$240 / month
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I'm a space systems engineer turned deep-tech co-founder. I spent five years at Thales Alenia Space working on AOCS and data handling systems for Earth observation and telecom satellites across ESA, NASA JPL, ASI, CSA and KAI programs — LEOP and commissioning, SVT and IVVQ campaigns, anomaly investigation on operational fleets, and contributions to missions like COSMO-SkyMed, PLATiNO and IRIDE from proposal through operations. In early 2026 I co-founded Prometheus Plasma Systems, where I now run the company side: strategy, fundraising, and industrial partnerships.
Most of the people I talk to end up coming to me for a few things:
1. Breaking into space and satellite systems engineering, and understanding what the work actually involves day to day
2. Navigating large, high-stakes programs — V&V, commissioning, anomaly investigation, and how complex systems really get built and shipped
3. Making the jump from a big engineering organization to a startup, and figuring out whether that jump is right for them
4. Building a deep-tech company from zero: fundraising, partnerships, and moving technology out of the lab into a real product
5. Thinking through hard technical-and-business problems where the engineering and the company decisions are tangled together
My style is direct, calm, and practical. I won't hand-wave. I'd rather work through the actual problem with you, get to what's really going on, and help you leave with clearer thinking — not just an opinion.
I work with engineers early in their careers trying to find their footing, mid-career engineers weighing a move into startups or deep tech, and technical founders trying to get a hard idea off the ground.
If you're trying to grow as a systems engineer, cross from a big organization into building your own thing, or turn deep technology into a real company, this is where I can help.
You tell Marco your goals. They see exactly what you want to work on before session one.
You meet within days. Marco reviews your application and books your first session, usually within a day or two.
You leave with a plan. Concrete next steps and a weekly rhythm from your very first week.
Marco Tramutola
CEO at Prometheus Plasma Systems
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We'll meet for a quick call (usually under 30 minutes) where we:
- Break the ice and introduce ourselves
- Discuss your goals and how I can support you
- Coordinate logistics like time zones, meeting frequency, and communication methods