Eng. Frank Maximilian Salzgeber

Frank is former Vice Governor for Space sector in Communications, Space & Technology Commission (CST). For 3.5 years he worked in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: key fields mandate ecosystem & sector development, police & regulation, Space law, venture, and the entrepreneurship initiatives and human capital development in the Space sector.Before joining CST, Frank was the Head of the Innovation and Ventures Office at the European Space Agency (ESA), where he built the largest Space entrepreneurship network in the world, the ESA BICs. He and his team initiated over 380 industry transfers, supported over 1,500 start-ups, and facilitated over 1,000 downstream business cases. Frank also headed the Technology Transfer Program Office (TTPO) and the Commercial Development for Human Spaceflight and Exploration unit at ESA. Prior to joining ESA, Frank served as the founder and CFO / COO of an IT start-up based in Munich, Germany, which merged with CANCOM IT SA, in addition to his seven years of experience at Apple Computer, and served 2 years in the German Air Force and has an industrial engineering degree.