Team Member Category: Partners

Carol Welsch is the CEO and Founder of Creative Research Consulting, LLC. Carol retired from the Air Force at the rank of Colonel in 2013.  Her 24-year Air Force career included a diverse set of leadership positions in space acquisition, space operations, flight test, and strategic intelligence.  Carol’s career culminated in leading the Air Force’s… Read more »

Jeffrey S. (Jeff) Smith was vice president and general manager of the Military Space line of business for Lockheed Martin Corporation’s Space Systems Company. In this capacity, Smith had general management responsibility for critical national security space programs including Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF), Defense Meteorological Space Program (DMSP), Global Positioning System (GPS), Mobile User… Read more »

Mr. Hughes currently serves as a Senior Executive Advisor for defense support, information technology, and small businesses using C-Suite skills garnered from CEO, COO, CFO, and CMO roles in $10M to $1.8B annual revenue organizations.  In addition, he is an independent advisor to multiple technology-related, defense contracting and local small business boards providing strategic planning,… Read more »

Doug is the President of MH Technology Partners, which provides R&D, technology and strategy consulting in the clean energy and resource sectors. He is currently working with academia, national labs, and industry on challenges related to next generation resource identification, extraction and processing, and is an investor and technology and commercial advisor to startups in… Read more »

General Harry Raduege is a Senior Partner at Elara Nova: The Space Consultancy a global professional consulting firm that guides businesses and government agencies to maximize the strategic advantages of the space domain. He also is a Senior Counselor with The Cohen Group, a strategic advisory firm led by former U.S. Senator and Secretary of… Read more »

Roman Gelman has a passion for applying technology to improve the human experience. He has over 20 years working with governments, large and small businesses across medical, advanced materials and artificial intelligence markets. Roman has expertise in partnering with technical founders and subject matter experts to articulate and deliver business value that ultimately improves peoples… Read more »

Mr. Daniel Bishop retired from the Air Force Senior Executive Service in October 2021 with 45 years of Air Force and Department of Defense experience across all organizational levels, with the last 21 years in the Pentagon. From 2018-2021, Dan was the Executive Director of the Air National Guard (ANG) serving 108,000 Guardsmen and civilians across 90… Read more »

Brad is a business and technology executive with a 30 + year record of assessing and bringing technology, systems and concepts to the forefront of national security and commercial joint markets. He is currently a senior Adviser and consultant to multiple emerging businesses (vLEO  space, undersea robotics, space situational awareness, autonomy, and cis lunar services), leads advanced development for Trusted Space Inc., and is supporting the Defense Science Board in the areas of advanced… Read more »

Pete Flores is a former US Space Force senior leader with over 30 years of military service.  He is accomplished at the tactical, operational, and strategic levels, with a track record of aligning organizational values and organizational interests to produce success.  Since retiring from the US Space Force in January 2023, he has served as… Read more »