Edward Jurkevics

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ABOUT EDWARD JURKEVICS

Entrepreneur building space ventures and projects. OneWeb, GeoEye. Spent almost 5 years building OneWeb after the $500 million Series A investment round. Most recently a founder of Axta Space; we deliver space communications solutions.I joined OneWeb to support the CEO when it had only a few dozen employees. I wore a lot of hats and filled a wide variety of roles as the company staffed up its executive team and senior management. Some of my accomplishments- developed the financial model and the go-to-market strategy that raised the $1.2 billion Series B - helped raise the Series B, found the lead investor who ultimately invested almost $2.4 billion - worked with the Series A strategic investors to negotiate their carve-outs - founded the PMO and developed the first Integrated Master Schedule - established a formal bottoms-up budgeting process - first opened Russia and China - redomiciled the company to the United Kingdom - built the corporate headquarters in London - participated in UK government relations and some regulatory matters - created ESA ARTES program \"Sunrise\" to develop next-generation satcom technologies - supported next-generation constellation development - performed financial oversight of the JV with Airbus that builds the satellites in Florida - led the effort to establish a subsidiary to provide satcom to the US government Principal Consultant at Chesapeake Analytics Corp. Industry leader in space, satellite and geospatial sector strategic consulting. Specialize in management consulting, financial analysis, advising on mergers and acquisitions and venture finance. Deal-maker in the satellite and geospatial sectors, both buy and sell side transactions of space-related companies and business units. Provide guidance to investors on valuation of firms and their financial instruments. Widely quoted in newspapers and the trade press.General Partner in early stage venture capital firm Spatial Venture Partners, focused on Space and investments. Executive-level geospatial industry experience; formerly Executive Vice President of Sales and Product Marketing with PCI Geomatics. Geophysicist. Career began in software engineering.Specialties: Corporate strategic analysis, financing, mergers & acquisitions, ventures, market development, business management, space, satellites, communications, remote sensing, geospatial.