Eric Gunzelman

Experience

1. Progam Manager, Business Development, Sales, Fleet Development

   SES Space & Defense

   Nov 2016 — Present

   Shape and manage the company\'s strategy for greater market penetration and expansion. Guide SES satellite fleet development based on U.S. Government (USG) requirements; ensure SES satellite networks meet USG cyber security requirements; and author various white papers on emerging SES GS managed solutions, ones that seek new, non-traditional opportunities to integrate new products & services and expand SES GS’ addressable market. Also served the SES GS Senior Director, Mobility Sales and Integrated Development with focus on Aero opportunities, from February to August 2020. Prior to that, he served in SES GS Business Development, developing the SES GS Aero strategy and engagement USAF/DEUCSI effort to promote path-agnostic MEO and GEO satellites capabilities to the DoD, and a bridge to O3b/mPOWER. Finally, I came to SES GS as program manager. Manage the full lifecycle on 3 major GEO programs providing satellite services and ground system support to NOAA, FAA and USAF as well as the first three major O3b (MEO) programs supporting USG. Of particular note, Eric led SES GS’s O3b plan to strengthen our commercial O3b service reliability & availability to the more stringent set of U.S. government requirements.

Education

• Defense Acquisition University

  Basic, Advanced and Executive level Courses in Program and Project Management

• San José State University

  MS, Mechnical Engineering

• Pepperdine University

  MBA, Business

• United States Air Force Academy

  BS, Space Physics

• United States Air Force Academy

  BS, Astronautical Engineering