Senior Advisor  for Chief Technology Officer PT TELKOM

Tonda joined PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia in 1987, he was involved heavily in TELKOM satellites (TELKOM-1, 2 and 3) until 2007. 2007-1010, He was the Head of Satellite and Submarine Projects, and since 2010 he was also deputy of TELKOM Infrastucture EGM. 2010 –2014, He was Senior General Manager of TELKOM’s Learning Centre (Telkom Corporate University). In 2014 – 2016, he was as Director of Media portfolio and Chief Human Capital of TELKOM Metra. Since May 2016, he is senior advisor for Chief Technology Officer PT TELKOM.

He hold BSc in Electrical Engineering from Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia and Master in Telecommunication Technology from Aston University, the United Kingdom and a member of IET and as Chartered Engineer.

Managing Director of Arianespace Singapore Pte. Ltd.

Richard Bowles undertook his graduate engineer studies with Rolls Royce Aero Engine and Loughborough University of Technology. Mr Bowles joined Arianespace in December 1986.

He was charged with the task of developing the market for small GTO Satellites essential for the commercial success of the Arianespace Dual Launch Policy. Mr Bowles rightly identified the then under-developed need in SE Asia for this class of satellites.

Mr. Bowles was responsible for the signing of first Satellite Launch Contracts in S.E. Asia outside of Indonesia.

He founded the Arianespace Singapore Representative Office in 1996. Since then, the majority of customers in the region has signed launch contracts with Arianespace, which has been essential to the success of the Arianespace Dual Launch Policy. He is currently the Managing Director of Arianespace Singapore.

CEO of PSN

He was born in Yogyakarta, on July 26 ,1953. Married with 2 children. Adi R Adiwoso is graduate as BSc in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Purdue University, 1974, also took MSc in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1976.
Prior his career, Adi R Adiwoso is President Director of PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara since 1991, and he become Chairman and CEO of ACeS in 1994, now Adi R Adiwoso is CEO of PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara
He has received several awards namely:
Graduate with Honors from Prudue University
Howard Hughes Fellowship
Nominated in 1997 as the Best Satellite Executive of the Year, Washington DC
Nominated in 2001 as the Best Satellite Executive of the Year, Washington DC
Awarded in 2005 as the Satellite Executive of the Year in the Asia-Pacific

CEO of Eutelsat Asia

Jean-François Fenech is CEO of Eutelsat Asia, leading the development of Eutelsat in the Asia-Pacifc region. He joined the Eutelsat Group in 2012, as CEO of Skylogic S.p.A. and General Manager of Eutelsat Broadband, Eutelsat’s broadband Business Unit, bringing to the company over 25 years of international telecommunications experience. He joined the company from Antenna Hungária (part of the TDF group) where he was CEO, notably launching subscriber broadcast services across Hungary and consolidating the market for satellite-based enterprise services.

Prior to this, he steered the development of TDF’s international activities and its affiliates, and was CEO of Axión, the TDF-owned Spanish transmission company. He began his career at EDF before moving to the French broadcasting authority where he specialized in radio frequency planning and coordination of international radio frequencies. Jean-François Fenech is a graduate of the ENST (École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications) in Paris and holds a Masters in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University (USA).

Vice President, Sales, Asia Pacific of SES

Glen Tindall is responsible for driving sales revenue for SES’ satellite services business within the dynamic Asia-Pacific region.

He brings to SES over 25 years of experience in a variety of customer-focused roles within the energy, telecommunications, media, and defense sectors.

Glen started his career in oil exploration in the North Sea and the Middle East. Subsequently he moved to the telecommunications and media sector, working in a variety of marketing, product development, and engineering roles. Glen holds tertiary qualifications in Engineering, Business, and Corporate Governance.

Executive Vice President of APT Satellite Company Ltd.

Mr. Huang Baozhong, Executive Vice President of APT Satellite Company Ltd (APT) responsible for marketing and sales.

