Michael J. Campanelli

Mr. Campanelli is a national security focused technical expert turned business leader with over twenty years of aerospace, intel, and defense experience with a focus in ISR and space cybersecurity. Presently, Michael is responsible for the global aerospace & satellite professional services business at Amazon Web Services (AWS). Michael was most recently the Vice President of Federal at venture capital-backed startup SpiderOak Inc. where he led the wholly owned subsidiary SpiderOak Mission Systems. At SpiderOak, Michael created the new product line, OrbitSecure, working on the next generation of cyber protection for on-orbit space assets. Michael is also the owner and managing partner of dy/dx LLC, a US consultancy business which offered services to individuals and companies seeking to enter, understand, and/or operate in the future space ops environment and its dependence on the new space economy, CoCo ISR, sensors, and a Hybrid Space Architecture. A former Director on the Board of Directors for the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF), Michael was previously the Executive Director of Business Development at Prominent Edge and prior to that the Deputy Division Manager for the Data Liberation Division at MAXAR. Michael serves on AFCEA International’s Technology Committee, the Visiting Committee for the Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department at West Virginia University, and teaches Space Systems Security as an adjunct professor at Indiana University. During his career Mr. Campanelli has served in both operational support, mission planning, systems engineering roles, co-authored the rewrite on the national image quality equation coefficients, and also wrote some of initial requirements on moving target intelligence. Michael has had the honor and privilege to work both behind a desk and in the field, including the opportunity to deploy as a civilian with USS The Sullivans. Mr. Campanelli earned a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from West Virginia University, a M.S. in Systems Engineering from The George Washington University, and completed post-graduate study in Geospatial Intelligence at Penn State University.

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