José Achache

José Achache is Director or Advisor of several space-related companies in Switzerland and Italy:

1. Chairman of the Board of MEDIA LARIO Srl,[2] world leader in advanced optical components and systems for space missions
2. Chairman of the Board of GEOSATIS SA,[3] providing a GPS-based ankle bracelet for the monitoring and rehabilitation of offenders
3. Chairman of the Board of ASTROCAST SA,[4] building a constellation of nano-satellites to provide global M2M/IoT communication
4. Chairman of the Board of REOR20 SA (https://www.reor20.com), combining AI and physical modeling to provide physical and financial mitigation of floods
5. Chairman of the Board of DOTPHOTON SA (http://dotphoton.com), providing quantum-based raw image compression for Earth observation, photography and medical applications
6. Advisor of CYSEC SA,[5] providing provenly secure confidential computing environment for finance, space, IoT and telecoms.

José Achache is co-founder and Director of GROUPE PLANI (http://www.plani.fr), a Paris-based company providing end-to-end equipment and services for video and TV production, Director of ILTOO PHARMA (http://www.iltoopharma.com), a biotech company developing new treatments for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases and Director of SUZETTE GOURMET Private Ltd (#suzettemumbai #kitchengardenbysuzette), an organic food brand based in Mumbai, India.

A graduate of Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris, he holds a PhD in Geophysics from Université Pierre et Marie Curie, a PhD in Physical Sciences from Université Denis Diderot and was Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University.

José Achache has been Professor at Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Chief Scientist at the French Geological Survey BRGM, Deputy Director General of the French space agency CNES, Director of Earth Observation Programmes at the European Space Agency ESA and the first Secretary General of the Group on Earth Observations when the Global Earth Observation System of Systems was established in Geneva.

He has been the Architect of the COPERNICUS programme of the European Union [6][7]and its Sentinel series of satellites and the early advocate of its free and open data policy.[8] He is the author of Les Sentinelles de la Terre, an essay on space policy and the applications of space on Earth. He has published numerous scientific papers as well as editorial, interviews and conferences for wider audiences on space and environmental Issues.[9]