Alisa Starkey is the Founder and Chief Scientist at Ozius, a Brisbane-based Earth Observation analytics company, founded in 2014. Ozius fuses environmental science, Artificial Intelligence and Earth Observation Satellite data to deliver environmental intelligence to organisations focused on sustainability, security, and community safety.

Alisa is passionate about improving our knowledge of the natural environment. Alisa has 20 years’ experience in bringing together Earth Observation and Environmental Science disciplines to answer critical questions about our Earth having worked across research, government, and commercial settings.

Ben has 15+ years experience as an executive and engineer spanning areas such as Aerospace Engineering, Project and Program management, PMO and Portfolio Management, Innovation, Strategy Development and Business Transformation. Over the last 10 years, Ben has worked in commercial aviation at Virgin Australia where he established a strong brand and reputation for a being a people-focused leader and for delivering complex programs. Ben has a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Queensland. Recently Ben is a finalist in the 2022 Australian Space Awards as a “Rising Star” Executive of the year.

Dr Catherine Grace is the newest member to the team at the South Australian Space Industry Centre (SASIC), joining us as the Assistant Director – Space. With an impressive background spanning the fields of medicine, research and academia, we are delighted for her to be bringing her knowledge and passion to SASIC in order to help the sector continue to grow.