ABOUT.
I’m passionate about innovation and driven by impact.
I really enjoy working on cutting-edge projects and leading the development enabling new technologies in the hope that these will one day translate back to the real world and have a direct impact on our lives. I also enjoy being surrounded by brilliant people that share the vision of “space for society” and I’m truly humbled by their support. Meanwhile, I’m excited by the ever-growing challenges I’m faced with as my career unfolds and keen to take them on.
Currently working for the EU Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA), I am supporting the team of the Market Downstream and Innovation Department as Market Segment Leader for Governmental Applications in Security and Surveillance. We are located in the beautiful city of Prague and I joined this emerging EU agency as Seconded National Expert to establish the field of governmental and secure satellite communication. I’ve also had the opportunity to spearhead and coordinate several groundbreaking space development projects, which have enriched my interests and expanded my horizons. I have the privilege to coordinate the ENTRUSTED undertaking, which is establishing the understanding of the needs of governmental users for secure satellite communication.
In March 2020, I moved to Prague and joined EUSPA, at this time still called GSA, as seconded national expert, seconded by the German Space Agency.
In May 2016, I started to work for the German Space Agency (Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V., DLR) in Bonn for the Satellite Communication Department as a Programme Manager for the ESA ARTES Core Programme, deciding with a funding power of 160 million Euro which companies are strategically relevant for Germany. I was also responsible for the EU satellite programme GOVSATCOM and SATCOM affairs in EU and ESA.
In 2015, I finished my studies with the diploma in aerospace engineering, with specialisation in astronautics and space technology at the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany. With my diploma thesis at the Institute of Space Systems on “Modelling of a sensor network for detecting objects in Earth’s orbits” I was building the fundaments of the Space Surveillance and Tracking programme of the EU.
In 2014, I was working as an intern for one of the three satellite manufacturers in Europe, the OHB System AG in Bremen. Following my dream of working for mechanical design of components for the communication satellite SGEO, I designed parts of the SADM (Solar Array Drive Mechanisms) of SGEO. This satellite platform was the first of its kind and became later the Spanish satellite Hispasat 36W-1. I also had the great chance to enhance my knowledge of satellite technology in the product assurance of electronic and mechanical satellite components and procedures for different space missions, such as Galileo satellites and Meteosat.
In 2012, I had the chance to understand the high security standards and robustness requirements as an electronic engineer in the Nuclear Power Plant (GKN) Neckarwestheim, Germany. The high requirements are quite similar to those for space technology, and it was fascinating to see them handled and solved with a different approach.
For the preparation of my aerospace studies in 2006, I developed different robots as an intern for Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics in Dortmund, Germany.
To work in the space branch, I deemed necessary to have military experience. Traditionally, space was always strongly interdependent with the military sector, which led me to the decision to enlist 2005 to the German military service as paratrooper in the 26th Airborne Brigade, Special Operations Division in Zweibruecken, Germany.
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.”
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
LOCATION
Prague | Munich | Duesseldorf