People Category: AIAA SciTech Forum 2022

Kevin Burns is an Associate Fellow of the AIAA who is retired after a long career in the aerospace industry. He is the Chair of the AIAA History Integration and Outreach Committee, is a candidate for AIAA Outreach Director, and within the American Legion he currently serves as the chair of the Aerospace Commission for the Department of California. He is also retired from the US military having had the rare opportunity to have served in all four branches of the service.

Audrey Powers is the Vice President of Mission & Flight Operations for Blue Origin where she is responsible for all New Shepard flight operations, vehicle maintenance, and launch, landing, and ground support infrastructure.

Previously, Audrey served as Vice President of Legal & Compliance for Blue Origin, overseeing a wide variety of legal matters, including regulatory affairs, legislative and policy matters, supplier and customer negotiations and management, maritime law, crisis response, and legal operations and team building.

Audrey received a Bachelor’s degree in Aeronautical and Astronautical engineering from Purdue University and worked as an engineer for almost 10 years prior to becoming a lawyer. As a guidance and controls engineer, she was a flight controller for NASA with 2,000 hours of console time in Mission Control for the International Space Station Program. While supporting government satellite programs for Lockheed Martin, Audrey received a Juris Doctor in 2008 from Santa Clara University School of Law.

She also currently serves as the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation.

Bio coming soon.

Jennifer Murphy, Ph.D. is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of QIC. She is passionate about using her expertise in research psychology to improve performance, especially for those who serve our country. Her research focuses on creative applications of data analysis for predicting and assessing human performance, training and measurement development, and evaluating the effectiveness of training technology. She has nearly 20 years of research experience, with a focus on the use of emerging technologies for training and assessment. She holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Cognitive and Experimental Psychology from the University of Georgia.  Her research has been featured in the New York Times, Signal Magazine, Soldier Magazine, and the Pentagon Channel. Jennifer is an active member of the Orlando simulation training community, and is a member of the National Simulation Center and National Defense Industrial Association. She supports I/ITSEC on the Emerging Concepts and Innovative Technologies subcommittee.

Ryan Tseng is Shield AI’s Co-Founder and CEO. Prior to founding Shield AI, Ryan founded and led a series of other successful technology companies, including WiPower, a wireless charging company that was acquired by Qualcomm. The technologies Ryan and his WiPower team created launched the magnetic resonance wireless power industry; technology pioneered by WiPower now forms the cornerstone of the Airfuel (previously, Rezence) wireless charging standard that has been adopted by over 200 companies including market leaders Samsung, Intel, and Verizon. Ryan earned his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from University of Florida and his MBA from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).