New Thunderbird & ASU Course will Improve Space Accessibility for All

In this podcast Melanie Boylan talks to Professor Greg Autry and learns more about the exciting new course starting at Thunderbird and Arizona State University in Spring 2022.  This course will enable many more people to approach the space sector with their skills.  Listen in to learn more.

Dr. Greg Autry is Clinical Professor of Space Leadership, Business and Policy in the Thunderbird School of Global Business at Arizona State University. He previously taught technology entrepreneurship at the University of Southern California, strategy, macroeconomics at the University of California at Irvine, and space entrepreneurship in an International Space University program at the Florida Institute of Technology. Dr. Autry served on the 2016 NASA Agency Review Team and as the White House Liaison at NASA. He was nominated by to serve as Chief Financial Officer at NASA in 2020.Dr. Autry currently serves as Chair of the Safety Working Group on the Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee (COMSTAC) at the FAA and as Vice President for Space Development at the National Space Society.

Dr. Autry started his career as a software and network engineer and has founded and managed several businesses in the technology sector. His writings have been published in major news outlets including Foreign Policy, the San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, Washington Times, Wall Street Journal and Space News. He has appeared frequently in major media outlets including the BBC, CNN and NPR. He has written several business case studies set in the commercial space sector. Dr. Autry holds a BA from California Polytechnic University at Pomona and an MBA and PhD from the Merage School of Business at the University of California, Irvine.