Nicholas Chilelli

About Nicholas Chilelli

I have been in the commercial communication satellite industry for 37 years, and my experience covers the major responsibilities of both satellite design and satellite operations, with anomaly management, satellite operations support, customer support and business development being my focus for the last 33 years. I am very conscious of balancing the needs and costs of satellite operations, engineering support and new projects, working with small, focused teams with large responsibilities. My positions have given me the opportunity to work with all satellite subsystems and with a wide range of issues from mundane to headline-worthy emergencies. Continuous improvement and lessons learned integration into new programs are the primary outputs of a formal engineering process that I not only lead but helped to establish at my companies.

Experience

1. Senior Vice President Space Segment

   Abs - Agility Beyond Space

   May 2014 — Present

   Responsible for all the spacecraft related activities for the ABS satellite fleet including: in-orbit operations engineering; for spacecraft programs under contract: in design, manufacturing, and test phases with various vendors; for launch vehicle programs under contract; and for future ABS spacecraft and launch vehicle procurement activities. Future spacecraft and launch vehicle procurement activities for the future ABS satellites and projects-Business Plan Development -Customers and Partner Interface -RFI/RFP creation -Proposal review -Business Case Analysis -Contract negotiations -Industry Technology Development MonitoringIn-orbit operations of the ABS in-orbit fleet of ABS-2, ABS-2A, ABS-3A, ABS-4, ABS-6, and ABS-7 includes-Satellite Operations and procedure preparation and review -Anomaly investigation and resolution coordination for bus and RF payload issues -Overall satellite technical support, including specialized procedure review -Insurance, health, and customer report generation -Space Situational AwarenessOn-going program engineering and program management for the future ABS satellites-Design review -Manufacturing and spacecraft test follow -Launch Vehicle integration -Insurance placement -In-Orbit TestingInternal Company Support-Export Control-Marketing Materials and internal website and reports-General Satellite Industry Training-Consulting for external customers

Education

• Stevens Institute of Technology

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Physics

  1983 — 1987