Before joining in APT, he had been working ina series of senior positions such as the Vice President of China Satellite Communications Corporation, Vice President of China Direct Broadcast Satellite Company Limited and Vice President of China’s SINO Satellite Company Limited.

Mr. Huang graduated as a Master of Scienceand engaged in the space industry ever since his graduation.

Chief Operating Officer of ABS

Mohamed Youssif is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of ABS and President & Managing Director of the Middle East and Africa. As COO, Mohamed is responsible for global sales and revenue for the company as well as directly managing business development for Europe, the Middle East and Africa regions.

With over 30 years of experience in the satellite industry, Mr Youssif previously served as the Chief Executive Officer of YahLive and as the Chief Commercial Officer for Arabsat. He has also held executive positions at ICO Global Communications, Hughes Network Systems and was the founder of MESAT Consultancy in Beirut.

Mohamed holds a BSc in Telecommunications Engineering from Helwan University in Cairo.

CEO of GapSat

Gregg Daffner is CEO of GapSat, an innovative satellite venture that leases entire in-orbit satellites to satellite operators for use in their orbital slots for interim periods of time, generally until the operator launches its own custom-built satellite.  Previously Gregg co-founded and was president of Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS).

He is a former television producer and communications attorney who was the head of satellite services for Cable & Wireless Hong Kong Telecom, Vice President for PanAmSat and Lockheed Martin Corp, and Director of International Policy for the US Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA) where he was instrumental in the promotion of private enterprise in space.

Gregg is the Chairman of the Cable and Satellite Broadcast Association of Asia (CASBAA) Satellite Wireless Action Group, a member of the Board of Governors and Secretary of the Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC), a founding member of and VP for the Asia Pacific Satellite Communications Council (APSCC) and the Asian Attaché for the Global VSAT Forum (GVF).

President Director of PT.Patra Telekomunikasi Indonesia

He is Managing Director of METRASAT and President Director of PATRAKOM, has over 7 years experience as lecturer and over 17 years experience in telecommunication and satellite industry.Mr Witjaksono was involved in the planning and development of TELKOM-1 and TELKOM-2 satellite project since 1996 and also has had assignments in many positions, those are, as Manager in Satellite Regulatory TELKOM (2001-2005) and Senior Manager Marketing (2005-2008) before get back into operation field as a Operation General Manager in METRASAT.Mr Witjaksono had got his graduate from Electrical Engineering of Surabaya Institute of Technology (ITS) and Magister Science from Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB).

Managing Director –APAC Region of North Telecom L.L.C

Mahdi N Mehrabi is CTO in NorthTelecom group and managing director in the NorthTelecom office Singapore, where he has devoted his practice for Technology and business development for the last 6 year,
He has extensive experience and expertise in leading innovative and challenging technological project and concept,
With having more than 18 years experience and proven record in Telecommunication and Aviation field and founding and managing numbers of business and project in Telecom arena in general and satellite industry in particular since 6 years back, he is appointed as managing director of NorthTelecom APAC region in Singapore to transform and contribute his expertise and competence into the region.

Working Experience:
1999-2010: CNS expert- civil aviation organization.
2001-2010: Chief Network Administrator – Business Development consultant -MGM
2010-PRESENT: Chief Technology officer & Head of R&D- NORTHTELECOM
2016-PRESENT: Managing Director – NORTHTELECOM PTE

EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS
A.D, Electronic engineer, Civil Aviation College 1998
B.S, Electronic engineer, Civil Aviation College 2005
M.B.A, Master of engineering management, Manchester Alliance business school, 2016

VP Sales and Marketing of KT Sat Co. Ltd.

