M. Brian Barnett is a serial space and satellite industry entrepreneur and a recognized authority and leader in the commercial space and mobile satellite services (MSS) industries. He has 30+ years of experience in the commercial and civil space, the mobile satellite services industry, and the solar and clean energy industries. He is currently the founder and CEO of Solstar Space Co, the first internet service provider in space. He has been Principal Investigator on multiple successful spaceflight payload missions, including the highly successful #FirstWiFiinSpace and #FirstTweetfromSpace missions. He invented the Schmitt Space Communicator that now resides at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum. With NASA, he managed Space Shuttle experiments and integrated upwards of 20 payloads for the astronaut crew training module for the International Microgravity Laboratory Spacelab mission. He provided project management, payload development/integration, astronaut crew training at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center & Johnson Space Center. For NASA, he was the contract lead to document all Space Shuttle operations processes as directed by Congress after Challenger. As a management consultant, he established and built KPMG's space and high tech practice into a $1million practice in New Mexico. Mr. Barnett led the Team in 1998 that chose the location for what is now Spaceport America. He also led the team that wrote the first business plan for Spaceport America. As a project manager, he has managed upwards of 100 projects to success. Since 1999, he has founded 7 companies including Satwest® LLC, Solstar Energy Devices, LLC., and Solstar® Space Company. His skills include high-tech start-up formation and management, project management, market research, business development, business planning and strategy, and sales. He has consulted with over 50 high-tech startups, assisting companies to successful exits. His hobbies include drumming, hot power yoga, running, international affairs, hiking, snow skiing, traveling, planespotting, and spending time with his family. Mr. Barnett was raised in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and on a working ranch in southwestern Colorado USA. Mr. Barnett has performed as a classically trained, professional percussionist and rock and reggae drummer throughout the years and still performs through his band and production company DrumsAstro®.M. Brian Barnett is a serial space and satellite industry entrepreneur and a recognized authority and leader in the commercial space and mobile satellite services (MSS) industries. He has 30+ years of experience in the commercial and civil space, the mobile satellite services industry, and the solar and clean energy industries. He is currently the founder and CEO of Solstar Space Co, the first internet service provider in space. He has been Principal Investigator on multiple successful spaceflight payload missions, including the highly successful #FirstWiFiinSpace and #FirstTweetfromSpace missions. He invented the Schmitt Space Communicator that now resides at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum. With NASA, he managed Space Shuttle experiments and integrated upwards of 20 payloads for the astronaut crew training module for the International Microgravity Laboratory Spacelab mission. He provided project management, payload development/integration, astronaut crew training at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center & Johnson Space Center. For NASA, he was the contract lead to document all Space Shuttle operations processes as directed by Congress after Challenger. As a management consultant, he established and built KPMG's space and high tech practice into a $1million practice in New Mexico. Mr. Barnett led the Team in 1998 that chose the location for what is now Spaceport America. He also led the team that wrote the first business plan for Spaceport America. As a project manager, he has managed upwards of 100 projects to success. Since 1999, he has founded 7 companies including Satwest® LLC, Solstar Energy Devices, LLC., and Solstar® Space Company. His skills include high-tech start-up formation and management, project management, market research, business development, business planning and strategy, and sales. He has consulted with over 50 high-tech startups, assisting companies to successful exits. His hobbies include drumming, hot power yoga, running, international affairs, hiking, snow skiing, traveling, planespotting, and spending time with his family. Mr. Barnett was raised in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and on a working ranch in southwestern Colorado USA. Mr. Barnett has performed as a classically trained, professional percussionist and rock and reggae drummer throughout the years and still performs through his band and production company DrumsAstro®.
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