Magali Vaissière
{{short description|French telecommunications engineer}}
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| name = Magali Vaissière
| birth_date = 15 July 1957
| birth_place = Montpellier, France
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| nationality = French
| alma_mater = Télécom ParisTech
| occupation = Engineer
| image = Magali_Vaissière.jpg
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Magali Vaissière was Director of Telecommunications and Integrated Applications at the European Space Agency (ESA), from 2008{{Cite web|url=http://bfmbusiness.bfmtv.com/hightech/bientot-des-satellites-pour-deployer-des-reseaux-mobiles-5g-1194427.html|title=Bientôt des satellites pour compléter les futurs réseaux mobiles 5G ?|website=BFM BUSINESS|language=fr-FR|access-date=20 November 2018}} until 2020.{{Cite web | url=https://connectivity.esa.int/news/fond-farewell-magali-vaissiere | title=A Fond Farewell to Magali Vaissiere |last=ESA|website=European Space Agency|language=en-GB| access-date=13 October 2023}} She was responsible for the agency's programme of Advanced Research in Telecommunications System (ARTES).
Vaissière was also head of the European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications (ECSAT), located at Harwell, Oxfordshire.{{Cite web|url=https://www.esa.int/ESA_in_your_country/United_Kingdom/New_Head_of_European_Space_Agency_UK_centre_ECSAT2|title=New Head of European Space Agency UK centre ECSAT|last=ESA|website=European Space Agency|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-03-21}}
Biography
Vaissière was born on 15 July 1957 {{Cite web|url=https://dirigeants.bfmtv.com/Magali-VAISSIERE-4021305/|title=Magali VAISSIERE - Dirigeant de la société 6mouv|website=dirigeants.bfmtv.com|language=fr|access-date=20 November 2018}} in Montpellier{{Cite web|url=https://www.whoswho.fr/bio/magali-vaissiere_69180|title=Magali Vaissière – Who's Who|website=whoswho.fr|language=fr|access-date=20 November 2018}} (Hérault). After studying as an engineer at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Telecommunications de Paris (Telecom Paris Tech), she obtained a Master of Science from Stanford University.{{Cite web|url=https://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Telecommunications_Integrated_Applications/Interview_with_Magali_Vaissiere_-_Head_of_ESA_s_Telecommunications_Department|title=Interview with Magali Vaissiere - Head of ESA's Telecommunications Department|last=ESA|website=European Space Agency|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-03-21}} She also has an Executive MBA from the Centre de Perfectionnement aux Affaires.
After graduating, Vaissière worked for Thomson-CSF Radars for nine years then for EADS-Astrium Satellite for 15 years.{{Cite web|url=http://wia-europe.org/uploads/WIA_E_Breakfast_2016_04_08_Update02.pdf|title=Women in Aerospace - Europe Breakfast event|last=|first=|date=8 April 2016|website=Women in Aerospace}}
Awards
- 2007: Prix Irène-Joliot-Curie in the category in Women in Companies{{Cite news|url=http://www.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/cid20628/sixieme-edition-du-prix-irene-joliot-curie.html|title=Les lauréates du Prix Irène Joliot-Curie 2007|work=Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche et de l'Innovation|access-date=20 November 2018|language=fr-FR}}
- 2008: Knighted in the Legion of Honour for services to telecommunications {{Cite news|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/assets/pdf/legion.pdf|title=Présidence de la République Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur|website=Le Figaro|access-date=2019-07-24|language=fr-FR}}
- 2017: UK Space Personality of the Year {{Cite web|url=https://www.sspi.org/articles/sspi-uk-names-magali-vaissiere-uk-space-personality-of-the-year-2017|title=SSPI UK Names Magali Vaissiere UK Space Personality of the Year 2017|website=SSPI|access-date=2019-03-21}}
- 2018: Sir Arthur Clarke Award in the category Space Achievement by Industry/Project Individual{{Cite web|url=https://www.bis-space.com/2018/11/15/21282/the-sir-arthur-clarke-awards-announcement-of-the-2018-winners|title=The Sir Arthur Clarke Awards – Announcement of the 2018 Winners|website=British Interplanetary Society|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-01-15}}
- 2018: Forbes The World's Top 50 Women in Tech {{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/top-tech-women/list/#tab:overall|title=Forbes The World's Top 50 Women in Tech|website=Forbes|access-date=2019-07-24}}
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Category:European Space Agency personnel
Category:Stanford University alumni
Category:French telecommunications engineers
Category:20th-century French women engineers
Category:21st-century French women engineers