Jun is a telecom and satellite services professional who has been leading Korea Telecom group’s globalization projects across mobile telecom, cloud and smart business development and satellite service in the dynamic markets of Asia-Pacific, MENA and Russia. He has overseen the ascendancy of newly spun-off satellite operator KTSAT in Asia-Pacific, where it is launching two new satellites KoreaSat-5A and KoreaSat-7 by the end of 2016 and expertise to Direct-to-Home (DTH) satellite television providers, fast-growing mobile backbone and (M)VSAT service providers, as VP Sales and Marketing since 2012.

Prior to this, he served as a Director, Global PMO in KT Group, CSO/CTO in a mobile telco (JV) in Russia. He joined Korea Telecom in 1996 as a Senior Researcher in KT’s Wireless Technology Lab and holds Bachelor degree in Electronic Engineering and Master in Electronic Telecommunications.

SVP of Global Sales and Business Development of Advantech Wireless

Steve Richeson joined Advantech Wireless in 2015 and is responsible for the company’s global sales and marketing organization. Mr. Richeson has over 25 years of Satellite and Radio Frequency (RF) experience in engineering and sales leadership roles at Harris Corporation, EchoStar, Scientific-Atlanta, GTE Spacenet International and RSi SATCOM Technologies. Mr. Richeson is a Senior Member of the IEEE and a Registered Professional Engineer. Mr. Richeson earned his engineering degree at Georgia Tech and an MBA at Georgia State University.

Regional Director Asia Pacific of Hughes Network Systems

Vaibhav Magow is the regional director for Asia/Pacific in the International Division of Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES). A satellite professional with over 20 years of experience, Mr. Magow has worked in different areas including Enterprise Sales, Product Development, Services Marketing, Business Planning, Digital Services, Franchising, and Service Retailing. He worked in the Indian satellite market for 11 years with Hughes Communications India, Ltd. (HCIL) assisting HCIL in maintaining its market share and now has been leading Hughes efforts in the Asia/Pacific region for the past 8 years.

Mr. Magow holds a Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Computer Science from the Univeristy of Pune.

Editor in Chief of Los Angeles, Satellite Markets & Research

Virgil Labrador is the Editor-in-Chief of Los Angeles, California-based Satellite Markets and Research which publishes a web portal on the satellite industry www.satellitemarkets.com, the monthly Satellite Executive Briefing magazine and occasional industry reports called MarketBriefs. Virgil is one of the few trade journalists who has a proven track record working in the commercial satellite industry. He worked as a senior executive for a teleport in Singapore, the Asia Broadcast Center, then-owned by the US broadcasting company CBS. He has co-authored two books on the history of satellite communications and satellite technology. He also writes a regular column on the satellite industry for Asia Pacific Broadcasting. His articles have appeared in numerous publications including the Encyclopaedia Britannica. He holds a Master’s in Communications Management from the University of Southern California (USC). He can be reached at virgil@satellitemarkets.com

Head of Business Development Asia Pacific – Intelsat

Patrick is responsible for developing Intelsat’s strategic relationships with satellite operators and core partners across Asia-Pacific with a key focus on development of Intelsat’s orbital assets and future satellites. Patrick was also appointed an APSCC Vice President in March 2015 for a two year term.

Prior to joining Intelsat, Patrick held a senior role in Northern Sky Research (NSR). Earlier in his career, Patrick also held posts with the International Space University (ISU)and Frost & Sullivan.Patrickearned a Bachelor’s of Science in Aerospace Engineering from Boston University and attended the 1999 ISU Summer Session in NakhonRatchasima, Thailand.

VP Asia Pacific of Sales – O3B Networks

Imran Malik, heads up the O3b Networks regional sales team which is responsible for business development across the Asia-Pacific regions.

Imran Malik has more than 20 years of experience in the field of Satellite Communications. Prior to joining O3b Networks Imran served as the CEO of Supernet Ltd., the leading data communications service provider in Pakistan, for six years. He was also a member of the Board of Directors of PAKSAT International which operates the PAKSAT-1R satellite. A pinnacle of Imran’s career includes his time as a board member at Telecard Limited, a telecommunications service provider listed on the Karachi stock exchange in Pakistan. In early 1999 Imran joined Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications (LMGT), a wholly owned subsidiary of the aerospace giant Lockheed Martin. Prior to this Imran was posted to Singapore as a key member of a joint venture with General Electric (GE) called Americom Asia-Pacific (AAP) for the launch and operation of two communications satellites covering the Asia-Pacific region. All this followed his initial career start with Hughes Network Systems back in 1990.

