Meet the Board of Advisors
Fernando De La Peña
Aexa President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Fernando De La Peña has twenty years of successful leadership in technology and engineering companies. As an undergraduate engineering student, Fernando completed and patented a spacecraft engine propelled by anti-matter, and received additional patents, for example, a space launcher employing magnetic levitation. He received a Discovery Channel Prize in 2010 for his work developing the Mexican Space Agency. He was elected this year as Chairman of the Johnson Space Center Small Business Council and also serves on the Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership Board of Directors (BAHEP), and he chairs the Communications Committee of the Johnson Space Center National Management Association. He is also the aerospace liaison of the Clear Lake Chamber of Commerce. Fernando has served numerous years as a mentor in the LSA INCubator program; this is his first year sitting on the Board of Advisors
Rob O'Donel
Rob O’Donel is the President of Suntrac Services, Inc. in League City, TX. Suntrac is a radiation safety consulting company providing services to customers throughout the United Staes, but primarily to the petrochemical/refining customers in the Gulf Coast region. Rob’s career at Suntrac began in 1992 after graduating from Texas A&M University in College Station with a degree in Geography. After working at Suntrac for 8 years Rob and his wife, Theresa, bought Suntrac and turned it into the Gulf Coast petrochemical/refining industry leader in radiation safety. Rob has served on the Gloria Dei Lutheran Church Board, The EL Lago Dorados swim team board and is currently a City of El Lago Police Commissioner for the Lakeview Police Department and El Lago Estates Civic Corp. board member.
Amy Reid
Amy Reid is the Director of the Galveston County SBDC (Small Business Development Center) and Interim Director of the San Jacinto College SBDC. She has owned and operated a veteran-owned small business since 2010. With more than 20 years of experience in small business ownership, human resources, payroll, marketing, web design, management, and facilities operations, she is a resource to small business owners on a variety of topics. She has more than 10 years of experience in business coaching and advising. Reid is active in the community and often speaks at small business networking groups and serves on several community committees.