Systems Engineering When the Canvas is Blank

This is a Mandala Space Ventures’ favorite! Gentry Lee mentions our CEO, Leon Alkalai, listing him as the perfect example of “has an infinite initiative coefficient”.

“This video is a 40 minute presentation given by Gentry Lee in von Karman Auditorium at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The presentation covers the systems engineering role when the dominant questions are why and what, and lists the top 10 attributes that make for a good Systems Engineer in this domain.”

Original Video by: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 2007.

Adam Alkalai

Business Development & Marketing

Adam is a data-driven marketing strategist with a B.A in International Economics and minor in Entrepreneurship marketing. He has a strong background in data analysis, market research, and digital advertising, managing campaigns that have driven over $100 million in lifetime revenue.  While studying Adam spent his summers working for Mandala in its early stages, helping to create business plans and market strategies for ventures within Mandala’s first cohort, including Continuum Space Systems, Mandala’s first portfolio company.  Adam currently works as a Growth Marketing Manager for Prodege LLC in Los Angeles.