Imran has a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from The University of Oklahoma and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering degree from Purdue University.

President and CEO of Axelspace

Yuya Nakamura is the president and CEO of Axelspace, a microsatellite startup based in Tokyo. Since its establishment in 2008, Axelspace has developed 3 microsatellites, one of which is the private satellite for Weathernews to monitor the ice distribution in the Arctic Ocean. In 2015, Axelspace successfully raised JPY1.9B (USD17M) and officially announced the inauguration of AxelGlobe project, where 50 microsatellites will be placed in orbit to scan the whole globe on a daily basis. He earned Ph.D. in Engineering from University of Tokyo in 2007, after having been actively involved in 3 nanosatellite projects at the university, including the world’s first successful CubeSat.

Satellite Professional

Dr. Anggoro K. Widiawan was born in Magelang. He holds PhD degree in Wireless Communications and MSc in Satellite Communications Engineering both from the University of Surrey, United Kingdom. He is currently with PT. Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Tbk as Head of Telkom Satellite Project. He has been actively involved in satellite design and operation activities within the company since 1999. He also contributed in a number of international research activities in Asia and Europe mostly in the area of emerging technologies including his role as guest editor of call for paper in international journals.

Director of Marketing and Sales for SSL

Tim Shea is a Director of Marketing and Sales for SSL, a leading provider of communication satellites and space systems. Based in Palo Alto, California, he is responsible for the marketing and sales of the company’s communications satellites and systems in the Southeast Asia region.
Mr. Shea has more than 30 years’ experience with international communications satellites. Prior to SSL, Mr. Shea was President of Fides Satellite Consulting, a management-consulting firm serving satellite operators and equipment manufacturers. Prior to that, Mr. Shea was Vice President of Asia-Pacific Sales at Loral Skynet. Mr. Shea held senior positions with several organizations, including: Vice President of Sales for Columbia Communications; Vice President, International and Government Affairs at GlobeCast North America; and Director INTELSAT Affairs at COMSAT where he was the Alternate Governor to the INTELSAT Board of Governors. Prior to joining COMSAT, Mr. Shea served in the U.S. Department of Commerce in various functions related to international satellite communications. Mr. Shea earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota, and his master’s degree in international affairs from The American University.

Senior Deputy Manager of MHI Launch Service

Nobuyuki Shiina is Senior Deputy Manager of MHI launch services, Business Development Department, Space Systems Division, MHI. He is responsible for sales & marketing of the current H-IIA Launch Services, including next generation Launch vehicles (H3) in Asian region.

In 2002 – 2009 : Served Hitachi High-Technologies. Ltd as sales & marketing team for semiconductor and related electric parts for consumer products. Also in 2002 Graduate Master Degree in Life Science from Tohoku University

In 2009 – Present: Served Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. as Senior Deputy Manager of Sales & Marketing for the current H-IIA Rocket Launch Services. Developed and enhanced commercial activities of MHI’s Space Systems Division.

Director for Satellite Technology Center – LAPAN

Abdul Rahman was born in Polewali, West Sulawesi, 18th November 1967. He was graduated as Master of Optic Electronics and Laser Application, University of Indonesia (UI), Jakarta in 1999.

He started his career as a Researcher in the field Aeronautics Communication Transmission Technology since 1992-2001 of LAPAN. He was appointed as Head of Ground Station for Tracking, Telemetry and Command (TT&C) LAPAN-ISRO India in Biak in 2001. He had been in charge as head of ground segment division in 2003-2008 and also in charge as head of satellite payload technology division in 2009-2013. And now he is the Director for Satellite Technology Center, National Institute of Aeronautics and Space – LAPAN. Beside those responsibilities he has been managing frequency allocation for LAPAN.

