Matt is a founder of MakaluMedia, and is responsible for the overall group direction. Before starting the company, Matt worked as a communications engineer in the ground-segment department of the European Space Agency.

Matt holds a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, USA), and dual Masters degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology Lorraine Campus and the École Supérieure D’Électricité, SUPELEC (Metz, France).

Pino is a founder of MakaluMedia, and is responsible for financial control of the group. Before starting the company, Pino worked as a spacecraft operations engineer at the European Space Agency.

Pino holds Bachelors and Masters degrees in Aerospace Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, USA).

Fausto Roveda joined MakaluMedia as its Site Manager in Germany, responsible for the group’s activities in the space sector. He also participates at both the management and technical level in several key projects, such as our commercial ARTS & CRS systems, consultancy frame contracts, and our telemetry distribution system at EUTELSAT.

Before joining MakaluMedia, Fausto worked as the Site Manager for CS-Italy at EUMETSAT, and prior to that worked as a scientific researcher at the European Joint Research Centre.

Fausto holds a Masters degree in Software Engineering from the Politecnico di Milano, Italy.

Michel Ricart joined MakaluMedia as a Chief Systems Architect, responsible for leading the technical development of our space ground-segment systems, such as the IFMS.

Before joining MakaluMedia, Michel worked as a Technical Director at ATNR, in Paris, France, where he was reponsible for the development of ESA’s Multi-Purpose Tracking Systems (MPTS), EUMETSAT’s METEOSAT Ranging System (MRS) and, several OSI-related communication infrastructure systems.

Michel is formerly a highly graduated mathematics professor in France (Agrégation de Mathématiques).

Jim Holme joined MakaluMedia as Business Development Manager in Germany, responsible for pursuing opportunities and managing the group’s activities in the space sector. He is manager for most of the contracts at EUMETSAT and ESOC.

Before joining MakaluMedia, Jim worked at VEGA GmbH and prior to that for many years at Software AG in development, product management and product marketing with the focus on Middleware and Alliance management – where he worked closely with Microsoft HQ in Redmond, WA.

Jim has also worked as system programmer for eight years at ESOC supporting many early ESA space missions.

Jim is a Chartered IT Professional, a Chartered Engineer and a Member of the British Computer Society.