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Welcome Address and Keynote Speaker
Recording (Introduction, Welcome Address, Keynote, and Plenary Presentations)
Welcome Address
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Todd M. Nygren is the senior vice president of the Engineering and Technology Group (ETG) at The Aerospace Corporation. ETG comprises nearly half of the corporation’s technical staff, providing support to all national security space programs in the areas of space and launch vehicles, electronics and sensors, computers and software, communications and networking, and systems engineering and architecting. The organization also includes the corporate physical sciences laboratories and the corporate research portfolio. Nygren was elected to this position in April 2020.
Previously, Nygren was general manager of the Corporate Chief Engineer’s Office (CCEO) and corporate chief engineer at Aerospace. In this role, he was responsible for leading efforts within the corporation and externally to advance mission assurance practices, identify improvements in engineering developments and practices, engage with industry and senior customers, and accelerate the growth of new architectures and capabilities in the national security space enterprise with a special focus on integrating the space enterprise. In addition to his role as the corporate chief engineer, Nygren established the corporation’s inaugural support to the portfolio architect as part of the Space and Missile Systems Center 2.0 initiative, with key goals of establishing integrated architectures that can outpace the threat. |
Keynote Speaker
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Mr. Andrew Woodcock is the Industrial Base Lead, within the Space and Missile Systems Center, US Space Force. He is responsible for developing and meeting requirements and responses related to supply chain and industrial readiness in support of the mission to deliver future warfighting capability required by the US Space Force. Based within the Portfolio Architect organization, he works to maintain and develop partnerships across the government and industry, with the goal of assuring access to mission-enabling capabilities.
Prior to his time in Government service, with an academic background in Aerospace and Astronautical engineering, Mr Woodcock provided expertise across a range of civil, commercial and international programs from LEO constellations to deep space science. |