Emile de Rijk

Emile founded SWISSto12 in 2011 as a spinoff of his PhD in Physics he completed at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL).
He drove the company from its start through technology validation, product development and qualification, operational scaling and delivery, sales and business expansion into the aerospace and telecommunications industry.

Under his leadership SWISSto12 has grown into becoming an established provider of RF solutions and the first scale-up company to sell a Geostationary telecoms satellite to a global satellite operator with HummingSat.

Over the course of his entrepreneurial journey, Emile has co-invented 15+ patents, raised 30+m$ of equity with renowned investors and signed 150+m$ of commercial contracts with leading aerospace and telecommunication customers.
Emile holds a PhD in Physics from EPFL, and a Master in Physics from the University of Amsterdam.