Inmarsat competitors

David 'Dave' Kagan is a Chief Executive Officer at Globalstar and Advisor To CEO at Speedcast and is based in Covington, Louisiana. He has worked as President/COO at Globalstar, VP Finance/Treasurer at NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE HOLDINGS LTD., and CEO & President at MTN Satellite Communications. David attended FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY between 1986 and 1988 and UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA between 1979 and 1983.

Matthew 'Matt' Desch is a Member at The National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC), Board Member at Iridium World Communications Ltd, and Chief Executive Officer at Iridium World Communications Ltd and is based in McLean, Virginia. He has worked as Chief Executive Officer at Telcordia Technologies, Supervisor at Bell Labs, and Board Member at Starent Networks. Matthew works or has worked as MEMBER at AOPA Foundation Board of Visitors. He attended University of Chicago between 1983 and 1986 and The Ohio State University between 1976 and 1980.

LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr., is chairman of United States Cellular Corporation, a publicly traded subsidiary of TDS. Carlson is president and chief executive officer, and a director, of TDS. He is also chairman and a director of TDS Telecommunications Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of TDS.

James Parker is CEO & member of the Board of Directors for Tangoe, charged with delivering customer, employee, and business success through the delivery of innovative, customer-focused solutions. With two decades of leadership experience in enterprise software, cloud and telecom, James works closely with Tangoe’s leadership team and board to accelerate growth and expand the company’s Technology Expense Management (TEM) leadership. Prior to joining Tangoe’s leadership team, he was CEO and Executive Director for Masergy, a leading software-defined global network company. Before joining Masergy, James served as Chief Customer Officer for Tata Communications, a global digital infrastructure provider, where he was accountable for $2+billion in global revenue across 7,000 customers served by 2,000 employees. Prior to that he held senior leadership roles with CenturyLink and Microsoft. James holds a Masters degree in Business Administration from the University of Toronto, Toronto Canada, Rotman Business School.

CEO of Planet which is a digital international payments company handling €46bn in multi-currency payments though Tourist VAT Refunds, DCC, Acquiring, Gateway and Payment Processing services with operations in over 65 countries, partnering with 500,000 merchants and 100 financial partners. Majority owned by Eurazeo, a leading listed European investment company, who acquired their majority stake from Exponent Private Equity in 2015 for €550m. Acquired Planet Payment and GB Tax Free in 2017 and 3C Payment in 2020.

Growth and value creation executive in Technology, Telecom, and Information Services. CEO and Board Director of OneWeb, a global broadband satellite communication company. Strong financial grounding with 15+ years general management experience running P&Ls in complex, $300M-$6B revenue, multi-platform businesses. Reframed Thomson Reuters’ enterprise strategy to leverage technology and digital go-to-market capabilities to add industry-leading data and content, accelerate market share, and drive $8B of value creation. Track record of outstanding results involving M&A/divestitures (20 in career), rapid scaling of services, cost take-outs (close to $1B at enterprise level), organization restructuring, talent upgrading, and integration activities to streamline over 300 disparate businesses. Establishes strong connections with shareholders, investors, customers, and employees. Extensive board, governmental, and regulatory engagement experience.