Working Groups
HAPS Alliance Working Groups enable our eligible members to deepen their participation and enhance their influence on the development and deployment of HAPS ventures. Whatever your area of expertise, as a leader in your industry, our working groups enable you to have a direct and tangible effect on the future of high altitude platform stations (HAPS).
HAPS Alliance Working Groups cover several critical areas: marketing and communications, aviation, and telecommunications.
Working together to accelerate technical growth of safe, reliable HAPS systems to unlock the worldwide services potential of the stratosphere.
We do this by sharing a HAPS Alliance-centric concept of operations with our regulators and stakeholders to find the best route forwards.
Chair of the Aviation WG: Andy Thurling
Vice-Chair of the Aviation WG: Timothy Down
Working to advance the global HAPS ecosystem for telecommunications use cases through education, research, regulatory advocacy, and technical standards.
Currently focused on standards contributions to multiple groups and regulatory guidance in support of HAPS solutions.
Chair of the Telecommunications WG: Fatema Hamdani
Vice-Chair of the Telecommunications WG: Shiro Fukumoto
Supporting the creation of HAPS ecosystem by supporting Alliance goals in driving awareness, safety and regulatory alignment and commercial adoption.
Currently working on educating stakeholders about the value of stratosphere and hybrid networks; building credibility and establigh authority in HAPS operations and bridging the divide between aerospace, teleco and regulatory by facilitating cross-industry collaboration.
Chair of the Marketing & Communications WG: Matthew Nicholson
Working Group Chairs
Abby DickesCommunications DirectorSceye, Inc.Abby Dickes is the Communications Director at Sceye where she is responsible for building and managing Sceye’s communications, marketing and brand strategy.
Prior to joining Sceye, Abby held several marketing roles at Voyager Technologies starting in 2021, her latest as the Chief Marketing Officer. At Voyager, Abby also built the foundational marketing, brand and communications strategy for Starlab, a Voyager-led global joint venture building a commercial replacement for the International Space Station. As CMO, Abby was a key leader in the Voyager’s ~$400m+ upsized IPO on the New York Stock Exchange.
Before Voyager, Abby served as a U.S. Government Marketing & Communications Manager at Maxar, supporting the civil and national security space infrastructure portfolio. She also spent 7+ years at Nanoracks LLC, the pioneer of commercial space payload services, where she oversaw the marketing and communications function and helped drive corporate activities including Nanoracks’ acquisition by Voyager Technologies in 2020. Abby earned a Bachelor of Arts in Government and Politics and a Minor in Astronomy from the University of Maryland, College Park, and lives in Washington, DC.
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Abby Dickes is the Communications Director at Sceye where she is responsible for building and managing Sceye’s communications, marketing and brand strategy.
Prior to joining Sceye, Abby held several marketing roles at Voyager Technologies starting in 2021, her latest as the Chief Marketing Officer. At Voyager, Abby also built the foundational marketing, brand and communications strategy for Starlab, a Voyager-led global joint venture building a commercial replacement for the International Space Station. As CMO, Abby was a key leader in the Voyager’s ~$400m+ upsized IPO on the New York Stock Exchange.
Before Voyager, Abby served as a U.S. Government Marketing & Communications Manager at Maxar, supporting the civil and national security space infrastructure portfolio. She also spent 7+ years at Nanoracks LLC, the pioneer of commercial space payload services, where she oversaw the marketing and communications function and helped drive corporate activities including Nanoracks’ acquisition by Voyager Technologies in 2020. Abby earned a Bachelor of Arts in Government and Politics and a Minor in Astronomy from the University of Maryland, College Park, and lives in Washington, DC.
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