Senior Consultant of COMSYS

Susan Bull is a Senior Consultant with COMSYS.  She has specialised in all aspects of the VSAT market since 1985 and advises clients worldwide on all aspects of VSAT systems and satellite services.  She has been primarily responsible for the multi-client VSAT studies undertaken by COMSYS during the last 30 years, including the VSAT Industry Status, Maritime and Financial & Forecasts Reports.  Her work at COMSYS also involves her in advising clients on the strategic, business planning, competitive and operational aspects of satellite communications.
She has visited hundreds of VSAT companies in more than 70 countries worldwide and is regularly consulted by current and potential VSAT manufac­turers, operators and users.  She has been actively involved advising clients with respect to acquisitions ranging in size from $5 million to over $1 billion.
Susan is a regular contributor to numerous trade publications and a speaker at conferences in Asia, Europe and the Americas.  She also delivers seminars and instruction on VSAT network implementation, technologies, services and markets.  In 1997, Susan was instrumental in forming the Global VSAT Forum (GVF), an industry organisation which represents over 140 of the leading manufacturers and operators of VSAT systems around the world.  Her leadership involved running the Forum for the first year as interim General Secretary and then serving as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the GVF until 2000.

Radiocommunication
Engineer of ITU

Cessy Karina joined the ITU in 2002 to work at the Space Service Department of Radiocommunication Bureau of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

ITU is the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies – ICTs, and based in Geneva, Switzerland. Within the ITU, the Space Services Department is responsible for managing the procedures for registration of all space system frequency assignments in accordance with the ITU Constitution and Convention, including the Radio Regulations.

Cessy Karina deals with coordination and notification of satellite systems. She also involves in providing assistance and support to the administrations and has been participating actively at various ITU workshops, seminars and conferences in particular related to the space services. She currently undertakes the responsibility of coordinating the activities of the coordination group within BR Space Service Department.

Director for Spectrum Management of Kemkominfo

Dr. Titon Dutono was born in Surabaya on 1960. He accomplished his Bachelor of Engineering on 1985 at ITS Surabaya, in the field of Radio Communication. He completed his Master and Doctor of Engineering in the field of Speech Signal Information Processing on 1994 and 1997 respectively, at Kumamoto University Japan. His current position is Deputy Director General for Spectrum Policy and Planning, Ministery of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT) Republic of Indonesia. Now he is in charge several tasks such as satelite coordination with foreign countries of satellite operators, frequency coordination between neighboring countries, head of delegation during consecutive Regional Conference of Radio Frequency (APG) and its consecutive World Radio Conference WRC. In addition, as a volunteer basis he also in charge in Amateur Radio licencing examination including the development of examination materials, and also in charge as Radio Monitoring System Coordinator of International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Region 3.

SES

Kevin Seow leads SES’s Asia-Pacific spectrum team with focus on orbital assignment, spectrum utilization, ITU activities and strategic development opportunities in the region. He is also responsible for strategizing, defending and securing additional spectrum to ensure continued growth potentials in the region for the Company.

Kevin brings with him more than 18 years of experience in spectrum management and regulatory affairs.

Associate Director of Telesat Canada

Alireza Shoamanesh, Ph.D, MSc, P.Eng.  He has over 30 years of experience with Telesat in satellite network designs, procurement, spectrum management and ITU frequency coordination.   He was responsible for System Engineering functions during procurement of Anik C, D, E, F and MSAT satellite series, for many international consulting programs, as well as the development of technical specifications, RFP preparation, proposal evaluation and negotiation of Telesat procurements from 1993- 2000 including  multi-band Anik F2 with Ka-­band payload (over 50 beams) that commercialized for the first time two-way broadband service to consumers at Ka-band. .  He has been representing Telesat as well as Telesat’s clients at various ITU forums and WRC Conferences since the early 1980s.   He also leads all studies that the Space Systems Department does for the European Space Agency.

