Sam Spencer is the Founder and Principal of Etiam Engineering. Sam leads the Etiam Engineering team, whilst working with a select team of best-in-class global specialists to ensure that our Space-based process research, design, validation and operational optimization meets our Mission and Values.
Sam Spencer is a highly respected technology leader focusing on innovative technical development and project / business optimization. He has over 16 years of success in the development of over $US40 billion of innovative on-Earth oil / gas, metals, utilities and infrastructure projects at several locations around the world. In 2014 he used this experience to start Etiam Engineering.
Sam is the Co-Author of a book series on Developing and Settling Space and a Director of the international child safety charity non-profit The Safety Educator. Sam also has a B.Eng Chemical (Honors) and an MBA (Technology), is an advisor on the United Nations Space Generation Advisory Council on Commercial Space, a member of the Technical Panel of The Hague International Space Resources Governance Working Group, a Technology Advisor for the International Institute of Space Commerce, a NASA NIAC collaborator, advisory Board Member of the Lifeboat Foundation, member of the AIAA Space Resources Technical Committee, member of the Space Development Steering Committee, is certified as a Project Management Professional and a Six Sigma Black Belt, and is a Fellow of The Institution of Chemical Engineers and the Institution of Engineers Australia.
Etiam Engineering has been referenced and listed in:
- NewSpace People,
- The Space Industry Association of Australia,
- The Australian Government Review of Australia’s Space Industry Capability, in a Report from the Expert Reference Group.