Leadership Interviews

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

Featured Interviews

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

Current Interviews


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

Podcast

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.