About Astrocast

A mission to connect the world

What keeps us moving?

We know where we come from and where we want to go. We work every day to accomplish our mission with the highest standard of quality and ethics.

Our mission

“We track assets, monitor the environment, and save lives by building and operating the most advanced and sustainable satellite IoT network.”

Our vision

“We believe in a connected world where IoT is global and benefits all.”

What drives us?

Our shared values. At Astrocast, we take our values seriously, and we do our best to keep them present in everything we do for our customers, employees, partners, and products. Values influence our behavior and keep us honest in our decisions and actions.

Meet Our Team

José Achache
Chairman

Fabien Jordan
CEO & Co-Founder

Federico Belloni
CTO & Co-Founder

Yves Pillonel
Board Member

Jan Eyvin Wang
Board member

Roland Loss
Board Member

Jon Cholak
Board Member

Fabien Jordan
CEO & Co-Founder

Marcel Barat
VP Network Operations and Customer Success

Federico Belloni
CTO & Co-Founder

Kjell Karlsen
CFO

Laurent Vieira de Mello
COO

Antonio Waller
VP Sales

Space Segment

Nicolas Steiner
Head of Space Segment

Mickael Guillaud
Product and Test Engineer

Frida Eriksson
Mechanical Engineer

Stefano Rossi
ADCS Engineer & Launch Management

Nicolas Vaucher
Mechanical System Engineer

Quality & Electronics

Julian Harris
Head of Quality & Electronics & Co-Founder

Yorick Droz
Electronics Engineer

Yann Da Costa
Quality Technician

Sébastien Diserens
Laboratory Technician

Mission Software

Florian George
Head of Mission Software

Hervé Peter-Contesse
Senior Telecommunication Engineer

Louis Masson
Software Engineer

Joaquin Cabeza
Software Engineer

Jonathan Houmard
Software Engineer

Ground System

Benoit Cosandier
Head of Ground System

Ramon Miguel
Senior Software Engineer

M2M Systems

Stéphane Davy
Head of M2M Systems

David Costa Campos
Hardware Engineer

Alexandre Devienne
Product Reliability Engineer

Alexander Pope
Product Firmware Manager

Thomas Conort
Embedded Software Engineer

Sylvain Krieg
Embedded Software Engineer

Telecommunications

Mehrdad Ghanad
Head of Telecommunications

Miroslav Veljovic
Antenna Engineer

Ester Perez Marcos
RF Engineer

Application&Services

Scott Tavelli
Head of Applications & Services

Otilia Zaharia
Software QA Engineer

Céline Vialard
Software Developer

Pascal Nancoz
Senior software engineer

Julien Iseli
Senior Software Engineer

IT Systems

Licinio Rosa
Head of IT

Daniel Cabezas
IT Support Specialist

Jean-Daniel Andrikopoulos
Senior IT System Administrator

Brian Cerny
Senior IT Systems Engineer

And you

Kjell Karlsen
CFO

Nicholas Petrig
Head of Finance & Co-Founder

Eva Da Silva
Front-Desk Receptionist

Omar Baechtiger
Business Application Manager

Unal Gurer
Finance Administrative Assistant

Evelyn Pathofer
Front-Desk Receptionist

Olivier Thevoz
Accountant

Veronica Vasta
HR Administrative Assistant

Carla Stragiotti Soares
Head of HR

Natasha Petrig
Finance & Administration Manager

Janique Jordan
Executive Assistant

And you

Laurent Vieira de Mello
COO

David Lopez
Quality & Compliance Manager

Eric Ménard
Head of Product Management

Olivier Chollet
Head of PMO

Thanh-Chau Le
Manufacturing & Industrialisation Engineer

Gisela Pesarrodona
Digital Marketing Manager

Edward Burger
Regulatory Affairs Specialist

Fatima Vigil
Head of Marketing

David Friesen
Brand Content Producer

Vitalis Hirschmann
Senior Product Manager

Yulia Kulikova
Head of Regulatory Affairs

And you

Marcel Barat
VP Network Operations and Customer Success

Mack Woudstra
Spacecraft Reliability Engineer

Alexandre Merkli
Spacecraft Reliability Engineer

Pantelis Symeonidis
IoT Service Operation Manager

Leonardo Andressi
Flight Dynamics & Mission Analysis Engineer

Simon Rondot
Spacecraft Reliability Engineer and Mission Analysis Engineer

Gildas Seimbille
Customer Success Manager

Lola Lopez
Head of Spaceflight Engineering & Operations

Jonatan Romero
Head of Customer Service

Aurélien Hallopeau
Flight Dynamics & Mission Analysis Engineer

Célia Gomez Jimenez
Spacecraft Reliability Engineer

Raphaël Valceschini
Field Application Engineer

Kexin Ma
Spacecraft Reliability Engineer

And you

Ahmet Aktas
Sales Support Specialist

Bruno Valenti
Key Account Manager

Antonio Waller
VP Sales

Corry Brennan
Head of Global Sales

Michel Rieken
Sales Manager

And you

Do you want to join the Astrocast team?

Check our job openings

The humans behind the mission

85 members from 30 nationalities working towards a single mission

Building and operating the most advanced and sustainable satellite IoT network.

Learn more

Our Partners

Latest News

More news

Press release

Astrocast partners with UnaBiz on end-to-end Satellite IoT solution

9 Feb 2022

Astrocast and UnaBiz partner to develop and deploy end-to-end IoT solution for asset tracking and monitoring. Lausanne, Switzerlan…

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Press release

Astrocast joins the ‘Net Zero Space’ initiative set up by the Paris Peace Forum

20 Apr 2022

The initiative aims to preserve the sustainability of future space missions LAUSANNE, Switzerland / PARIS, France, 20 April, 2022 …

Satellite IoT

Controlling remote assets with SatIoT: the importance of bidirectional communication

19 May 2022 | 3 min read

Up until now many organisations – including Systems Integrators (SIs) and their end users – have struggled to create and / or …

Upcoming events

Aviation & Space Symposium 2022
01-02 June, 2022
Saint-Gallen, Switzerland

This year's #AS22 will be held together with the 10th Bodensee Aerospace Meeting (#BAM22), representing the largest cross-cluster Aerospace symposium in Europe.

Connectivity Business Summit 2022
14-15 June, 2022
New York

It explores the critical strategic and financial issues impacting the global satellite and terrestrial connectivity infrastructure and services industry. Meet onsite Fabien Jordan.

Viva Technology 2022
15-18 June, 2022
Paris

The event acts as a powerful global catalyst for digital transformation and startup growth, bringing together, business leaders, startups, investors, researchers and innovators.

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What keeps us moving?

Our mission

Our vision

What drives us?

Do you want to join the Astrocast team?

The humans behind the mission

Astrocast partners with UnaBiz on end-to-end Satellite IoT solution

Astrocast joins the ‘Net Zero Space’ initiative set up by the Paris Peace Forum

Controlling remote assets with SatIoT: the importance of bidirectional communication

Upcoming events

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