Hripsime Matevosyan got her BS degree in informatics and applied mathematics from the Yerevan State University. After winning a scholarship from the Ministry of Education and Science of Armenia, she moved to get her MS degree in control and applied mathematics from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. She worked in IT startups and in the Institute for Systems Programming of Russian Academy of Sciences on cutting-edge research projects for one of the biggest global IT conglomerates. While working as a junior research fellow in Space Systems Engineering in the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Hripsime organized and chaired international conferences, co-led research projects, including a “Horizon 2020” grant project. She is a recognized Emerging Space Leader by the International Astronautical Federation. Currently, Hripsime is on a path to radically change the remote sensing industry as the co-founding CEO of “Swiftera”.