 Attending space camp as a teen sparked a lifelong love of space for Japanese native Nobu Okada. Getting an MBA at Purdue gave him the skills to launch his latest company to remove debris from space. I am Nobu Okada, founder and CEO of Astroscale. Thanks to Purdue, I could change my passion for space into creating a new business of a space debris removal which nobody has done before. I was born and raised in Japan, but I really wanted to expose myself to American culture as well as diversity. It might sound strange, but this is the first time in my life to understand teamwork. That teamwork actually changed me and it was a giant leap for me. I learned I know how to do everything by myself. We can form a team and we can dream big. I had been working at the Japanese government. I decided to quit the government and decided to find a new path. I joined a consulting firm and after that I run two IT companies. I'm running a space company right now. This is my third company, Astroscale. One footprint which Purdue allowed me to leave behind is to develop technology to remove space debris and resolve the regulatory barriers and create new business models. When we started this company, people told me there's no proven technology, there's no market, there's no favorable regulations. And now we develop technologies and regulations. I think that is kind of an example that Purdue people see as a way to inch away to tackle the difficult problem. That was Nobu Okada. Look for more stories at purdue.edu slash footprints.