For over three decades, Mr. Olson has been a business systems engineer and analyst in the Communications, Aerospace, and Publishing sectors. In addition, he spent several years in the Financial Services sector (cash and fund management). He served on the original organizing committee for the ’Space Investment Summits’, an event that brought together interested investors and space entrepreneurs for knowledge sharing and professional networking. From 2006-2010, he was a regular contributor to the “Space Cynics” blog, fighting against the ignorance, obfuscation, and boosterism that often pervades the NewSpace sector.
Today he serves as Director of Business Development for Avealto, Ltd., an early-stage firm that will will soon provide High Altitude Platforms distributing internet and mobile services to under-served areas around the world. He is also Chair and Founder of the not-for-profit Center for Space Commerce and Finance, based in FL, manager of the NewSpace Business Plan Competition, and the Space Investment Summit series of events.
