Athiye Jawad currently focuses on strategic business development at Planet. She’s an aerospace engineer who likes to flex her business muscles. Her passion lies in space, specifically bringing the engineering world closer to strategy, story telling , art and leadership in addition to earth-space communication. In her spare time she drives non-profit organisations in outreach and education. After completing her Masters in Aerospace Electronics and Telecommunications from SUPAERO, ISAE in Toulouse, France, Athiye worked for Fortune 500 aerospace and telecoms companies – Corning, Airbus and Rolls-Royce and now Planet. Athiye additionally served as the Vice Development for the World Space Week and formerly executed several roles for the Space Generation Advisory Council in Support of the United Nations Programme on Space Applications. Coming from a mixed background and living in different continents, Athiye speaks 7 languages. Athiye loves unicorns and potatoes.