Meagan is one of the leading female voices in the space industry and an experienced space startup executive and founder. She is the host of the Mission Eve podcast that aims to increase the number of women in the space industry and is frequently featured as a thought leader on the industry’s development and investment potential.

Meagan is a strong believer in the power of free enterprise as the driving force that will lift humanity permanently off-world. She is managing partner of SpaceFund, a venture capital firm investing in space startups and sits on the board of directors of numerous space companies and non-profits. She holds an MBA in Finance and Entrepreneurship from Rice University.

In 2009, Meagan began running the NewSpace Business Plan Competition, a program focused on educating both entrepreneurs and investors, and catalyzing deal flow. As a manager, coach, and judge for the last decade, she has read over 1,000 space business executive summaries, has coached hundreds of selected teams, and helped award cash prizes to dozens of NewSpace startups.

David founded Ascent Energy Ventures to execute upon the generational opportunity in energy technology and to support innovative founders solving today’s energy problems. He brings over 15 years of experience deploying investment capital for institutions, private investors, and a single-family office. 

He began his investment career in quantitative finance managing algorithmic execution and systematic investment models for Joe Ritchie at Fox River Financial Resources where he gained firsthand experience with industry-wide automation. After eight years managing as much as $100mm in public market portfolios, David joined an energy focused single-family office where he sourced and conducted due diligence on private investments. 

Throughout his life, David has been involved in numerous segments of the energy industry- starting as a college intern for the Secretary of Energy; then as a portfolio manager of long/short E&P equities and commodity futures; then managing oil & gas investments in working interests and minerals; and most recently as an investor targeting energy technology opportunities. 

In addition to his investment work, David acts as a strategic advisor to multiple entrepreneurs, founders, and private investors as well as a litigation financial expert, where he prepares expert reports including complex calculations of damages and financial malfeasance. 

David has spoken at the University of Colorado on the subject of investments, public market structure, and financial sector automation. He spent seven years as the vice chairman of the advisory board for a $3b financial firm. David holds a BS in Finance from the University of Colorado at Boulder where he delivered the student commencement address and received a leadership award. 

David is a CFA Charterholder, member of the Colorado CFA Society. He is a long-term resident of Denver, Colorado where he lives with his wife Shannon and their young children. Over the years, he has enjoyed global travel and is passionate about skiing and spending time in the mountains.cial expert witness.

Teddy Huerta serves as a Senior Solutions Head for Detect Technologies; driving business strategy & ensuring customer success for clients across the Americas & beyond. A mechanical engineering graduate from Texas A&M, Teddy leverages over a decade of experience in the petrochemicals industry to deliver custom AI and machine vision solutions to a diverse range of industrial facilities. He has crafted complex solutions for those in oil & gas, capital projects, petrochemicals, metals, water/wastewater, and many more across the process industry & manufacturing space.

In his experience, he has found that successfully managing digital transformation in a quantifiable manner across management levels can be tricky. However, through translating Detect Technologies’ global success, Teddy has found a winning strategy in revolutionizing how AI can deliver massive value through initiatives that have immediate and quantifiable impact in the United States & beyond

Marc began his career in Oil & Gas in refineries as a mechanical craftsman focused on maintenance and repairs of heat exchangers.  After realizing his abilities to inspect and troubleshoot equipment, he became more interested in inspections and maintenance planning.  He pursued certifications in Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) and eventually American Petroleum Institute (API) in which he became a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in pressure equipment maintenance and repair.  He is currently the Lead Mechanical Integrity for Occidental Petroleum’s Gulf of Mexico business unit in which manages 10 Deepwater Oil and Gas Production Facilities.  He hold certifications through API, ASNT, NACE, BINDT, and other industry accreditation bodies. He is an active member of the Center of Offshore Safety (COS) Asset Integrity Subcommittee as well as multiple API Individual Certification Program and Code Committees.

Josema is working for Atos since 1993. He is currently Vice-President and specialized in vertical technologies for clients of the Health & Life Sciences sector. His roles in Atos across 29 years have been always linked to technologies, after 22 years working and leading the Research and Innovation Unit, then leading the Big Data and Security unit, then specializing in IoT technologies by managing technological partners for three years, and now responsible at a worldwide scale of the introduction of vertical technologies in health & life science clients. He is also a member of the Atos Scientific Community and the Atos Expert Community.