Former Uphold Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Adrian Steckel will become then new CEO of OneWeb, one of the world’s largest, satellite-based broadband initiatives. Steckel remains chairman of Uphold. OneWeb aims to provide affordable internet access to people everywhere through a proprietary network of satellites and has secured $1.2 billion in funding led by Softbank. Other…

ABS is changing its executive management team to reflect the transition into the next phase of company growth. These leadership changes include the appointment of James Frownfelter as chief executive officer (CEO), who will also continue to serve as the chairman of ABS’ Board of Directors. He has over 30 years of technology and communications experience…

Philippe Oliva oversaw the launch of IBM's cloud business and hybrid cloud services in France and the U.S., and was appointed as Executive Vice President (EVP) of sales and products at Eutelsat, effective Sept. 3, 2018. Oliva will report to Michel Azibert, Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Commercial and Development Officer, with a…

SpaceChain is another exciting newcomer to the space industry. The company is building an open-source satellite network, which aims to enable a next-generation infrastructure for the blockchain industry. SpaceChain Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Zheng Zuo told Via Satellite that the organization aims to explore the great potential of bringing the crowdsourcing model to the NewSpace…