Peter Marquez is the Head of Global Space Policy at Amazon Web Services where he oversees space and global strategic program policy activities for Amazon Web Services.
Peter served at the White House for the three previous Administrations. Peter was the Director for Space Policy for Presidents Bush and Obama and a Senior Advisor to the National Space Council in the previous Administration. Peter was responsible for the development, implementation, and coordination of the U.S. national space policies. In these roles Peter also was responsible for special programs, defense intelligence, missile defense, and other strategic capabilities. Peter worked with foreign governments to; establish their own space agencies, assist in the writing of their national space policies, and create interagency processes to execute national space programs in addition to supporting the development of other key strategic national security programs.
Peter served in industry as the Managing Partner of Andart Global, U.S., the Vice President of Global Engagement for Planetary Resources, and the Vice President for Strategy at Orbital Sciences Corporation. Peter served for over a decade in the Pentagon on a variety of space and classified special programs for the Air Force and Office of the Secretary of Defense. He served in requirements, acquisition, operations, and policy roles and served as the Director of Special Programs for the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. Peter is a graduate of the Space Policy Institute at George Washington University, a board member of the Japan Institute for Space & Security, and a member of the Space Camp Hall of Fame.