Taona Enriquez

Taona Enriquez, Colonel, USAF (Ret) is a national-security executive who turns emerging technology into funded, fielded capability. As Founder & CEO of Space Coast Solutions, she partners with CEOs and executive leadership teams to design the operating model, launch path, and contracting architecture that carry dual-use innovations from prototype to scalable programs that are fast, defensible, and aligned to Department of Defense (DoD) objectives and mission. Her strategic planning and execution advisement aligns requirements with the right vehicles, governs transition, and keeps delivery on pace with limited risk. She is the bridge between innovators in software, cyber, data/AI, medical technologies, and critical infrastructure resilience and government decision-makers, delivering outcomes that stand up to audit, scale, and time.

Before launching Space Coast Solutions, Taona served as an Air Force Installation Commander at Hanscom AFB and as Director of Contracting, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Operating Location Hanscom, AFB supporting multiple Program Executive Offices across Digital, Nuclear Command & Control, and Cyber & Networks. She led enterprise acquisition organizations, authored first-of-their-kind strategic plans, built talent pipelines that strengthened the acquisition workforce, and maintained continuity for complex operations. Earlier, she advised at the highest levels of government as a Defense Legislative Fellow in the U.S. Senate and as Aide-de-Camp to NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander/European Commander and to USAFE/AFAFRICA commander, giving her uncommon fluency with Program Executive Offices (PEOs), operators, and international partners alike.

Taona brings the judgment of a senior commander and the discipline of a senior contracting official to every engagement. She is known for compressing timelines, reducing risk in source selections, and building the partnerships and governance that sustain programs long after kickoff. Credentials include: Unlimited Warranted Contracting Officer ($1B+ authority), DoD Acquisition Professional Level III (Contracting), TS/SCI security clearance, and executive education through Georgetown and UNC. She holds a Master of Public Administration and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of New Mexico.