As Chairman of SATELLITE, the world’s largest and longest-running commercial aerospace and satellite trade show, Jeff is responsible for creating and producing the event’s conference program, inviting speakers, establishing industry partnerships, and leading global community outreach. He has brought prominent speakers such as Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, Elon Musk, Bea Perez, Emily Calandrelli, and Charles Bolden to the SATELLITE stage, as well as executive leaders from Facebook, Google, Samsung, IBM, AT&T, and the world’s largest space companies.
In addition to SATELLITE, Jeff leads the development of all conference programs in Access Intelligence’s aerospace and telecommunications events portfolio. During the past few years, he has led an initiative to bring more young professionals and entrepreneurs to the SATELLITE show by establishing new programs such as the SGx keynote series and the Startup Space entrepreneur pitch contest, which has already helped connect new businesses with more than $3 million in seed investment funding. Jeff also has the pleasure of serving as Access Intelligence’s Executive Editor of Via Satellite magazine, the satellite industry’s leading b2b publication. He advises on editorial strategy, contributes guest columns and interviews, and leads integration of publication and event media. He is also the producer and host of Via Satellite’s popular space business and culture podcast, “On-Orbit.”