Tor-Arne Grönland

Senior Director BD & Propulsion

Greater Stockholm Metropolitan Area

About

Experience

  • Director Strategic Accounts at KSAT – Kongsberg Satellite Services
    Oct 2024 - Present · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Senior Director Business Development & Propulsion at GomSpace
    May 2018 - Oct 2024 · 6 yrs 6 mos

  • CEO at NanoSpace AB
    May 2005 - May 2018 · 13 yrs 1 mo

    Started NanoSpace in 2005 as a subsidiary to SSC (Swedish Space Corporation) and as a spin-out from the Ångström laboratory at Uppsala University. In 2016 the company was acquired by GomSpace Group that is listed on Nasdaq First North in Stockholm.

  • SSC - Swedish Space Corporation (Solna)
    • Project manager and deputy department head
      Jan 2003 - May 2005 · 2 yrs 5 mos

      Project manager for several R&D projects related to ECAPS Deputy dept head of propulsion unit within SSC

    • Propulsion Engineer
      2001 - 2003 · 2 yrs

      Contributed to the start-up of ECAPS as a subsidiary to SSC and Volvo Aero. Co-inventor on several patents related to the green propulsion technology pursued by ECAPS.

    • Utvecklingsingenjör
      Oct 1998 - Oct 2001 · 3 yrs 1 mo

      Ingenjör i projektet SMART-1, Europas första rymdfärd till månen och delaktig i uppfinningar och tidig utveckling som lade grunden till bolaget ECAPS.

  • Consultant at Prosolvia Research & Technology
    Jun 1997 - Oct 1998 · 1 yr 5 mos

    Consultant within Computational Fluid Dynamics, fluid physics, propulsion, aerodynamics. Assignments at Electrolux R&I, Bofors, FFA, SAAB and SSC.