2026 Future of Space Policy Panel Bios

This is the third Annual Future of Space Policy Forum and Expo©— bringing together the U.S. foreign policy and space communities to tackle complex questions neither can answer alone.

Charlie Crouse is the Senior Customer Intelligence and Integration Lead for Advanced Space, a Colorado-based space-enabling company specializing in services, software, program management, space infrastructure, and operations for deep space, lunar, Martian, and Earth-based missions.

Charlie is responsible for customer relationships, external advisors, market analysis, and increasing the growth of the company across an expanding customer base, which includes the Department of Defense, NASA, Intelligence Community, foreign space programs, and commercial partners.

Within the space industry, Charlie has held roles of increasing responsibility at Lockheed Martin Space as well as True Anomaly and runs a private advisory firm for aerospace concerns, technology analysis, and international business development. Prior to his time in the space industry, he was an Intelligence Officer in the United States Air Force. 

Outside of work, Charlie is a WSET Level II in Wines, passing with merit, as well as a WSET Level I in Spirits. He is also the co-author of Tiber’s Travels.

Alex Shi is a Senior Program Analyst, bringing more than a decade of experience across public policy, engineering, and complex systems.

Before joining SWF, Alex served as a senior policy officer and team lead in the Singapore Government. She has experience developing and managing a wide range of policy portfolios across the Ministries of Finance, National Development, and Law, and helped shape major national initiatives, including economic strategy, climate resilience planning, infrastructure financing, and regulatory reform. Her work involved conducting policy analyses, developing national budgets, and supporting political and policy decision-making through briefings and parliamentary speechwriting.

Alex holds a Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Purdue University. Her research focused on decision support for space sustainability, where she developed integrated policy and systems models that connect regulatory choices, constellation design, operator behavior, and orbital risk into a unified simulation framework. Alongside her doctoral work, she also contributed to numerous research projects with government and industry partners in areas such as technology investment and complex systems analysis. She has published research on a diverse range of topics, including space sustainability, collaborative satellite systems, and defense acquisition.

Alex also holds M.Eng. and B.A. (Hons) degrees in Engineering from the University of Cambridge (U.K.), with a specialization in Mechanical Engineering.