Speakers

Jason Hopkins is Director of Exploration Business Development and Exploration, Products and Technology Mission Strategy and Advanced Capabilities(MSAC) Deputy. Jason began his career at Lockheed Martin supporting mission operation, mission planning and systems engineering. He translated his mission operations experience into program management for a multitude of space and ground systems development programs for NASA, DoD, and the Intelligence Community. As a civil servant, he worked as a Flight Test Integration Manager on NASA’s Orion program for Exploration Flight Test-1 and managed launch vehicle integration operations in the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. He worked in the US Senate for Senator Bill Nelson on the Science and Space Subcommittee as a NASA Fellow. He also worked at Ball Aerospace leading the strategic growth of their space security and resiliency mission area.

Prior to becoming the Exploration Director, Jason led Strategy and Business Development for Integrated Missions and Software Solutions in the Global Situational Awareness MSAC. He holds a BS degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Aerospace Engineering and a MS degree in Systems Engineering from George Washington University.