page_title: José Achache
hierarchical_section_title: José Achache
caption_attribution_description: Open Stage – José Achache
context_page_description: José Achache is founder and CEO of ALTYN, a Swiss company developing space-related projects. After 17 years in academia as professor of Geophysics and Earth sciences, then 17 years as top executive in French and international R&D organizations in Environment and Space, José Achache is now involved in the development of advanced space systems for Earth observation, IoT, cybersecurity and secure telecommunications.
  José Achache is also Managing Director of AP-Swiss, a joint programme of the European Space Agency and the Swiss Space Office, which supports space startups and fosters the development of commercial applications and services powered by satellites.
context_section_description: José Achache is founder and CEO of ALTYN, a Swiss company developing space-related projects. After 17 years in academia as professor of Geophysics and Earth sciences, then 17 years as top executive in French and international R&D organizations (BRGM, CNES, ESA, GEO) in Environment and Space, José Achache is now involved in the development of advanced space systems for Earth observation, IoT, cybersecurity and secure telecommunications. 
  José Achache is also Managing Director of AP-Swiss, a joint programme of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Swiss Space Office, which supports space startups and fosters the development of commercial applications and services powered by satellites.
caption: José Achache, 2014
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