Speaker

Joe Landon is Co-Founder and President of Rendezvous Robotics, a breakthrough space infrastructure company pioneering modular, autonomous systems that are redefining how spacecraft are built and operated in orbit. Previously, Joe was CEO of Crescent Space, a Lockheed Martin subsidiary building commercial communications and navigation services for lunar missions. He also served as Vice President of Advanced Programs Development at Lockheed Martin Space, where he led R&D, strategy, and business development for the company’s multibillion-dollar Commercial Civil Space portfolio. Earlier in his career, he was CFO of Planetary Resources, a pioneering commercial space company that helped catalyze private-sector interest in asteroid mining and space resources. Joe is an Associate Fellow of AIAA and a member of the International Academy of Astronautics. He holds an undergraduate degree in Engineering Physics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, a master’s degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Southern California, and an MBA from Harvard Business School