Sam Peterson brings 30 years of expertise in the aerospace industry. He has served in leadership roles in commercial, government and military organizations, including 17 years of international experience building relationships across six continents. Business development includes capturing more than $500 million in B2B/B2G sales in the space sector.
As the Head of Strategy and Innovation at the Swedish Space Corporation, he was the architect of the company’s strategy offering the world’s first commercial lunar service. Throughout his career, he has served in leadership roles on more than 35 aerospace projects, including the Defense Satellite Communications System, Milstar, MQ1 Predator, MQ9 Reaper, RQ4 Global Hawk, Herschel Space Observatory, Planck Space Observatory, International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory (Integral), Bepi-Colombo, Cryosat-2, Swarm, and all of the GMES Sentinels spacecraft.
Sam has been teaching as an Adjunct Faculty member at Embry-Riddle since 2010 and is an honorably discharged veteran of the U.S. Army. He gives back to the industry through volunteer activities with a number of organizations, including the Space Force Association (SFA), the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC), the Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium (LSIC) and the Conrad Foundation.
M.A.S. - Master of Aeronautical Science in Space Studies, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
M.B.A. - Master of Business Administration in Executive, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitat Frankfurt am Main