I cultivate strategic partnerships and drive innovation across government, academia, and industry to advance emerging technologies and support critical workforce infrastructure. As the Commercial Aerospace Program Manager for the Texas Space Commission, I support the state’s mission to strengthen civil, commercial, military, and academic initiatives to expand Texas’s role in the global space economy. At The University of Texas at Austin, I secured transformational funding for Texas Robotics and the Machine Learning Lab, advancing critical research in robotics, autonomous systems, quantum computing, ethical AI and more, to accelerate both national security and tech commercialization. I served as a Senior Advisor for Career Education Corporation, a Lecturer at the McCombs School of Business, and Planning and Zoning Commissioner for the City of Cedar Park. I hold degrees from Iowa State University and Northern Arizona University, and a Contract Law Specialist Certificate from The University of Texas. I build collaborative programs that bring research to commercialization and infuse growth, competitiveness, and opportunity into Texas’s rapidly evolving tech, finance, and defense sectors. ad lunam 🌕et astra ⭐️et ultra 🚀