firm that helps organizations build, test, and launch new and innovative ideas.
He is also the Deputy Chief of the Exploration Technology Office at NASA. His technical
and leadership experience has helped him build high-performing teams and pioneer
new ways of doing business in both government and industry for over two decades.
He has trained astronauts, designed next-generation spacesuits, developed open-source
technology, led missional movements, and created some of the largest purpose-driven
collaborations in history. Outside of work he is an experienced diver and avid triathlete,
having completed more than twenty Ironman races. He lives in Houston with his wife
and three kids, and serves as an elder at Clear Creek Community Church.
ALICIA
LLEWELLYN is co-founder of Quite Uncommon, a technology firm that helps organizations
build, test, and launch new and innovative ideas. She is also a strategist and collaboration
leader at NASA, currently directing the 1958 Coworking Space at the Johnson Space
Center. She has more than two decades of cross-sector experience in growing effective
teams and building engaged communities with resiliency and foresight--including
for some of the largest hackathons in the world. Ali has served as a teacher, a
team trainer, a youth pastor, and the Director of Ministries at Antioch Community
Church in Houston, TX. This background in education, communication, and theology
provides the clarity and articulation necessary to help organizations and communities
take their mission to the next level.