Nhat brings significant experience in space partnerships and mission management, B2B product leadership, and lunar mission architecture experience

Most recently, Nhat was Mission Manager at Space Machines Company, where he directed a large portfolio of projects including the flagship Australia–India Space MAITRI mission, coordinating partnerships spanning global aerospace leaders, startups, and academic institutions. He holds a certificate in space systems engineering and space risk management from the MILO Mission Academy for Lunar Exploration and served as a Foresight Institute Space Fellow.

Before space, Nhat was CEO and co-founder of Otrafy, an AI-powered software platform, where he led global engineering teams through early-stage venture funding rounds — experience that gave him deep, practical grounding in product strategy, roadmap definition, and building and shipping technology at scale. He also founded the Vietnam Space Industry Group (VSIG) to build private space-technology pathways in Vietnam, organizing regional chapters of the NASA Space Apps Challenge and the ActInSpace hackathon series.  Outside of work, Nhat enjoys hiking, camping and strategy games.