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About the Author
Michael Abad-Santos is senior vice president of business
development and strategy at BridgeComm, bringing more than
20 years of experience in the telecommunications and satellite
industries with a focus on the government market sectors, both
domestic and international. Prior to BridgeComm, Michael
served as chief commercial officer at satellite communications
solutions provider Trustcomm, Inc. before joining LeoSat
Enterprises as senior vice president, Americas, overseeing
commercial activities, strategy development and execution in
the Americas region as well as government activities
worldwide. In addition to helping secure pre-series A
investments of $20 million, he helped secure two strategic
investment partners and more than $2B million in pre-launch
memorandums of understanding (MOUs) for commercial
services.
Michael also held various leadership roles at Inmarsat over a 10-year period, including serving as senior
vice president of its global government division. A sought-after subject matter expert and speaker, he has
presented at industry-leading events including SpaceCom, ITEXPO and MILCOM among others and is
a consultant at the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University working with Department
of Defense leadership on the intersection of software engineering and space and weapons systems
development.
Michael can be reached online on LinkedIn and at our company website http://www.bridgecomminc.com/.
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