Joerg Herrmann (Past Speaker)

Mr. Joerg F. Herrmann is SVP for Special Projects at Capella Space Corp. He previously served as senior business develop­ment executive at Airbus Defence and Space. He initiated the commercialization of SAR satellite remote sensing in Germany through the TerraSAR program and served as founding CEO of the TerraSAR-X services entity, Infoterra.

During his over 30 years in geospatial and space industry he worked in system engineering and design, program management, marketing and sales, strategy and business development, and general management.

In the recent years he developed strategic partnerships and conducted fund raising for innovative space initia­tives involving SAR satellite constellations, and laser communication.

His educational background is in engineering, business administration, and entrepreneurship.