Space and Cyber Officer, he has commanded cyber and space control units, supported critical joint military operations, and played a key role in shaping foundational capabilities for USCYBERCOM, USSPACECOM, and other combatant commands.

He holds a B.S. in Computer Information Systems, an M.S. in Management Information Systems, and has completed advanced training in Joint Warfare and National Space Strategy.

Alexander Wright is an Engineering Specialist at the Aerospace Corporation. Graduating from Utah State University in 2014 with a degree in Computer Science, he has worked on Air Force and Space Force weapon systems for over eleven years with seven years dedicated to issues regarding software supply chain risk management. 

Dr. Shouhuai Xu is the Gallogly Chair Professor in Cybersecurity, Department of Computer Science, University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS). He is the founding director of the Laboratory for Cybersecurity Dynamics. His research has won several awards, including 1st place at 2019 Worldwide Adversarial Malware Classification Challenge organized by the MIT Lincoln Lab, the 2023 USCYBERCOM CyberRecon Analyst Award, the 2024 USCYBERCOM CyberRecon Hunter Award, 1st place at 2024 DoD NSIN/UC2 Cyber Innovators Challenges, and 2025 ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award. His research has been funded by AFOSR, AFRL, ARL, ARO, DoD/UC2, DOE, NSA, NSF and ONR. He was the Technology Pillar Lead of an NSF Regional Innovation Hub (Phase 1), which focuses on making space infrastructures and systems resilient. He co-initiated the International Conference on Science of Cyber Security (SciSec) and is serving as its Steering Committee Chair. He has served as Program Committee co-chair for several international conferences. He is/was an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (IEEE TDSC), IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security (IEEE T-IFS), IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering (IEEE TNSE), and Springer Nature’s Scientific Reports. He is a Distinguished Member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). More information about his research can be found at https://xu-lab.org.