Juan López
Director, Space, Mission & AI at Microsoft
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Top SchoolJuan López is a Senior Program Manager at Microsoft leading Azure Space initiatives to build cloud-native space communications, AI/ML analytics, and mission operations systems that enable partners like NASA and NOAA to push exploration toward Mars and beyond. With 11 years of experience across NASA, the ISS U.S. National Lab, IBM, and Harvard’s joint MS/MBA program, he blends systems engineering rigor with strategic commercialization and partnership-building. He has a track record of turning technical concepts into funded commercial projects and enterprise strategies—managing multi-million dollar portfolios and advising on programs that bridge government and industry. Known for fostering early-career engineering talent and cross-agency collaboration, he also has hands-on aerospace test and analysis experience from human spaceflight programs. Based in Washington, DC, he operates at the intersection of space engineering, cloud technology, and business strategy to scale new space markets.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's of Science Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor's of Science Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at El PasoMaster of Science in Systems Engineering - MS, Master of Science in Systems Engineering - MS at Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied SciencesMaster of Business Administration - MBA, Master of Business Administration - MBA at Harvard Business School
Spanish, English
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Github Skills (29)
reflector10
parrot10
perl9
gateway9
ros8
robotics8
async7
arduino7
can-bus7
perl-module7
udp-client6
android6
kotlin6
voip6
rover6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
Wodie/p25link
Jun 2020 - Jan 2023
P25Link running on Perl.
Contributions:141 commits, 3 PRs, 162 pushes in 2 years 8 months
perlastro-p25diu3000km4nnommdvm
Wodie/HDLC_Board
Oct 2018 - Jun 2020
HDLC Sync to/from Async board and asm code.
Contributions:78 commits, 78 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 7 months
asyncastro-p25diu3000hdlchdlc-async
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