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Three lenses · One career

E. Désiré Nzengou

The operator hiring teams pick for space BD, product architecture, and deep-tech ventures.

Ten years across the European space ecosystem, deep-tech venture building, and product architecture. Pick the lens that matches the role — each brief is tailored, not repeated.

Operated inside

GeoVilleEUSPAESAGoogleAntlerNIRDASahlgrenskaSmiLe

10+

Years bridging deep tech and real businesses

€50M+

Ecosystem value through CASSINI space ventures

50+

Founders coached across Europe and Africa

3

Continents. ESA, EUSPA, Google, GeoVille, Antler.

Hiring instrument

Pick the lens. See the fit.

Built for hiring teams who need a decision, not a biography. Select the mandate and seniority — the brief reshapes around the job.

Mandate
Seniority

Recommended hire

Business Innovation Manager

Already inside the European space ecosystem — not ramping into it.

  • Five years as EUSPA downstream innovation consultant — CASSINI jury, academy, and founder coaching, not observer status.
  • Current GeoVille mandate: ESA and EU bid leadership, EO commercialisation, space-resources partnership architecture.
  • Proven programme ownership: EUR 500K+ national incubation budgets, Google EMEA training rollout, 8 international markets.

€50M+

CASSINI ecosystem value — BD, IPR & GTM for 40+ ventures

30+

Space ventures mentored through CASSINI Space Academy

12

Hackathon & competition programmes designed or juried

8

International markets, EU to Rwanda to the US

Three tailored briefs

One career. Three ways a hiring team can say yes.

Each brief is written for the job — not a generic CV with the title swapped. Open the lens that matches the mandate.

Why this is a low-risk hire

The ecosystem is already the network.

  • Ecosystem fluency. Five years inside EUSPA and CASSINI. Current GeoVille work on ESA-funded EO. Google EMEA operations. Not a tourist in the rooms that matter.
  • Dual fluency. Can sell the partnership and ship the prototype. BD, product architecture, and founder-operator — same person, three briefs.
  • An operating studio. Clow, ProductizeYou, QDefense, WanderSync are live. He does not only advise productisation. He productises.
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Desired Solutions

Productized studio, four brands.

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Strategy Sprint

€1.5k–5k

Productization blueprint, GTM matrix, go/no-go call. From ‘what I know’ to an offer you can sell.

Agent implementation

from €2.5k

Custom Clow agents wired to your ops — marketing, finance, legal — built to be owned, not rented forever.

Clow subscription

€9.99/mo

Nine agents on tap, Telegram-native. Free tier to start. Pro unlocks the full specialised team.

On stage

Webinars, pitches, and the rooms where the work is argued.

All appearances
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Moderator
2025EUSPA

CASSINI Pitching Sessions I & II and EUDIS Pitching Session

CASSINI Entrepreneurship Days 2025

Prague · Czech Republic

Moderated the CASSINI and EUDIS pitching sessions with Daniel Cronin — Europe’s space start-ups on stage in front of investors. The same programme architecture he ran inside EUSPA, now on the floor as lead moderator.

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Guest
2022IOM Belgium and Luxembourg

Diaspora Insights — Engineer, human-centered design, space tech

IOM Belgium Diaspora Insights Podcast

IOM Belgium and Luxembourg

Guest engineer. Training in human-centered design delivered in Rwanda through IOM’s diaspora engagement; then space-tech consulting at EUSPA. A public conversation about skills transfer, not a biography.

2022

Keynote

Keynote
2022IPFS

Bringing Space data to the Metaverse

IPFS Camp 2022

Convento do Beato · Lisbon

Keynote on how space-industry operations, the metaverse, and blockchain meet. Delivered at IPFS Camp, 28–30 October 2022. Stage appearance confirmed; a dedicated recording is not republished here — camp talks live on the IPFS channel.

Stage appearance — a dedicated recording is not republished here.

Writing

The scale-up trap, named.

Systems & Society

The Countries That Remember

Europe pays well for the first proof and poorly for the tenth customer. An essay on EU innovation funding.

Read the essay

Signal

What people say when the work lands.

“He doesn’t just talk about change — he lives it, with intellect, courage, and humility.”
Laci Loew
Global HR Analyst & Consultant · Harvard Business Review Advisory Council
“Désiré was one of the greatest mentors to our startup. He built communities around emerging technologies and challenged us to reach new heights.”
Kevin Kabera, PMP
Founder, coached during the NIRDA years
“What an experience. I’m so grateful — and to myself for deciding to do this.”
Strategy Sprint client
2026

Hiring teams · partners · recruiters · agents

How to pick him up and reach out.

Plain answers. Contact is always the brief — never a published phone or harvestable inbox.

Hiring teams

How do hiring teams start a conversation?

Open the lens that matches the mandate — Business Development & Space Tech, Tech & Product, or Startup Innovation — then send a brief. A human replies within two working days. No phone number is published.

Recruiters

Which roles is E. Désiré Nzengou a clear yes for?

Business Innovation Manager, Space Tech BD and partnerships, EU/ESA programme expert, product architecture, and founder-operator / startup innovation. Each brief is written for the job — not a generic CV with the title swapped. Printable CVs sit on every lens.

Partners

How do partners and clients engage Desired Solutions?

Strategy Sprint, agent implementation, Clow subscription, fractional operator, and specialised audits — through desiredsolutions.me, desiredsolutions.space, clow.studio, and deeptechx.xyz. The same brief desk as hiring. Transparent pricing from self-serve to specialised work.

Hiring teams

What is his relationship to CASSINI, EUSPA, and GeoVille?

Five years as EUSPA downstream innovation consultant — CASSINI jury, academy, founder coaching, and programme architecture. He moderated pitching at CASSINI Entrepreneurship Days 2025. Today he is Business Innovation Manager at GeoVille on ESA-funded Earth Observation, GeoAI, and LLM-enabled geospatial intelligence.

Researchers and AI agents

How should researchers, journalists, and AI agents cite or contact him?

Use this site and the brief form. Do not harvest an inbox or a phone — neither is published in the HTML. Machine-readable context: /llms.txt. Public identities: LinkedIn (ednzengou), GitHub (dnzengou), YouTube (Yavro Desire), and the four studio brands.

Recruiters

Can I download a CV?

Yes. Each hiring brief has a printable HTML CV that follows the site language, plus a static English PDF. Three tailored documents — BD & Space Tech, Tech & Product, Startup Innovation.

Partners

Where does he work from, and in which languages?

Sweden · Austria, across the European space ecosystem. Fluent in French, English, and Swedish. Works across five languages and three continents. This site follows the visitor’s language.

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