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March 23-26, 2026
Walter E. Washington Convention Center // Washington, DC
Dr. Debra L. Emmons is vice president and chief technology officer (CTO) at The Aerospace Corporation. In this role, she is responsible for providing vital leadership for determining and executing the company’s technology strategy and investments. Emmons leads four offices: eLab, responsible for setting the technical investment strategy and priorities; xLab, responsible for developing, building, and operating prototypes; Commercial Space Futures (CSF) office, responsible for driving the harnessing of commercial solutions for government missions to advance U.S. space; and the new Solution Accelerator, responsible for delivering independent and innovative solutions with speed and national impact. She also manages the company’s $60M+ internal research and development program and the Aerospace Technical Fellows program, with the company’s top engineers and scientists. Emmons most recently served as chairperson of the CTO Roundtable with federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs) and university-affiliated research centers (UARCs) to develop and maintain relationships with government and other defense-related research laboratories to identify technology priorities, future requirements, and emerging opportunities.
Previously, Emmons was vice president of special studies at Aerospace, responsible for promoting the use of corporate and government resources through horizontal and cross-program integrated planning and engineering. Prior to that, she served as general manager of Aerospace’s Communication Technologies and Engineering Division, where she oversaw the communications studies, analysis, and testing products of the division to serve the full range of corporate national security space, civil, and commercial customers, and managed a geographically distributed team of engineers and laboratories.
Earlier in her career, Emmons was integral in the establishment and growth of the NASA and civil space customer lines of business and held various leadership roles. Emmons held the role of principal director, NASA and Civil Programs, serving all science and technology customers. Before joining Aerospace in 2003 as a project engineer, Emmons worked at Hughes Space and Communications Company as a system engineering project manager on commercial telecommunications satellite development. An experienced aerospace leader with technical, management, and industry experience in the acquisition and development of advanced technology space systems, Emmons has more than 25 years of experience in systems engineering, technical and risk analysis, program management, and communications systems. She was a principal contributor on several key high-level studies and assessments that have informed strategic decisionmaking within the government.
Emmons earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering from Cornell University with a concentration in signal processing and communications theory. She was awarded an MBA from Imperial College Management School, London, UK, with a concentration in entrepreneurship and finance. Emmons earned a Ph.D. in systems engineering from the George Washington University. Awards and Honors Emmons was awarded two Aerospace President’s Awards and named Aerospace Woman of the Year. She has received accolades for her contributions to the NASA Hubble Space Telescope Analysis of Alternatives and she was honored for providing technical studies critical to the Augustine Commission’s recommendations for future U.S. human spaceflight. Emmons was named a Class of 2024 Associate Fellow by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Affiliations Past and present affiliations include the California State University Autonomy Research Center for STEAHM External Research Advisory Committee; Advanced Space Communications and Navigation Systems Session, International Astronautical Federation; and National Space Club and Foundation, Washington, D.C.
Taylor Jordan is NOAA’s Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Environmental Observation and Prediction. Mr. Jordan is responsible for the strategic direction and oversight regarding NOAA’s numerical weather prediction and environmental modeling, satellite programs and space innovation, novel data and observations, uncrewed systems, and other large acquisitions. Mr. Jordan previously served as Principal at Innovative Federal Strategies, where he supported new partnerships for many of NOAA’s mission areas. He also served at NOAA previously as a Senior Policy Advisor and worked on the Hill for close to a decade as the lead staffer for NOAA on the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, where he authored the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017. Mr. Jordan holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Texas and a master’s degree from Johns Hopkins University.
Bridgit Mendler is the CEO and Co-Founder of Northwood Space, a pioneering startup dedicated to revolutionizing the way satellite data is transmitted between space and Earth. Merging a background in high-level academic research with a career in global media, Mendler is leading Northwood’s mission to build a “data highway” through a mass-producible network of satellite ground stations. Under her leadership, Northwood Space focuses on addressing the “bottleneck” of current satellite infrastructure by optimizing the ground segment of space operations. Before founding Northwood, Mendler was a globally recognized actress and singer, known for her roles in Disney Channel’s Good Luck Charlie and the film Lemonade Mouth. Her pivot to space technology has been cited as a premier example of career evolution, blending creative communication with complex engineering and legal strategy to solve one of the space industry’s most pressing infrastructure challenges.
Col. Alexander Rasmussen is the Chief Capability Officer at the Space Development Agency (SDA). The Capability Office supports the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) programs from requirement identification to launch and operations. This office includes the Warfighter Integration Cell, Tracking, Transport, Custody, Navigation, Battle Management, Red, and Ground & Launch cells. Collectively, they execute capability road maps and support tranche execution. Recognized as the Department of Defense’s constructive disruptor for space acquisition, SDA will quickly deliver needed space-based capabilities to the joint warfighter to support terrestrial missions through development, fielding, and operation of the PWSA. Col. Rasmussen has served in a variety of Intelligence, Armor, and Acquisitions assignments. As an Armor Officer, he has deployed to Kuwait, Baghdad, and Mosul, Iraq, and served in South Korea. In Army Acquisitions, he has served on combat vehicle, international, space, and positioning, navigation, and timing programs. Col. Rasmussen has an MBA from the University of Michigan and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology. He is a graduate of the Military Intelligence Officer Basic Course, Armor Captains Career Course, Scout Leaders Course, and the Defense Acquisition University’s Program Manager’s Course. Col. Rasmussen’s awards include Bronze Star Medals, Meritorious Service Medals, Army Commendation Medals, Army Achievement Medals, Combat Action Badge, Space Badge, Parachutist Badge, and others.
Chris Weber is Amazon’s Vice President of Leo Business, where he leads sales, marketing, product, and operations across the consumer, enterprise, and government customer segments. In this role, he oversees the end-to-end go-to-market strategy and execution for Amazon Leo.
Prior to joining Amazon, Chris was the Chief Revenue Officer at GitLab where he led all field operations, including sales, customer success and strategic partnerships. Chris has held senior management roles for more than 25 years, leading enterprise sales strategy, building high performing teams, and managing global customer relationships across industries. Throughout his career, he has driven transformational change across enterprise and sales teams leading to exponential growth and value. Prior to GitLab, Chris served as the first-ever Chief Business Officer at UiPath; held numerous leadership positions at Microsoft, where he helped to transform the sales organization and built one of the world’s largest cloud ecosystems of channel partners; and spent time at Nokia where he led the company’s re-entry into the North American market. Chris holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Mount Union.
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