SpaceBase Podcast
SpaceBase is a social enterprise who's mission is to democratize access to space through education, entrepreneurship and community building starting in New Zealand. This podcast is dedicated to creating the journey from space enthusiast to space entrepreneurs through insightful interviews with aerospace specialists, investors, and entrepreneurs sharing their experience and knowledge of the space industry, and their personal journeys.To support the podcast, please consider becoming a patron.Since its incorporation in 2017, SpaceBase has collaborated with economic development agencies, local and national governments, and advocacy groups, startups, investors, educators to deliver over 300 educational presentations, briefings, and workshops, national space and aerospace competitions, as well as helping birth space communities and organizations locally and globally. SpaceBase also assists in technical due diligence, consulting projects for investors, industry stakeholders, and space startups. SpaceBase created a platform for the NZ Aerospace Directory and has co-founded the Global Space Enablers Network (GSEN), a decentralised alliance of organizations focused on enabling the space enabler worldwide.
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Leveraging Disruptive Technologies and Kiwi Ingenuity for Space Exploration: An Interview with Glen Willoughby
An interview with Glen WIlloughby, Chief Digital Information Officer for Nilo Consulting and Director for ISB. He is currently an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow (Faculty of Health) at Victoria University of Wellington and Advising Fellow (IT Digital) at NASA Jet Population Laboratory.
Glen has over twenty-five years’ experience in the digital technology and management consulting field, spanning health, engineering, manufacturing, tertiary education, and finance/consulting sectors across New Zealand, Australia and US.
In 2018 he was ranked in the top ten digital innovation CIOs in New Zealand by CIO publication Top 100 and is a regular international keynote conference speaker on digital leadership, transformation, and innovation.
In this interview, Glen shares his experience and work involvement at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He also talks about the kiwi culture of ingenuity, and "can do attitude", coupled with today's exponential technologies is creating new opportunities for New Zealand.
For more info on Glen:
Linkedin
ISB Profile
Resources
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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