David Finkleman was Convenor of the Space Operations Working Group of the International Organization for Standardization, and is an academician of the International Academy of Astronautics and the International Institute for Space Law. He is also Chief Engineer at SkySentry, LLC. He earned his doctorate from the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was Chief Technical Officer of the United States Space Command for nearly 20 years.