OTTAWA — Canadian satellite operator Telesat announced today two executive leadership appointments.
Glenn Katz has been hired for the newly created role of chief commercial officer (CCO) and Tom Eaton, currently vice-president of international sales, is moving to a new leadership role as president of Telesat Government Solutions, a U.S.-incorporated, wholly owned subsidiary of Telesat.
In his new role as CCO, Katz “will be responsible for product development, product management and product marketing as well as for leading and expanding Telesat’s international sales team,” reads a press release.
Katz was most recently senior vice-president and general manager of enterprise solutions for Comcast Business, an organization he helped launch in 2014. Prior to that, he was president and CEO of Spacenet.
He has also previously held positions as the CIO and interim CEO of Starband and served in a variety of executive and engineering roles at Gilat Satellite Networks, Scientific Atlanta and Digital Transmissions Systems.
“Glenn is a high impact, highly effective industry leader with deep experience in developing and delivering cutting edge communications services to customers around the world,” said Dan Goldberg, Telesat’s president and CEO, in the press release.
“We’re excited to have him join our leadership team as we bring our transformative Telesat Lightspeed Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation to market.”
Katz said he is thrilled to be joining Telesat “at this transformational moment in Telesat’s long and successful history. Telesat Lightspeed will revolutionize global broadband connectivity and I’m looking forward to leveraging my long experience in the communications industry and working with the high-performing Telesat team to deliver the most compelling value proposition in this fast-growing market.”
Eaton’s new role as president of Telesat Government Solutions includes responsibility for the group’s commercial, operational and strategic activities. He has more than 30 years of experience in the telecommunications industry and has held a range of executive leadership positions across the global satellite operator and network services markets, “including providing secure communications services to the armed forces and national security community,” the press release says.
“Tom has been a highly successful and trusted leader at Telesat for the past seven years and his deep expertise and long experience in the U.S. Government services market make him the natural choice to lead Telesat Government Solutions,” Goldberg said.
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