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The 20 Under 35: Credit Where Credit is Due

On October 8, SSPI will host the Future Leaders Celebration at Satellite Innovation 2021 in Mountain View, California. There, we will introduce the audience to our fourth annual cohort of high-performing employees and entrepreneurs age 35 and under. They are drawn from nominations received from SSPI members and selected by a panel of judges, who this year include:

  • Joseph Amor
  • Tim Cole, Program Manager, Momentus Space
  • Rebecca Cowen-Hirsh, Senior Vice President, Government Strategy and Policy, Inmarsat
  • Tim Jackson, Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Americas, Globecast
  • Kathleen Karika, Senior Manager, Space Capture, Maxar Technologies
  • Chris Quilty, CEO, Quilty Analytics
  • Patrick Rayermann, Corporate Engineer, Linquest Corporation
  • Alain Rolle, Director, Systems, Isotropic Systems
  • J.J. Shaw, Director, Government Systems, Telesat
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In our scoring system, each of the dozens of nominations we receive is reviewed and scored by at least three judges. We aggregate their scores and rank the candidates in order. The three top-scoring people among the 20 Under 35 are honored with a Promise Award for outstanding achievement – and those attending the Celebration on October 8 will be the first to hear their names and meet them in person.

You can get to know the 60 people already named to the 20 Under 35 by reading their profiles at www.20under35.com. Or check out these “Leadership Jam” conversations, moderated by Tamara Bond-Williams, between 20 Under 35 winners and members of the Space & Satellite Hall of Fame.


Isil Demir Leadership Jam
20 Under 35 winner Isil Demir is Director of Mission Systems for Planet. She speaks with Hall of Famer Tory Bruno, President and CEO of United Launch Alliance about how to “manage up” to leaders who probably don’t understand what you do.
George John Leadership Jam
George John is an attorney and regulatory expert with Hogan Lovells. He speaks with Hall of Famer Susan Irwin, president of Irwin Communications, about the challenge of adapting regulation to the fast-paced advanced in space.

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