Florian DECONINCK

Experience

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  Thales

  Jul 2009 - Jul 2009

  Trainee

  Thales Electron Device, Chemistry department, trainee. Gauge and design of the ventilation network: charge loss determination, measurement campagin of air characteristics (pressure, temperature, velocity).

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  European Space Agency

  Sept 2009 - Jun 2010

  Student

  ESA - European Student Earth/Moon Orbiter projects: development of two satellites built by 20 universities across Europe. Team-leader of the team responsible for the star trackers. System analysis and design of the electronics of the star trackers. Supported by EADS-SODERN and EREMS. Oral presentation of a paper at the Global LUnar Confererence in Beijing China.

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  CVA

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2010

  Student

  Rocket propulsion, Theoretical and Experimental work on a launch vehicle. Manager of a 6-persons team to compete with other teams in a fictive industrial market (1st/6).

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  Astrium

  Aug 2010 - Aug 2011

  Assistant Commodity Manager

  EADS-ASTRIUM, Telecommunication Satellites, Procurement, Assistant Commodity Manager.Knowledge Management:Creation and Management of the equipment database (cost, schedule, heritage, suppliers). Market Intelligence (Weekly-News bulletin, analysis of Commercial and Technical data, reverse engineering architecture through cost studies, Key Performance Indicator). Monitoring of Industrial Workload. Benchmark of 5 competitors and 7 suppliers. Lean Process:• Review and Improvement of the Bid Process: development of an automatic tool to generate the cost and mass budget of a payload, and the associated documents. Instruction of 20 engineers on the use of this tool across different functional teams (mechanical, thermal and radio frequency engineers). Development of a Design to Cost tool (commercial awareness training of design engineers). Standardisation: creation of a standard list of equipments meeting cost and technical constraints. Savings of 1500h a year.Supplier relationship support:• Selection of supplier (negotiation, risks mitigation). Supplier Evaluation and Development. Show less

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  European Space Agency

  Aug 2010 - Aug 2010

  Student

  ESA-Summer School Alpbach: Development of a scientific space mission to measure atmospheric water vapour. Orbits and launcher selection, sizing (mass, power) and cost of the spacecrafts. 3 posters presented at the Amercian Geophyscial Union conference in San Francisco. Paper submitted to the Remote Sensing journal.

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  NASA

  Jun 2012 - Nov 2012

  Student Researcher

  PhoneSat Project.Development of a cubeSat platform based on a Smarphone. Design and test of a Smartphone based Star Tracker: software in Matlab and hardware with the Smartphone camera. Assembly Integration and Tests at satellite level: Thermal vacuum, vibrations, shocks. Communication: budget link, operational test of a Microhard and antennas. Power: solar panels, batteries. Successful mission after 2013 launch.

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  European Space Agency

  Dec 2012 - Nov 2013

  Young Graduate Trainee

  Development and implementation of a methodology for projects assessment of ARTES 3-4.* Creation of a centralized database - Assessment and improvement of data collection and storage - Semi-automatic updates of the database - Automatic analysis of projects: volume, number, results, delays, forecast, risks flagging, etc* Support to Technical Officer in running projects - Project assessment: results and methodology - Pilot operation monitoring and report* Methodology assessment: - Definition of KPIs for project evaluation and performance - Frequency analysis of KPI versus project results - Project assessment through a Bayesian analysis: probability of success of a project based upon the observation of KPIs Show less

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  Satellite Applications Catapult

  Dec 2013 - Oct 2018

  Responsible for the strategic line of the Catapult on Small Satellites activities supporting the development of small satellite based applications: stakeholders’ management, consortium creation, technology roadmap, mission analysis, project management and system engineering. The main projects are:• In-Orbit Demonstration programme Lead: update, secure funding, manage and lead the IOD programme to deliver 5+ missions demonstrating new small satellite based services• Emerging concepts: use of existing satellites for new applications. Constellations and payload development projects in EO and telecommunications. Technology roadmaps for the space segment. • Market Intelligence: contribute the quarterly market report on small satellites, support or definition of strategic reports related to small satellites• Communicate the use of small satellites to non-space communities Show less Responsible for identifying and analysing future satellite concepts. This includes, defining the scope of work, securing funding, and delivery of the work. Main activities included:• In-Orbit Demonstration programme: analyse, define, secure funding, establish and lead a programme making Cubesat mission available for entities to demonstrate commercial services• Missions analysis: satellite telecommunication studies, radiation analysis for GTO, thermal infrared mission, space debris mitigation and nano/micro satellites regulations in support of the industry and government (presentation at conferences, evidence to Parliament Office for Science and Technology, iterations with UKSA, lawyers and insurance company).• Satellite applications analysis: use of existing EO satellite for maritime observation, telecommunication services for oil and gas and mining industry• Strategy documents: technology roadmaps (analysis of NASA and ESA technology roadmaps and applicability to small satellites), small satellite launchers and spaceport, satellite applications• Market Intelligence: creator of the Small Satellite Market Intelligence report, a quarterly market report on small satellites Show less

  • Small Satellites Programme Manager

    Jan 2018 - Oct 2018

  • Advanced Concepts Lead

    Dec 2013 - Dec 2017
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  Open Cosmos

  Oct 2018 - now

  • Vice President, Growth

    Jan 2023 - now

  • Vice President, Institutional Partnerships and Future Missions

    Jan 2021 - Dec 2022

  • Head of Bids and Strategic Partnerships at Open Cosmos

    Oct 2018 - Dec 2020