PR/GR for Aerospace & Hardware Startups
DUE TO SICKNESS OF ONE OF THE PANELISTS, THE EVENT IS NOW ONLINE ONLY.
Register with us or through Silicon Valley Space Startups & Satellites Meetup's Eventbrite here: PR/GR for aerospace & HW startups Tickets, Thu, Feb 8, 2024 at 5:00 PM | Eventbrite
Topic: How to do media relations and government relations, SBIR grants. Speakers:
Robert Bole (managing director, Signal Group (DC based PR/GR firm);
Monique Branham (former USAF SBIR Commercialization Readiness Program project manager);
Michael Harries (partner, The Robotics Hub);
Debra Werner (reporter, SpaceNews);
Paul Willard (co-founder and GP, Grep VC).
About speakers:
Robert Bole is a managing director, Signal Group, a Washington DC based PR/GR firm. Previously he was a strategy director, Broadcasting Bureau of Governors, managing key US government media: Voice of America, Radio Liberty, etc. Later he was advising strategy to NY Times, The Atlantic.
Monique Branham is a principal consultant for DOD SBIR/STTR, BBC Entrepreneurial Training and Consulting. Previously she was a program manager of USAF SBIR Commercialization Readiness Program, also working with Missile Defense Angency (MDA). Earlier she led, mentored and trained team conducting air defense operations in Iraq.
Michael Harries is early stage investor focused on emerging capabilities in AI and robotics. Based in Silicon Valley, but working with companies across North America and beyond. Collaborates with Silicon Valley Robotics meetup. Before he was a chief technologist at Citrix Startup Accelerator (Santa Clara, CA), strategy & communications director at Citrix Labs (Sydney, Australia).
Debra Werner is a 20 years correspondent at Space News. She also contributed for Aerospace America, Time Magazine, Commercial Aviation News, and Defense News (1989 Recipient of the Ford Prize for Distinguished Reporting on National Defense). UC Berkeley BA in communications & French; Northwestern University masters in journalism, magazine publishing.
Paul Willard is co-founder and general partner, Grep VC -- early stage venture capital fund focusing on robotics as service, RaaS. Earlier partner at Storm Ventures and Subtraction Capital. He was one of first investors in drone blood delivery startup Zipline International, still helping them with aerodynamics. Former Boeing engineer.