Pedro Sánchez Cañal

- Led contract negotiations and managed supplier engagements for satellite production and deployment, ensuring compliance with ESA standards. - Oversaw procurement, manufacturing, testing, and in-orbit deployment of Galileo B3 satellites, securing on-time and on-budget project execution. - Managed procurement risks and supplier performance. - Technical & programmatic interface with the European Space Agency (ESA), the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) and the European Commission (EC).

- Negotiated and executed multiple Contract Change Notices (CCNs), securing financial consolidation and project sustainability. - Interfaced with ESA, and industry partners to align technical and programmatic objectives with contractual commitments. - Successfully managed the Satellite Qualification and Acceptance Review of all B3 Satellites, including multiple launch vehicles (A5, Soyuz, A62 and Falcon 9). - Direction and coordination of all engineering activities, including leadership of the engineering team.

- Galileo Product Assurance Team Lead coordinating a team of up to 15 PA/QA engineers. Steering the sub-disciplines of safety, reliability, EEE components, radiation control, materials and processes as well as hardware and software QA. - Launch Campaign PA Manager for 5 Soyuz and 3 Ariane 5 ES LCs at CSG-Kourou - Since 2016, Bremen PA Team Coordinator and deputy for OHB Head of PA.

- PA Deputy Manager supporting Galileo FOC WO1/WO2 Satellites from Critical Design Review until Satellite qualification completion culminated with the first launch in August 2014-

- PA Engineer at EADS CASA Espacio (now Airbus Defense & Space Spain), supporting the design, development, integration and testing of SEOSAR/PAZ satellite including the in-house manufactured SAR instrument.

Among the completed subjects the following can be highlighted: Orbital Mechanics, Space Physics, Data Processing, Satellite Communications, Space Interferometry... M.Sc. Thesis: “Evaluation and Integration of a SW Receiver for GPS & Galileo Navigation Systems”.

6 years (5 years plus Master Thesis in Finland) Master Degree in Telecommunications Engineering providing not only the required mathematical, physics and engineering foundations but also deep understanding in computer science, digital communications, signal theory and telecommunications in general.