Sonia Castellanos

General Manager SSC Space Chile

Sonia Castellanos is General Manager of the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC Space Chile), where she has been leading the company’s operations in Chile since 2014, including its satellite infrastructure in Santiago and Punta Arenas. She holds a degree in electronic engineering from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and an MBA from INALDE, Universidad de La Sabana, both in Colombia. Throughout her career at SSC, she has also taken on global responsibilities relating to infrastructure and services, working with ground stations on various continents. She has extensive international experience in technology and telecommunications, having held management positions at Emerson Network Power, Tyco Electronics and Lucent Technologies.

Areas of expertise

Business leadershipCritical infrastructureGlobal space operations