Regional links for German Space Agency – Interview with Director-General

We speak with Dr Walther Pelzer, Director General, German Space Agency.

Walther Pelzer has been a Member of the DLR Executive Board since 1 January 2018. He is Director General of the German Space Agency at DLR, based in Bonn.

Born in 1967, Walther Pelzer studied mechanical engineering at RWTH Aachen University. Subsequently he completed his Ph.D. at the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology. He also obtained a correspondence MBA from the Universities of Zürich, St. Gallen and Boston. From 1999 to 2007, Pelzer held positions within industry on a national as well as international level, including managerial appointments at Degussa AG (later FERRO Corp.) and Pankl Racing AG. From 2007 to 2015 Pelzer was Director and subsequently Deputy Director General of the Research and Technology Department at the Ministry of Innovation, Science, Research and Technology of the State of North-Rhine Westphalia. He gave a variety of guest lectures and seminars at universities, focusing on the issues of balanced scorecards, technology management, innovations based on technology platforms, and working with subsidiaries in the USA.

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