Overview Voices of experience, leaders of the future ESOC's engineers, scientists and technicians have always been passionate about humanity's voyages into the universe. In the past, they combined boundless enthusiasm and superb expertise to achieve great aims. In the future, they will lead us further than we ever imagined. Herwig Laue Herwig Laue arrived at ESOC in 1967 as a student intern, and retired in 2004 as the head of ESOC's Management Support Office. He says: "All engineering, in the end, is imperfect - we had problems, but we always found a way out. Our secret? It was our professionalism, which helped us enormously to handle any situation." Klaus Lenhart Dr Klaus Lenhart worked at ESOC for 37 years, retiring as the head of engineering standards in 2000. He says work at ESOC was always exciting: "Working in a European organisation - with many different nationalities - was something special. It created a different type of team spirit." Elisabeth Ackerler Elisabeth Ackerler is a Young Graduate Trainee in business administration, working in ESOC's Project and Management Support Office. She's motivated and self-confident, and says space is fascinating: "If you are interested in working in space, try to broaden your knowledge." Elisabet Canalias Vila Elisabet Canalias Vila is working as a Research Fellow in the Mission Analysis Office, helping plot future mission trajectories. She says that "ESOC allows you to work with outstanding scientists with in-depth experience in the space field." Georgios Gkekas Georgios Gkekas, a software engineer, is a Young Graduate Trainee in artificial intelligence. He arrived at ESOC in July 2007, and says it's an ideal place where colleagues share mutual understanding and are eager to help each other. "Space is a very exciting field - especially for a computer engineer." Last update: 12 December 2007