David Shteinman is a professional engineer and industrial entrepreneur with 30 years’ experience in space, manufacturing, mining and transport. David has a passion for applying advanced mathematics and statistics for engineering and business outcomes. He leads The Industrial Sciences Group (ISG), a company formed from two Australian research centres: The Australian Research Council and the University of NSW School of Mathematics.

He has been responsible for over 40 projects to date that combine innovative applications of mathematics and statistics to several branches of engineering (astrodynamics, telemetry, transport and traffic, mineral processing and manufacturing). He has led development of new software toolkits for satellite manoeuvre planning, uncertainty quantification for space mission design & operations, sensor tasking and scheduling and predictive analytics for real-time data telemetry, applied in flight test environments.

When not at ISG, David enjoys racing his small yacht on Sydney Harbour as well as cruising along the Australian coast. On land he does some amateur wooden boat building.