Director for Market Access of Inmarsat

Dr Laura Roberti is a Director for Market Access in Inmarsat. She is responsible for licensing and authorisations for the Global Xpress Inmarsat satellite system in Asia-pacific and Europe. She also participates in related ITU-R work.

She has a PhD in Electronic Engineering from the Polytechnic of Turin (Italy) and many years of experience working in the industry and academic/research world. Her experience spans satellite/terrestrial telecommunication systems and spectrum management and engineering. She is the author of many research papers in the area of radio propagation and she has worked for British Telecom and NASA.

Honorary of ASSI Member

• BRI (2014-present) , Advisor for BRIsat satellite project
• INTELEX (2013-present) , Managing Director , Internet & Fiber Service Provider
• BBSI (2009-2013), GM of Ops, BBS Jakarta Teleport facility & Director of Buss Dev (ABS)
• Witelcom (Norway, 2008-2009) Country Manager, developing wireless business
• The Emergence Group (USA, 2009) Project Manager for wireless project prototyping Indonesian Immigration e-gov connectivity
• Motorola Indonesia, (2005-2008) Director of Network Business
• Paktel (2003-2004) member of the Board , technology and VSAT service develoment
• SpeedCast (HongKong, 2001-2002) Development of One Way Satellite Busines
• PT Satelindo (1995-2001) GM of Satellite Operations and VP of Sales for Satellite Service
• Intelsat (USA, 1985-1995) Manager of Development Lab in Satellite Ground System

Kanaka is also active in the telecommunication community through MASTEL (Indonesian ICT Community), IDWiBB (Indonesian Wireless Broadband), ASSI (Asosiasi Satelit Indonesia), FTTH (Fiber To The Home), and WiMAX Forum Indonesia.

VP Network Planning and Engineering of Telkomsel

Born In Gresik, East Java at 1967.
Married with 2 children.

Graduated From Institute Technology Sepuluh November (ITS) Surabaya at 1991.
Join PT Telkom since 1991.
Take Global Mobile Telecommunication Training by FFFE, DeTe Mobil Germany during 1994 – 1995.
Join PT Telkomsel in 1995, current position is VP Network Planning and Engineering.

Network Director of PSN

An Indonesian citizen, 47 years old, he was born in Cirebon on April 21, 1968. He obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Electronic and Communication from the University of Indonesia in 1993, and his Master’s Degree in Business Administration, majoring in Management from PrasetyaMulya Business School in 2005. Prior to serving as a Director, in the Company he also served as the Operation & Maintenance Manager (1997-2000), ACeS Gateway Department Head (2000-2004), and Network Operation & maintenance Division Head (2005 up to present).

Market Director Cellular Backhaul & Trunking of Newtec

Semir is leading the mobile backhaul market at Newtec. A seasoned telecommunications executive, Semir is an expert at bridging technology and business specifically in the Mobile and Internet spaces. Previously with Memotec Semir was vice-president of Marketing & Strategy, and Product Marketing director at Comtech. Prior to this tenure, Semir has launched startups and held several international assignments with Oz Communications (acquired by Nokia), Airwide solutions/Schlumberger & Sema Group in the areas of product management, solutions architecture and product development.

Semir holds a M.S in Electronics and Automatics from the University of Sciences of Montpellier, France and a M.S in Business Administration (major is strategy) from the Institut Francais de Gestion, France.

VP Sales & Business Development of Memotec

Michael is responsible for promoting Memotec and Comtech’s Mobile Backhaul Solution to mobile operators and system integrators around the world. He is a telecoms specialist and expert in the field of voice and mobile network RAN optimization spanning 2G, 3G and LTE technologies.

