Dr. Paul Struhsaker
Experienced innovation and engineering executive across multiple industries including wireless networking (cellular and WiFi), consumer electronics, silicon platforms, and large-scale cloud client computing. Currently CTO of Carnegie Technologies. Other roles included SVP Software Engineering at Comcast NBC Universal, VP of Engineering at Cable Vision Systems, VP Silicon Platform at Motorola PCS, CTO of Dell’s Client Solutions Group, and CTO Broadband at Texas Instruments. He was a founder and CTO of two successful startups: Wi-Fi innovation leader Aironet Wireless (acquired by Cisco) and 4G wireless innovator Raze Technologies. He started his career at the National Security Agency.
Matteo Cuccorese
Matteo graduated top of his class with a degree in Aerospace Engineering and, at just 19, founded a startup focused on AI-powered virtual try-ons of clothes. In parallel, he worked at Telespazio and Thales Alenia Space on cutting-edge projects, becoming one of the first to apply deep learning for autonomous satellite navigation. He then completed a Master’s in Machine Learning with honors at Imperial College London.
At 22, Matteo founded SPAICE, an AI software company focused on real-time autonomous decision-making for multi-domain vehicles in extreme environments. SPAICE has already partnered with major international prime contractors, driving innovation in space logistics and autonomous defense systems.
Dr. Marco Ruano
Alvaro Alonso Ruiz
Alvaro is the co-founder and CCO of Leanspace, a European startup building the digital infrastructure of the space industry. He is in charge of all the commercial aspects, which includes sales, marketing, CX and customer success.
Throughout his career, he has been an R&D engineer for Formula 1 race cars, project manager for multi-million corporate strategic investments, and has held various management roles in the space industry. Alvaro has worked in Europe, the Americas, the Middle East and Asia.
Alvaro holds a MSc in Mechanical Engineering and a degree in Astrophysics from the Australian National University. He is an alumnus of the RealAcad Venture Management & Leadership Program at both Stanford University and National University of Singapore. Since 2008, he has been a coach at the Coaching SIL organization, with a particular focus on Neuro-Linguistic Programming.
When Alvaro is not on the job, he loves playing music, traveling somewhere far and dusty, and experiencing how people see the world.