Kyle Acierno

Kyle Acierno is CEO of ispace technologies U.S. in Denver, Colorado. Kyle joined ispace in 2015 and has held leadership positions at ispace offices in Tokyo, Luxembourg and now the United States.

Kyle is an international expert in commercial space and a specialist in lunar exploration. Over the past decade, he has developed broad knowledge extending into space science, engineering, law, policy, finance, and business development.

Kyle is a frequent contributor to legal debates surrounding space resources and space policy and is an active member of the aerospace community. He sits on the Board of World Space Week and was the Chairman of the Technical Committee for The Hague International Space Resources Governance Working Group. He has been a member of the International Aeronautical Federation’s Industrial Relations Committee since 2018.

With both Canadian and Italian citizenship and a passion for exploration, Kyle has visited over 100 countries and lived in 13. He received a Bachelor’s in International Security from Simon Fraser University in Canada and a Master of Science in Space Studies from the International Space University in France.