Beate Tempel is Chief Product Officer at constellr, a German space company building Europe’s sovereign thermal intelligence capability. She leads the company’s product portfolio across satellite imagery, analytics, and operational intelligence, translating high-precision thermal data into actionable insights for defence, security, critical infrastructure and civil applications. Throughout her career, Beate has built and scaled technology businesses with commercial and social impact across sectors, from digital agriculture and climate intelligence to Earth Observation. Having held leadership roles in global corporations (Bayer, Yara) and high-growth ventures (Xarvio, Agoro Carbon), she brings extensive experience in turning emerging technologies into market-ready products and scalable businesses. She is passionate about making space-based intelligence accessible and actionable for our national security and dual use applications, enabling governments and industries to make more resilient and informed decisions.