SpaceCom 2017

Hugo Wagner
Principal, New Space
Orange Silicon Valley


Hugo leads the telecommunications company Orange into the heart of the Silicon Valley aerospace ecosystem to conduct assessments of early technology concepts, generate partnerships and develop strategic pilot projects with a focus on unmanned autonomous systems, satellite networks, AI, and IoT. Before joining Orange, Hugo led technical due diligence efforts for Peter H. Diamandis’ private investment arm, PHD Ventures, and consulted for Planetary Resources, a small satellite startup, on hyperspectral imaging technology applied to precision agriculture. Hugo holds graduate degrees from the University of California, Berkeley (M.S., Mechanical Engineering) — where he worked on combustion and robotics projects for NASA — and the International Space University — where he worked on the theory and use cases of open innovation in space, — and is former STEAM Director of the San Francisco section of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

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