Roberto Porta

Background

About Roberto Porta

10 years experience in space environment. With more than 10 years in flight mission experience as Flight Control Team member in support of most important ESA interplanetary missions such as Mars Express, Venus Express and Rosetta, I built a solid background across space segment, ground segment and in flight operations. Within my duties I carried out spacecraft activities which include the following task: writing and maintaining Flight Operation Procedures; designing, planning and coordinating nominal and contingency in-flight operations; On Board Software maintenance operations; Payload operations monitoring and analysis. Solid knowledge of Ground Segment subsystems including Mission Control System (SCOS2K), Mission Planning System, Spacecraft Simulator (SIMSAT), Network Interface System. I am a highly motivated and proactive team player who can manage high levels of pressure and stress being able to always perform at my best and provide the topmost solutions to colleagues, customers and users. Throughout my career I acquired team leading and managing skills. I am an enthusiastic, open, analytic and persevering person. I put a great care in the details and never give up until problem are really solved. I am regularly attending training activities about ground segment and spacecraft avionics. I am currently following MBA on-line courses aimed to gain understanding of business strategy, finance, operational management and organisational methods to manage projects in a competitive and profitable way. With these tools and my natural entrepreneurial attitude, I will be keen and open to new opportunities and challenges within project and business managerial role.