Leadership Interviews

Industry leaders share their insights on their own career paths and the essentials of hiring, management and leadership.

Featured Interviews

Joan Tang Mancuso

Marketing & Business Development Consultant and 2024 Mentor of the Year

Onyinye Nwankwo

PhD Candidate, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and 2023 Promise Award Recipient

Julie Newman

Program Chief Engineer at Boeing and 2023 Promise Award Recipient

Bhavi Jagatia

Astrodynamics Engineer at Planet and 2023 Promise Award Recipient

Current Interviews


Joe Spytek CEO of Speedcast and 2023 Hall of Fame Inductee	David Kagan CEO of Globalstar and 2023 Hall of Fame Inductee	Outside In A Conversation with Members of the 2022 “20 Under 35” Cohort	Steve Bates Director of Systems Engineering at Maxar and 2022 Mentor of the Year	Chiara Cocchiara Systems Operations Engineer at EUMETSAT and 2022 Promise Award Recipient	Dr. Anthony Yuen Chair of SGAC and 2022 Promise Award Recipient

Donya Naz Divsaler Co-Founder and CEO of Caidin Biotechnologies and 2022 Promise Award Recipient	Professor Robert Twiggs Emeritus Professor – Astronautics at Morehead State Univ. and 2022 Hall of Fame Inductee	Steve Spengler Former CEO of Intelsat and 2022 Hall of Fame Inductee	Dr. William S. Marshall, Robert H. Schingler and Dr. Christopher R. Boshuizen Co-Founders of Planet Labs PBC and 2022 Hall of Fame Inductees	Frank DiBello President and CEO of Space Florida and 2022 Hall of Fame Inductee	Raven Moreland Ball Aerospace Spacecraft Power Systems Engineer and 2021 Promise Award Recipient

Sydney Hamilton Boeing Structures Stress Engineering Manager and 2021 Promise Award Recipient	Kelsey Doerksen Planet Space Systems Engineer in Satellite Operations and 2021 Promise Award Recipient	Donna Potter Maxar Technologies Former Senior Executive Director of Research and Development (Now Retired) and 2021 Mentor of the Year	Jim L. Oliver Founder, Owner and CEO of AvL Technologies and 2021 Hall of Fame Inductee	Kathryn L. Lueders Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate at NASA and 2021 Hall of Fame Inductee	Peter B. de Selding Co-Founder and Chief Editor of SpaceIntelReport and 2021 Hall of Fame Inductee

Brittany Zimmerman Paragon Space Development Principal Investigator and Aerospace Engineer and 2020 Promise Award Recipient	Brittany Zajic Planet Business Development and Disaster Response Operations Lead and 2020 Promise Award Recipient	Taylor Kerl Maxar Technologies Systems Engineer and 2020 Promise Award Recipient	Craig Clark AAC Clyde Space Founder and CSO	Tory Bruno United Launch Systems President & CEO and 2020 Hall of Fame Inductee	Steve Collar SES CEO and 2020 Hall of Fame Inductee

Paul Gaske Hughes Network Systems Executive VP and General Manager for North America and 2020 Hall of Fame Inductee	Matt Desch Iridium Communications CEO and 2019 Hall of Fame Inductee	Greg Wyler OneWeb Founder and Executive Chairman and 2019 Hall of Fame Inductee	Henry Goldberg Partner at Goldberg, Godles, Wiener & Wright and 2019 Hall of Fame Inductee	Sir Martin Sweeting Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. Founder and Executive Chairman	Robert Lyon Maxar Technologies Chief Engineer and Executive Director of Flight Assurance and 2019 Mentor of the Year

Daniel Alvarez Millennium Space Systems Space Mission Program Manager and 2019 Promise Award Recipient	Julian Horvath Iridium Principal Engineer for Satellite Operations & Ground Development and 2019 Promise Award Recipient	Natalia Larrea Brito Euroconsult Senior Affiliate Consultant and 2019 Promise Award Recipient	Jillian Gorsuch SSL Additive Manufacturing Technology Manager and 2018 Promise Award Recipient	Theodore McDonald SpaceX Raptor Test Manager and 2018 Promise Award Recipient	Mike Safyan Planet VP of Launch and 2018 Promise Award Recipient

Kay Sears Lockheed Martin Vice-President and General Manager for Military Space	Mark Dankberg Viasat Chairman and CEO and 2015 Hall of Fame Inductee	Gwynne Shotwell SpaceX President and COO and 2018 Hall of Fame Inductee	Terry Hart Professor and Former Astronaut and 2018 Hall of Fame Inductee	Otto Hoernig, Jr. Founder of Spacelink International and 2018 Hall of Fame Inductee	Jorge Villarreal Schutz Elara Comunicaciones Founder and CEO and 2017 Mentor of the Year

Ryan Carlisle SpaceX Senior Manager for Launch Mechanical Systems and 2017 Promise Award Recipient	Joyeeta Chatterjee Reed Smith Project Manager and 2017 Promise Award Recipient	Jamal A. Madni Boeing Satellite Systems Program Manager & Chief Architect for Special Projects and 2017 Promise Award Recipient	Dr. Walter Scott DigitalGlobe Founder and CTO and 2017 Hall of Fame Inductee	James Monroe III Globalstar Chairman and CEO and 2017 Hall of Fame Inductee	Thomas Choi ABS Global Co-Founder and CEO and 2017 Hall of Fame Inductee

David Myers Datapath President and CEO and 2016 Mentor of the Year	Dr. Jennifer Dawson SSL Director of Marketing & Sales and 2016 Promise Award Recipient	Pascale Dumit SES Manager of Spectrum Management and Development for the Americas and 2016 Promise Award Recipient	Erin Feller Boeing Network & Space Systems Advanced Government Space Systems Project Manager and 2016 Promise Award Recipient

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Making Leaders episodes feature conversations with executives and rising star employees who offer insights on their career paths, their management practices and what it takes to succeed.