Spacenet Management
Andreas Georghiou Chief Executive Officer
Andreas Georghiou brings to Spacenet over 25 years of industry and leadership experience in the satellite and telecommunications sectors. Previous to Spacenet, Mr. Georghiou was the Chief Commercial Officer for SES Americom, and its predecessor, GE Americom, a unit of GE, and a member of Americom’s Management Committee. Mr. Georghiou was with SES Americom for over 20 years and held various leadership roles including President of Americom Asia Pacific, Senior Vice President of Engineering and Operations, and Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. While the company was still GE Americom, he served as a GE Capital Officer. He started his career at the world renowned RCA, David Sarnoff Research Labs. Mr. Georghiou holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and a master's degree from the Wharton School of Business, where he studied as a Fulbright Scholar.
Glenn Katz President and Chief Operating Officer
Glenn Katz serves as President and Chief Operating Officer of Spacenet Inc, one of the world’s leading providers of satellite and hybrid networking solutions. Leveraging his 20+ years of industry and leadership experience, he is currently responsible for driving the company’s revenue growth, improving operational efficiencies, and managing strategic business activities. Prior to joining Spacenet Mr. Katz was the Acting CEO and CIO of StarBand Communications Inc, a consumer satellite company. Prior to StarBand, Mr. Katz held several executive roles with Gilat Satellite Networks in both the Tel-Aviv headquarters and Florida subsidiaries. He started his career with Gilat in the R&D department in Israel before becoming VP of Product Development for SkyData Inc., a wholly owned Gilat subsidiary in Florida. Following this, Mr. Katz helped launch Gilat Latin America, Inc. and served as the Chief Technical Officer and VP of Operations. After that he returned to Gilat headquarters in Tel-Aviv in the role of VP of World Wide Customer Services. Before joining Gilat, Mr. Katz worked with Digital Transmission Systems, and Scientific Atlanta as a design and development engineer. Mr. Katz earned both his undergraduate and graduate degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta.
Aditya Chatterjee Chief Technology Officer
Aditya Chatterjee joined Spacenet in 1988 and has been a technology pioneer in the satellite communications industry. Mr. Chatterjee has managed engineering and product development initiatives for Spacenet from both an R&D and custom solutions perspective. With a technical expertise that ranges from satellite radio frequency management to protocol conversion to IP-based application performance enhancement, Mr. Chatterjee has been responsible for many "firsts" in deployment over VSAT technology. Mr. Chatterjee has authored a number of patents related to legacy protocol spoofing, TCP acceleration, and Internet Page Acceleration. Prior to joining Spacenet, Mr. Chatterjee held engineering positions with Comsat Labs. He also holds an M.S.E.E. in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech, as well as a BTECH in Electronics and Communications Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology.
Michael Hughes Chief Financial Officer
Michael Hughes has extensive experience in finance and telecommunications, managing both U.S. domestic and international accounting and financial operations. He brings to Spacenet a strong level of expertise in strategic financial management including extensive experience with leading telecommunications and technology companies. Prior to joining Spacenet, he held a range of finance positions including: Senior Manager for FinSol LLC; Senior Vice President and Controller for Intelsat Global Service Corporation; Vice President, Finance for Lockheed Martin Global Communications and COMSAT Corporation. Hughes is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and earned a BSBA in Accounting from Georgetown University.