Space Industry Executives Added to SpaceLink Team
SpaceLink has added three top space industry executives to its team. They bring deep expertise in finance, program management, and the U.S. government intelligence community to drive forward the relay service that provides secure, continuous, high-capacity communications between LEO spacecraft and the ground.
"As the pace of growth at SpaceLink accelerates, we continue to attract the industry's top professionals who are inspired by our business strategy and the opportunity to contribute to our game changing data relay service."
David Bettinger, Chief Executive Officer at SpaceLink.
SpaceLink says it is building an information superhighway for the space economy. The company has named Alan Khalili as Chief Financial Officer, Jim Schwenke as vice president, Intelligence Community, and Erik Levine to the post of vice president, Space Segment Program Management.
Khalili brings experience from mobile satellite services provider Iridium and he helped found Aireon, a company that leveraged hosted payloads to provide a global air traffic surveillance system. Schwenke brings experience from BAE Systems, Leidos, Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Air Force, and Levine spent much of his previous career at satellite manufacturer Space Systems Loral and more recently he was a senior program manager for robotic-assisted surgery company, Intuitive. These space industry executives demonstrate confidence in SpaceLink and the prospects for a relay service that provides secure, continuous, high-capacity communications between satellites and the ground, according to David Bettinger, Chief Executive Officer at SpaceLink.
"As the pace of growth at SpaceLink accelerates, we continue to attract the industry's top professionals who are inspired by our business strategy and the opportunity to contribute to our game changing data relay service," Bettinger said.
The SpaceLink relay network is designed to pick up where the U.S. Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) leaves off, and go beyond with unprecedented capacity that leverages today's technology advances. It helps close the business case for Earth observation companies, commercial space stations, satellite servicers and tugs, and meets requirements for the U.S. government and close allies that need to leverage industry solutions to maximize capabilities.
SpaceLink Corporation is headquartered in the Washington DC area and has offices in Silicon Valley, California. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Electro Optic Systems Holdings Limited, a public company traded on the Australian stock exchange.
(Source: SpaceLink news release)