Space Economy Rising, LLC
Founder and CEO
Kevin M. O’Connell is a recognized expert on space commerce, the global space economy and U.S. national security matters. For four decades, he has focused on space commercialization and technological competitiveness and how to advance them in global markets. He has also focused on how innovations impact U.S. and allied national security. He is CEO of Space Economy Rising, a firm that provides advisory services to space companies, high-tech companies, and stakeholders in the space economy. He provides strategy and finance advice, helps investors assess space market trends, and identifies new opportunities for increased participation in the space economy. His prior role was as Director of the Office of Space Commerce within the U.S. Department of Commerce from 2018-2021. He was the principal advocate in the U.S. government for the commercial space industry, including new ways to facilitate innovation and increase market growth. He has over twenty years of teaching graduate courses in Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and the RAND Graduate School. He is a lecturer on space and space commerce at academic and research organizations, including MIT, SDA Bocconi, The George Washington University, Thunderbird School of Global Management, and the University of Tokyo.
Founder and CEO
Space Economy Rising, LLC
Kevin M. O’Connell is a recognized expert on space commerce, the global space economy and U.S. national security matters. For four decades, he has focused on space commercialization and technological competitiveness and how to advance them in global markets. He has also focused on how innovations impact U.S. and allied national security. He is CEO of Space Economy Rising, a firm that provides advisory services to space companies, high-tech companies, and stakeholders in the space economy. He provides strategy and finance advice, helps investors assess space market trends, and identifies new opportunities for increased participation in the space economy. His prior role was as Director of the Office of Space Commerce within the U.S. Department of Commerce from 2018-2021. He was the principal advocate in the U.S. government for the commercial space industry, including new ways to facilitate innovation and increase market growth. He has over twenty years of teaching graduate courses in Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and the RAND Graduate School. He is a lecturer on space and space commerce at academic and research organizations, including MIT, SDA Bocconi, The George Washington University, Thunderbird School of Global Management, and the University of Tokyo.
