Pierre Oppetit

Current

• Owner at Spacelinks (Sole Proprietorship)

Past

• Space Sector Sales Manager at Capgemini
• Space Director at International Aerospace
• Mission Director at Inmarsat

• Operations engineer at Matra Espace (Astrium)
• AIT engineer at Intelsat

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Education

• Institut national polytechnique de Grenoble

Recommended

5 people have recommended Pierre

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Defense & Space

Websites

• My Company
• Viadeo
• Xing

Pierre Oppetit’s Summary

Pierre's career started over 20 years ago when he joined Intelsat's Spacecraft Program Office in Palo Alto, California as a test engineer. There he monitored and followed up the integration and tests (I&T) of the Intelsat V series of spacecraft at the Ford Aerospace (now Loral) plant.

Four years later, he returned to his native France as the I&T manager for the Eurostar programme with Matra Marconi (now Astrium) in Toulouse. At the completion of the Eurostar test program, he moved on to satellite operations and developed the first Eurostar operating procedures.

Pierre's next job was with Inmarsat in London where he managed the Launch and Early Operations (LEOP) contract awarded by Inmarsat to the French Space Agency CNES to launch its second generation of spacecraft. For its third generation, Inmarsat decided to acquire the capability of launching its own spacecraft, and Pierre was chosen to lead that project. This culminated in five successful launches for which he acted as Mission Director.

Following this, Pierre combined his expertise on satellite launch and operations and internet experience working as a consultant, particularly for the aerospace industry.

After 13 years in UK, Pierre went back to Toulouse where he was International Business Development Manager for the Space Sector of Cap Gemini Ernst & Young.

Pierre is now heading up Spacelinks, his own company. With a career spanning over 20 years in the space business covering engineering, sales and programme management activities, and with his in-depth knowledge of the space industry, Pierre can now help you develop your space activities in Europe and recruit the space professionals you need. Find out how by contacting Pierre Oppetit at poppetit@spacelinks.com

Pierre Oppetit’s Specialties:

Spacelinks is an independent consultancy firm specialising in the space industry. The services we provide include Executive Search & Selection Assignments (Head Hunting) in the Defence and Aerospace sectors. Spacelinks probably holds one of the largest database of space professionals in Europe.

Spacelinks is also operating Space Careers, the leading space and defense industry employment website (www.space-careers.com).

Pierre Oppetit’s Experience

• Owner

  Spacelinks (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Defense & Space industry)

  September 2004 — Present (5 years 3 months)

• Space Sector Sales Manager

  Capgemini

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 2001 — June 2004 (2 years 10 months)

• Space Director

  International Aerospace

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Defense & Space industry)

  August 2000 — August 2001 (1 year 1 month)

• Mission Director

  Inmarsat

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Defense & Space industry)

  September 1988 — December 1999 (11 years 4 months)

• Operations engineer

  Matra Espace (Astrium)

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Defense & Space industry)

  January 1983 — June 1988 (5 years 6 months)

• AIT engineer

  Intelsat

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Defense & Space industry)

  September 1980 — September 1982 (2 years 1 month)

Pierre Oppetit’s Education

• Institut national polytechnique de Grenoble

  Engineer , Electronics, Computer Science , 1975 — 1978

  Graduated from ENSERG in 1978.

Additional Information

Pierre Oppetit’s Websites:

• My Company
• Viadeo
• Xing

Pierre Oppetit’s Groups:

Space Moves, Aerospace Professionals, Moon Society, International Space Fellowship, Satellite Group

•    IASE
•    Space Frontier Foundation
•    The Earth Observation Network
•    Linked:HR (#1 Human Resources Group)
•    SYSTEMS ENGINEERS
•    Space Robotics
•    Society of Satellite Professionals International (SSPI)
•    International Space Fellowship
•    International Orbit/Attitude Determination and Spacecraft Guidance Navigation and Control
•    Aerospace Professionals
•    NASA
•    Defence Recruitment
•    Satellite Group
•    Toulouse
•    GPS/GIS Jobs
•    National Aerospace Laboratory
•    SpaceTech
•    Aerospace & Defence
•    Defense & Aerospace
•    Space Flight Dynamics
•    Onrec Online Recruitment Network
•    International Astronautical Federation
•    DEFENSE AND AEROSPACE CONNECTIONS
•    Aviation & Aerospace Group
•    Sistemisti Aerospaziali Italiani
•    Satellite services work group
•    Recruitment Company Owners
•    Defense & Aerospace Networking Professionals
•    Space Flight Operations
•    European Space Agency - Friends
•    Aerospace and Defense Professionals Worldwide Network
•    Defence, Aerospace and Space Specialist
•    EADS
•    Aerospace & Defense Industry Professionals
•    Intelsat Alumni
•    EUTELSAT Solutions
•    SATCOM
•    Google Lunar X PRIZE
•    SATELLITE Conference & Exhibition
•    Satellite Operations Group
•    Aerospace & Defense Jobs
•    UAE Space Sector Professionals
•    INMARSAT REUNION
•    Space Renaissance Initiative
•    3i3s
•    Satellite Broadband & Digital Divide
•    Global Satellite Executives
•    Space Babies
•    UK Space Forum

Pierre Oppetit’s Contact Settings

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