Kees Van Der Pols Email & Phone Number

Aalborg, DK

Lausanne, VD, CH

Renens, Vaud, Switzerland

Since 2016, MassChallenge Switzerland has been a leader in helping startups across Europe grow their businesses by accelerating 720 startups across multiple industries that have raised more than $1.2Bn in funding. the flagship program is the early-stage startup accelerator, which accepts startups from any industry, and in 2024 will be comprised of the.

Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland

As Head of Product, assisting the CTO in defining product roadmap on the basis of strategic services taking into account core engineering skills in the organisation. Creating a portfolio of products that support reaching our strategic objectives. Managing Ground Segment, Operations and Simulator teams and products. Recruit and allocate staff across.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Defined operational concepts and system architecture. Products for government and commercial clients. Performed market studies and reviewed business plans. Created ground segment software solutions for operations. Boots on the ground for my employer as an investor in a startup.

Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany

Recruitment, training, certification and management of the Sentinel-3a and 3b operations team at EUMETSAT. Team: 6 direct reports, 1 Subcontractors.Revenue up to 750kEuro per year

ESA/ESOC Darmstadt

Interplanetary Missions Operations Engineer scheduling mission operations and performing simulations. Prepared and executed Launch and Early Orbit Phases (LEOP) and full system commissioning. Received and provided training for critical phases and anomaly recovery. Data relay for ESA and NASA missions at and on Mars. Liaised with agencies, industry and the.

Member of the editorial board of the NVR (Dutch Space Association)Writing and editing articles for the magazine "Ruimtevaart"

Prepared operations on International Space Station Galileo navigation system verification preparation services.

Prepared operations for the International Space Station. Ground controller and Operational preparations for European Drawer Rack (EDR) and EuTEF onboard Columbus module.

Part-time reporter on stories on and around Delft University of Technology

Trainee with the Mars Express Flight Control Team assisting the functional roles of the Power and Thermal engineers writing Solar Array heating models and requirements for a Spacecraft illumination prediction tool.Supporting preparations for the MARSIS radar boom deployment.

Part-time private driver

Parttime job as asdvisor and supervisor of second-year Aerospace Engineering projects at the faculty of Aerospace Engineering

Master

Fullbright Scholarship