Ricardo Marvao

Co-founder and Board Member of Beta-i, a Portuguese non-profit association that since 2010 has focused its energies on fostering and elaborating entrepreneurial ecosystems, and increasing innovation and entrepreneurship in Portugal. A Lisbon Challenge Coordinator, international startup acceleration program for growth & international stage tech startups. Co-founder & CEO of Evolve Space Solutions (Germany and Portugal) since 2004, developing software products for the Aerospace Industry, with clients like ESA, Thales, Astrium, Inmarsat, Eumetsat, and Airbus. The company specialized in the Telecommunications sector, with over 2000 employees, offices in Portugal, Spain, Germany, the Middle East, Mozambique Angola, South Africa and Ghana). Specialties: Space industry: satellite simulators & operating systems; Earth-Observation, Scientific and Inter-planetary Missions, Dissemination of Entrepreneurship programs.