Director Applications and Sales of Advantech Wireless

Mr. Richard McPhaden has over 30 years of experience in the satellite communications industry with extensive expertise in satellite network design and link budget analysis, particularly in complex MF-TDMA networks. Mr. McPhaden began his career with Telesat Canada and has held positions of increasing responsibility in Program Management, Product Management as well as Sales and Marketing for companies such as Spar, Comstream and Polarsat, prior to joining Advantech Wireless. Mr. McPhaden holds B.Sc and M.Sc. degrees in Engineering from Queen’s University at Kingston Ontario as well as an M.B.A. from the University of Ottawa.

SVP of Business Development at XipLink Inc.

Mr. Bednarski is currently responsible for developing strategic global relationships in order to expand XipLink’s overall market opportunity. Mr. Bednarski brings more than 30 years of diverse telecommunications and networking experience to include previous positions at Nortel, United States Senate and Verizon (formerly Bell Atlantic).
Highlights of his career include becoming one of the four founding partners of Net2000 Communications. Net2000 grew from a small private company to a public company (NASDAQ – NTKK) with more than 1,000 employees and a market capitalization of more than $1.6 billion at its initial public offering. Mr. Bednarski worked intimately in many facets of building the business into a full facilities-based competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC).
Following Net2000, Mr. Bednarski joined the executive team at iDirect Technologies in April 2002. During this period, iDirect vaulted to a leadership position in the VSAT industry, growing revenues from $1.5 MM to more than $125 MM 2006. iDirect’s success and visibility in the market culminated into a $165 million acquisition by Singapore Technologies.
Bednarski holds a B.A. in Business Administration and an MBA from the University of New Haven, Connecticut.

Direcotr for Business Development of O3B Networks

Rob Marabut works for O3b Networks as Director for Business Development, and is based in the Philippines reporting to the O3b Asia Pacific regional office in Singapore.
He brings with him more than 25 years of experience in the Telecommunication, Information Technology and Semiconductor industries.
His business skills encompass general management, market strategy formulation, distribution channel development and major account development gained from companies such as MEASAT Satellite Systems, ADC, e-Pay Asia, Hughes Network Systems, NCR Corporation and Kulicke & Soffa Industries.
In the mobile phone industry, he set up and ran the local subsidiaries of e-Pay Asia and First Asia Mobile. He also ran a local subsidiary of ADC Corporation.
In the satellite industry, he worked at various regional sales and business development positions with Hughes Network Systems and at MEASAT Satellite Systems before moving to O3b Networks in 2012.

Senior Associate Consultant of Euroconsult

Stephane Chenard is a senior associate consultant with French satellite market research firm Euroconsult of Paris and Montreal, which he joined in 1992. He advises customers on their satellite projects, including in Indonesia on a regular basis, and authored some of Euroconsult’s published reports including Military Satellite Communications in 2014.

IT Enterprise Architect of Bank BCA

Iman Sentosa is BCA IT Enterprise Architect and IT Head of Delivery Channel and Middleware Application Management since 2014. Starting career in BCA IT Division in 1988 as Application Programmer. Taking role as BCA Systems Analyst for various banking application (1994 – 1999). As Data Center Operation Manager specializing in Data Center Disaster Recovery (2000 – 2005). Taking lead as Head of Database Application Management specializing in Data Warehouse and Data Analytics (2006 – 2014). Iman Sentosa graduated from Swinburne Institute of Technology, Melbourne Australia (1987) majoring in Accounting and Data Processing.

Commissioner of BRTI

Brief Profile of Dr. Ir. AGUNG HARSOYO, M.Sc., M. Eng.
2003: Doctoral Optical and Electromagnetic fields, Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS), France. Supervisor: Prof. Pierre Pellat-Finet
1996: MEng. Signal Processing field on Telecommunication, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Telecommunications de Bretagne (Télécom Bretagne), France; MSc. Optoelectronics field of Université de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO), France
1993: Engineers fields of Telecommunications, Department of Electrical Engineering, Institute of Technology Bandung, Indonesia
1993 – present: Lecturer and Researcher at the School of Electrical Engineering and Informatics ITB
2015 – 2018: Commissioner ITRB
IT consultant in government and private institutions, teaching and IT Forensics, teaching of digital media and game design. Conducting research and has several patents related to Internet of Things (IOT). Feasibility Study Team Members Satellite Education Ki Hajar Dewantoro 2009.

