Peter Platzer

CEO Nanosatisfi

  • San Francisco Bay Area CA

CEO at Nanosatisfi, a visionary space exploration company

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Biography

Peter is a visionary Physicist turned business creator and leader who has lived, worked, created and grown business in 3 continents.

Physicist (CERN, Max Planck Institute) -> Boston Consulting Group (Finance, IT) -> Harvard Busines School ->Quant Hedge Fund Startup -> The Rohatyn Group (EM Quant) -> Deutsche Bank Prop Desk (EM FX & EQ quant PM) -> Vegasoul Capital (EM & G10 FX & Commodities quantitative PM) -> International Space University -> NASA Ames -> NanoSatisfi

Specialties: Nanosatellites, CubeSats, Space Commercialization, Space Management, space technology, business of space exploration, Arduino, DIY Hacking, high and medium frequency quant investment management, risk management, entrepreneur ship, breakthrough technologies, career coaching, Emerging Markets, classical singing (Tenor)

Peter is also a regular speaker at technology, entrepreneurship and finance events in the US, Europe and Asia (Milken Institute, Techonomy, Orange Institute, Pioneers, Shenzhen New Technology, etc.)

Industry Expertise

Information Technology and Services
Education/Learning
Aerospace

Areas of Expertise

The Coming Revolution in the Satellite Industry
Entrepreneurship in Europe and the Us
Disruptive Innovation On the Example of the Space Industry

Accomplishments

White House Champion of Change

Recipient of 2013 White House Champion of Change award for outstanding innovation in the Crowdfunding space

Top 100 Brilliant Companies

2013-06-01

The company that I started, NanoSatisfi, won the Top 100 Brilliant Company award in 2013 from the Entrepreneur Magazine

Top 10 Startups of the Year - by WSJ

2013-09-30

The company I started, NanoSatisfi, was selected by the Wall Street Journal as one of the top 10 startups of the year

Education

Harvard Business School

MBA

Finance & Innovation

2002

Baker Scholar (Top 5%)
MBA Award Recipient (for Outstanding Contributions to the MBA Community)

Technical University Vienna

Dipl. Ing. (MSc + PhD Qual. Exam.)

High Energy and Fusion Physics

1997

International Space University

MSc

Space Science and Management

2012

Graduated First in Class
Student Representative
Team Project Leader

Event Appearances

Where the World Comes to Innovate

Milken Institute Global Conference  Los Angeles, USA

The Internet...of the Universe

TE 2013 - The Internet of Everything  SRI, Palo Alto

You think you know what a Satellite is

Techonomy 2013  Arizona, USA

2013-11-05

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Sample Talks

You think you know what a satellite is

General wisdom is that satellites costs 100s of millions of USD, take years to develop and are only built by NASA, military and huge corporations. The reality is that satellites can and are being built for 100s of thousands of USD by small companies and even individuals, radically altering who and how we access space. This talk highlights this paradigm shift

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Availability

  • Keynote
  • Moderator
  • Panelist
  • Workshop Leader
  • Host/MC
  • Corporate Training

Fees

$1500 to $10000*Will consider certain engagements for no fee