Dr. Martin Haunschild works at Mynaric as Business Development Manager Space/Institutional Affairs. Prior to that, he served as Managing Director of his own company for several years. One of the company’s goals was to build a 12-satellite constellation for the “Internet of Things (IoT) from Space.”
In 2004, Martin Haunschild was appointed “Coordinator of Aviation, Space, and Satellite Navigation in Bavaria” by the former Bavarian State Minister for Economic Affairs and Transport, Dr. Otto Wiesheu. In this role, which, among other things, aimed to promote regional, national, and international networking between industry, science, and politics, he founded the Bavarian aerospace cluster “bavAIRia e.V.”, which now has more than 300 members from the “scene.”
Haunschild began his professional career at MAN Technologie AG (now MT Aerospace GmbH) in the Strategy Development/Future Systems division, where he was responsible for, among other things, the satellite communications/navigation division. He then became responsible for innovation management at BMW Group AG and headed the Satellite Navigation and Telematics Services department for many years.
Dr. Martin Haunschild received his doctorate from the Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics/Chair of Flight Propulsion at the Technical University of Munich.