Executive Director of Kacific Broadband Satellites

Cyril Annarella has over 20 years of experience in the wireless, space and digital security industries, with senior roles spanning across marketing, business development, M&A, R&D, innovation and investment in start-ups.
Before joining Kacific he headed Soft Venture, the operating partner of Hera Capital, a Singapore-based private equity fund. Previously, he held management roles in Europe and Asia at Gemalto, the Paris-listed global leader of digital security.
Cyril has an MBA with honours from Chicago-Booth, as well as two Masters degrees in Aerospace engineering from ISAE in France and the University of Texas at Austin.
Like all members of the Kacific team, Cyril is strongly committed to closing the digital gap of the Pacific and south-Asian nations with a new era of affordable Internet connectivity for everyone.

Head of Sub-Directorate Special Purposed Broadband Infrastructure
Directorate Broadband Development – Kemkominfo

He was born in Pematang Siantar, South Sumatera at 7 November 1965. In 1986, Have studied on Electrical Engineering Diploma in Politeknik USU, Medan. cotinue the bachelore study on Electrical Engineering, and he got Master degree on Informatics Engineering from Universitas Paramadina, Jakarta.

Since 1989, joined to Directorate General of Posts and Telecommunications (Postel) as a staff on Radio Frequency Monitoring Agency in Medan. This milestone is opening opportunities to take some softskill and hardskill training related to ICT.

The experience are growing in Kominfo, have been head of section of Frequency Planning, Satellite Coordination, and been Delegation for WRC, etc. Now, is taking the position as head of sub-directorate special purposed broadband infrastructure, Directorate Broadband Development.

General Manager, North and South East Asia, Gilat Satellite Network

Aryono has been working in satellite industry for 20 years. He was graduated from Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), Indonesia, in Electrical Engineering in 1993 and continued with Master degree in Electrical Engineering (Telecommunication) from University of Southern California (USC) in USA. His career in VSAT industry started when he joined CSM in Indonesia. After 10 years with CSM, he moved to Singapore and spent his professional life with Singtel, Speedcast, and now with Gilat, all in the satellite communications field.
In his current role in Gilat, he is responsible to drive sales and managing sales team in North and South East Asia region for all Gilat products and services.

Business Development Director of UHP Network Germany

Mr. Oleg Timoshenko is Director of Business Development at UHP Networks with responsibility for strategic product marketing initiatives and corporate planning.  Among his recent accomplishments is a key contribution to the UHP-HTS network architecture for multi-beam HTS satellites. Prior to joining UHP Networks /Romantis Group in 2005,  Mr. Timoshenko held senior operations and engineering positions at Plenexis and Deutsche Telekom group. He is an accomplished speaker who presented at many international conferences and seminars.

Honorary of ASSI Member

Tonda joined PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia in 1987, he was involved heavily in TELKOM satellites (TELKOM-1, 2 and 3) until 2007. 2007-1010, He was the Head of Satellite and Submarine Projects, and since 2010 he was also deputy of TELKOM Infrastucture EGM. 2010 –2014, He was Senior General Manager of TELKOM’s Learning Centre (Telkom Corporate University). In 2014 – 2016, he was as Director of Media portfolio and Chief Human Capital of TELKOM Metra. Since May 2016, he is senior advisor for Chief Technology Officer PT TELKOM.
He hold BSc in Electrical Engineering from Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia and Master in Telecommunication Technology from Aston University, the United Kingdom and a member of IET and as Chartered Engineer.