Gael Ruta Gatera is a Software Engineer at Rogue Space Systems Corporation working on developing the Autonomous Software capabilities of the company’s Orbots™️. He is a recipient of Open Robotics Class of 2022 Diversity Scholarship to facilitate attendance at flagship conference (ROSCon) in Kyoto, Japan and increase diversity of ROS Developers. Previously worked as an instructor for Beaver Works Summer Institute (BWSI) at MIT Lincoln Labs for their Unmanned Aerial Racing Course and Minicar car course. Gael was a research assistant at the e-pilots project at the Computer Vision Center (CVC) in Barcelona funded by Clean Sky and the European Union to develop Machine Learning Algorithms that acted as decision support systems to help pilots reduce the risk of a hard landing scenario. He was a software engineering intern at Mitiga Solutions SL, which is a startup that spined of from Barcelona's Super-computing Center (MareNostrum BSC-CNS) where he improved on a Convolution Neural Network tasked at detecting volcanic ash emission. Other work experience includes working as a design engineer for KPS Global, leading manufacturer of panel systems for walk-ins, where he contributed to developing a patent that protected sheet metal panels from rusting. His academic background includes earning a master’s degree in mathematical modelling for Data Science from The Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) in 2020 and an undergraduate degree in Aerospace Engineering from Florida Tech where he graduated in 2015. Gael is also an active member of The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) in which he has been a part of since 2013 and currently is Outreach Deputy for the Aerospace Special Interest Group (ASIG).