Telesat announces new chief commercial officer, president of Government Solutions

Satellite operator, Telesat Corp. appointed an executive in the communications industry in its newly created chief commercial officer and moved its former vice-president of International Sales Tom Eaton to president of Telesat Government Solutions. In a Tuesday press release, the company announced Glenn Katz as its CCO and Eaton’s move to Telesat Government Solutions – a US-incorporated, wholly-owned subsidiary of Telesat. “Katz is a deeply experienced and high-performing executive in the communications industry with a comprehensive understanding of complex networks and a proven track record of delivering innovative services and a compelling value proposition to drive profitable growth,” the company said in its release. Katz will be responsible for the development, management and marketing of products as well as expanding Telesat’s international sales team. Katz previously served as senior vice-president and general manager of Enterprise Solutions for Comcast Business, which according to the release he helped launch in 2014 and “successfully expand over the past seven years”. Prior to Comcast, Katz served a president and CEO of Spacenet Inc. a former company (acquired by SageNet in 2014) that provided very small aperture terminal (VSAT) satellite-based data network services and hybrid satellite/ terrestrial networks. Prior to Spacenet he held positions as the chief information officer and interim-CEO of Starband and served in a variety of roles with Gilat Satellite Networks, Scientific Atlanta, and Digital Transmissions Systems. Telesat has received substantial government money for its low-earth orbit satellite (LEOs) program, known as Lightspeed. “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,” Katz said in the release. Eaton, who spent seven years as Telesat’s vice-president of International Sales, is moving to a new leadership role as president of Telesat Government Solutions which provides U.S. government users with end-to-end communications solutions using Telesat’s satellite solutions, including the planned Telesat Lightspeed, according to the release. Eaton will be responsible for the group’s commercial, operational and strategic activities. Eaton spent more than 30 years in the telecommunications industry in 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 release stated. “The U.S. Government needs fast, secure and reliable satellite services delivered on a global basis, and Telesat Lightspeed – the most advanced LEO constellation ever conceived – has been optimized to meet those demanding requirements. Tom and his colleagues at Telesat Government Solutions will be a key partner to the U.S. Government user community,” Telesat president and CEO Dan Goldberg said in the release.

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