On Monday, Oct 14, 2024, Galaxy organized a fireside chat with CesiumAstro founder/CEO, Shey Sabripour, who shared his story of immigrating to the US, leading spacecraft design at Lockheed Martin for 24 years, founding and scaling CesiumAstro, and changing the satellite communications standard with his company’s creation and deployment of smaller, more modular satellites. Afterward, guests engaged Shey in Q&A, followed by a buffet-style networking dinner.

Invited guests ranged from senior aerospace and engineering executives and investors:

• Adam Acheson — Managing Director at Astronomic
• Will Rice — Director at CesiumAstro
• Eleane Conwell — Executive Assistant at CesiumAstro
• Eamon Carrig — Senior Director of Off-Planet Systems
• Don Weidner — Principal at Formidable Space
• Matt Youngblood — CEO at FlexRadio Systems
• Jon Olsen — Founder at Concept Wiley
• Lamarque Polvado — CEO at CareStarter
• Dean Rudolph — AAM Practice Lead at Collinear Group
• Felix Zayas — Chief Security Officer at GREENPORT and Emerald Island
• Adam Weiner — Private Investor
• Kyle Owen — Owner at Aero Clean Pros
• Arun Nair — CEO at OpsLab
• Phil Zheng — COO at Richtech Robotics
• Amy Polvado — CEO at Facilimax
• Kevin Paul — VP of Operations at C Cubed Aerospace
• Alex Pepe — Private Investor
• Jenn Crean — CEO at Crean
• George Bonelli — Managing Director at Acceleratize
• Kevin Landtroop — Chief Growth Officer at SBIR Advisors
• Bill King — Chief Tactical Officer at Mithril Defense
• Andrew Burdock — Chief Insurance Officer at Aerobotics
• Kevin Milewski — COO at ClearedDirect
• James Crean — CEO at Crean
• Sara Morell — Founding Partner at Sanctuary
• Sahar Pezeshki — Private Investor
• Xiaofei Deng — Senior Manager at Accenture
• Natasha Antonioni — Private Investor
• Dario Antonioni — Special Projects at JetZero
• Cameron Van Der Berg — CEO at InfraVision

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