Today's Featured Guests for our Weekly Virtual Happy Hour, 5/9/2022, 5:30 PM ET

Gabe Mounce, Deputy Director, SPACEWERX | Director, Space Force Accelerators

Join us today, 5/9/2022 at 5:30pm ET, for another virtual happy hour and interactive discussion around everything #natsec innovation.

Our featured guests is Gabe Mounce, Deputy Director, SPACEWERX, Director, Space Force Accelerators, Technology Commercialization Lead AFRL-NM.

RSVP by 5pm EST in order to receive the Zoom information for the event.

A little bit about Gabe…

Gabe Mounce directs the Space Force Accelerator Program for the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) in New Mexico. In this capacity, he oversees startup accelerators in Albuquerque (Hyperspace Accelerator) and Colorado Springs (Catalyst Accelerator) focused on connecting the entrepreneurial startup community to the US Space Force enterprise. He is also the Technology Commercialization Lead for AFRL in New Mexico where he oversees all aspects of technology transfer, community engagement and outreach, congressional interactions, and marketing and publicity for Directed Energy and Space Vehicle technology. He recently assumed the role as the Deputy Director of the new US Space Force SpaceWERX Innovation Hub and co-leads the Space Prime initiative.

On Deck for Next Week…

MAY 16, Dr. James Stanger, Chief Technology Evangelist, CompTIA -

Attendees will be entered in a raffle to win free CompTIA training and exam vouchers.

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Upcoming Virtual Happy Hours and Defense Innovation Cruise…

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MAY 23, Erik Saelens, Founder of Unbox

JUN 6, Nino (Typhoon) Marcantonio, Vice Chairman, Defense Technology Innovation Association

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There is no charge to attend the Monday virtual happy hours.

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JUN 23rd, Defense Innovation Cruise on the Potomac - (15 individual tickets remaining, limited sponsor slots remaining)

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