LEADERSHIP

Mike Gruss

Brian Berger is Chief Content and Strategy Officer at SpaceNews.

Mike Gruss brings a wealth of expertise in strategic content, audience engagement, and media innovation, honed through leadership roles at Sightline Media Group, where most recently he was editor-in-chief of all brands including Defense News.

LEADERSHIP

Paige McCullough

Paige McCullough is the President of SpaceNews. She is a seasoned professional with over 13 years of experience in the space industry and six at SpaceNews.

In her role at SpaceNews, she is responsible for driving revenue growth, managing key client relationships, and developing new business opportunities. Paige’s career in the space industry began at a commercial launch services provider where she honed her skills in corporate communications. She later transitioned to the media industry where she has developed and executed successful campaigns for a range of clients, from established aerospace companies to up-and-coming startups.

Paige’s leadership and strategic insights have also helped SpaceNews to expand into new areas, including sponsored content and social media advertising. While she has a deep understanding of the space industry as well as media and advertising trends, it’s her ability to forge long-standing relationships with industry partners that she finds most rewarding. Paige is a graduate of Virginia Tech’s Pamplin College of Business, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in marketing.

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Marc Boucher

Mr. Boucher is a business leader with 30 years’ experience in media. He started his first business in 1991, tapping into the nascent world of the Internet before the emergence of the World Wide Web. During those early Internet years, Marc would create @Canadas.net offering a variety of services and which would garner the company the Best Online Service in 1996 at the Canadian Internet Awards.

He would then create the first Canadian Internet Directory and search engine called Maple Square which was subsequently spun out into its own company and licensed to AOL Canada and Canada’s largest Internet service provider at the time, Sympatico. In 2003 he would sell the company.

Through the 90’s and into the early 2000’s Mr. Boucher supported technical initiatives including the InterPlanetary Internet and other IEEE standards.

In 1999, his career trajectory changed when he co-founded SpaceRef, Your Space Reference, a media property focused on space news and which now forms an integral part of Multiverse Media.

SpaceRef, along with its website and newsletter, produced a high-quality and well regarded print and digital magazine called Space Quarterly between February 2011 and October 2013.

Mr. Boucher has also supported several not-for-profits over his career providing support as director and other positions with the NASA Ames based Mars Institute and the Canadian Space Commerce Association. He’s also served as an advisor to Western University’s Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration. Marc currently serves as a member of the Space Entrepreneurship and Investment Committee of the International Astronautical Federation.

LEADERSHIP

Greg Thomas

Greg Thomas is the CTO of Multiverse. Prior to his role as Chief Technology Officer, Greg was CEO of SpaceNews for seven years where he successfully led the business to record profitability and audience growth. Greg is also a member of SpaceNews’ Board of Directors. Greg’s experience spans both print and digital businesses.

Before joining SpaceNews, he served as COO of Inside Communications, a sports publishing company based in Boulder, Colorado. During Greg’s tenure at Inside Communications, he was responsible for leading the company through a digital transformation and was instrumental in steering the company to profitability, growth, and the successful sale of the business to Falconhead Capital. Greg has served in numerous digital media and technology leadership roles throughout his career including Senior Digital Manger – Adventure Sports at Quokka Sports, Member of Research Staff at Interval Research Corporation and as a key member of the Apple Customer Support and Human Interface Group in Cupertino, CA. Greg holds a B.A from San Jose State University.

LEADERSHIP

Felix Magowan

Felix Magowan is currently managing member of Pocket Ventures, LLC (a media acquisition group), and Chairman of SpaceNews, the world’s largest space and satellite trade media brand. Previously he conceived, funded, and managed the start-up of Pocket Outdoor Media as both CEO and Chairman. Rebranded as Outside in February 2021, its 40+ active lifestyle brands make it the world’s largest creator of outdoor and healthy lifestyle content, distributed across television, web, social, print, book and event channels.

Felix was Director of Business Development at Competitor Group (a $100MM diversified sports media and event company), co-founder & CEO of Inside Communications (VeloNews, Inside Triathlon, Ski Racing, VeloPress, VeloGear, VeloSwap et al), and a founding investor and board member at Pearl Izumi and Centurion Cycling. He was also an investor and board member at Skram Media (Climbing, Urban Climber, Mountain Gazette et al). Over his business career Magowan has been responsible for dozens of different start-ups, acquisitions, mergers, and divestitures. Felix hold a B.A in History and Politics from the University of California – Sant Cruz.