Meet the team
![Mario Kobald](/images/team/1---Kobald-Duo_1_400x540.jpg)
Mario Kobald
Chief Executive Officer
Mario received his PhD in Aerospace engineering from the University of Stuttgart in 2015 and diploma in 2010.
Since 2010 he has been working at the DLR Institute of Space Propulsion and restarted activities on hybrid rocket propulsion and advanced hybrid rocket fuels. There, he is leading the hybrid propulsion research group.
From 2012 to 2016 he was project manager of the HyEnD hybrid sounding rocket project at the University of Stuttgart.
He is leading HyImpulse as CEO with his long experience in project management, international network, knowledge in hybrid propulsion and sounding rockets.
![Christian Schmeier](/images/team/2---Schmierer-Duo_1_400x540.jpg)
Christian Schmeier
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Christian earned a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Stuttgart in 2019 and diploma in 2013.
Since then he has been working at the German Aerospace Center on system analysis of rocket vehicles with a special focus on hybrid rocket systems, sounding rockets, launch vehicles and lunar landers.
Since 2012 he has been actively involved in developing, building and launching hybrid sounding rockets at the University of Stuttgart.
At HyImpulse he embraces the role of the co-CEO, joining the CEO Mario with leading the start-up to develop a smallsat launch vehicle and get into space!
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Ulrich Fischer
Chief Technology Officer
Ulrich earned a diploma in aerospace engineering from the University of Stuttgart in 2014.
He has been working on hybrid rocket propulsion and rocket lightweight structures since then.
Ulrich is the CTO of HyImpulse, coordinating the technical development of the rockets.
![Constantine Tomlin](/images/team/3---Tomilin-Duo_1_400x540.jpg)
Konstantin Tomilin
Chief Operating Officer
Konstantin earned a diploma in aerospace engineering from the University of Stuttgart in 2014.
Working on different rocket systems like recovery systems, hybrid propulsion systems, airframes, he has gained a lot of experience in the field of sounding rockets.
For HyImpulse Konstantin is managing day-to-day operations as COO.
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Jerome Messineo
Project Manager - Hybrid Propulsion
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Andrea DePace
Launch Vehicle Systems Engineer
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David Corbo
Mission Analysis Engineer
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Domenico Mastrovito
Lead Engineer Testing and Ground Facilities
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Romain Verges
Team Lead Structures
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Kostas Gliozeris
Team Lead Avionics
![Jankauskas](/images/team/HIT-Portrait-jankauskas.jpg)
Aurimas Jankauskas
Recovery Systems Engineer
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Altynay Demeubayeva
Engineering Management Support & Business Development
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Christian Neutz
Mechanical Engineer
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Katharina Burkhardt
HR Manager
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Alex Rutz
Technical Purchasing and Production Controlling
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Stefan Boes
Composite Technician
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Cedric Schwarzer
Electrical Engineer
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Vibha Vasanthakumar
Manager - Quality Assurance and Structural Engineering
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Avionics Engineer
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Benjamin Vogelmann
Avionics Engineer
Rebecca Hoffer
administration
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Vittorio Pietrantonio
Mechanical / Propulsion Engineer
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Jakob Price
Mechanic
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Dominic Gross
Production Engineer
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Tommaso Pellegrini
Propulsion Engineer
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Dario Senter
Aerospace Engineer
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Marc Schwarzbach
Project Manager R&D
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Michael Vogel
Avionics Engineer
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Ruari Brooker
Aerospace Engineer
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Paola Breda
Project Manager | Launch Licensing Manager
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Richard Blaha
Flight Termination System Engineer
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Harald Roth
Mechanic
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Corinna Gartner
Team Assistant
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Alberto Mariani
Propulsion Engineer
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Erdal Akdogan
Mechanic
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Peter Weiss
Technical Designer
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Alexandru Mitrache
Senior Systems Engineer
![Staffolani](/images/team/HIT-Portrait_94c.png)
Alessandro Staffolani
Fluid Engineer - GSE
![Slukhov](/images/team/HIT-Portrait_97c.png)
Andrey Slukhov
Test Bench and Design Engineer
![Neto](/images/team/HIT-Portrait_86c.png)
Pedro Neto
Structural Engineer
![Spirolazzi](/images/team/HIT-Portrait_93c.png)
Michele Spirolazzi
Propulsion Engineer
![Ferreira](/images/team/HIT-Portrait_96c.png)
Luis Ferreira
Structural Engineer
![Ilnur](/images/team/Ilnur.jpg)
Ilnur Farizanov
Propulsion Engineer
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Asma Hasnaoui
Quality Control Engineer
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Goutham Sridhar
Structural Engineer