Dr. Ryo Suzumoto serves as Executive Officer and Co-founder of ArkEdge Space Inc., where he focuses on developing geospatial information platforms that leverage satellite data, driving business development and community engagement, and establishing the computing infrastructure that underpins satellite systems.

He earned his M.E. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Engineering in 2020 and that same year joined Cookpad Inc. as a research engineer in the R&D department. In 2021, he co-founded ArkEdge Space Inc., and in 2023 he completed his Ph.D. in the same department, defending a dissertation entitled “Research on Development of Relative Position and Attitude Control Methods for Ultra-High Precision Satellite Formation Flying.”

His technical work encompasses control methods for ultra-high-precision satellite formation flying, the architectures needed to implement such formation flyings, and software systems for small satellites. In recognition of his early achievements, he received the Student Excellence Award from the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences in 2018 and the Young Encouragement Award at the 64th Space Sciences and Technology Conference in 2020.

More recently, Dr. Suzumoto has expanded his focus beyond the development and operation of satellites to the broader utilization of satellite assets and data. He now strives to create a future in which satellite IoT communications bridge connectivity gaps in remote regions and where technical barriers no longer limit access to satellite data and analytics. To that end, he leverages FOSS4G to build platforms that enable even non-experts to access geospatial information, including satellite data, with ease.

In addition to his research and product work, Dr. Suzumoto is deeply involved in open-source and educational outreach. He developed and released an open-source software suite for small satellites—C2A (Command-Centric Architecture), S2E (Spacecraft Simulation Environment), and WINGS (Web-based Interface Ground-station Software)—supporting community-driven satellite software development, and serves as the principal contributor to c2a-core, the satellite onboard software kernel. He also created and published an open-source CanSat development kit for middle and high school students, inspiring the next generation of space engineers.