South Florida GIS Expo 2026

Jim is the Chief Engineer for Lonestar Space.  He applies his 25 years of computer engineering experience on solving the hardest technical problems in the harsh environment of space.  His past work in aerospace and defense include the US nuclear deterrent and missile defense shield, flight computers for spaceplanes, and other space assets in national security. He is presently focused on defining the space networks, space computers, space comms, and security for Lonestar's Resilience as a Service infrastructure.

Chris is the founder, and executive chair of the board for Lonestar Space. He is a space industry veteran, with a career spanning decades and encompassing technical and operational aspects aspects of deep space communication, and international regulation of communications spectrum.  He has founded two companies, River Advisors (formerly ManSat) which connects commercial customers with ITU spectrum filings, and Lonestar Space which provides unique disaster recovery for data assets leveraging both ground and space infrastructure.