The World Teleport Association (WTA) today announced the appointment of Speedcast’s Vice President of Engineering Operations, Will Mudge, to its Board of Directors to fill a seat vacated by a departing Board member. In March, he will stand for election by the membership to a three-year term, beginning April 1.
In his current role at Speedcast, Will Mudge leads a global engineering organization of more than 140 team members and is responsible for a large part of Speedcast’s global infrastructure and the delivery of a positive experience to customers. Prior to his current role, Will served as the Director of Satellite Capacity and Technology at Speedcast, developing global teleport and Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation strategies. He also previously served as the R&D engineering lead, as a strategic product marketing manager and program manager at Speedcast (formerly as Harris CapRock). Will holds a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering Physics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
“Will’s knowledge and management expertise are well known across our industry,” said WTA executive director, Robert Bell. “WTA is fortunate to attract him as a member of our leadership team.”
Continuing to serve on WTA’s Board of Directors are:
José Sánchez Ruiz, Director Service Operations, Eutelsat (Chairman)
Jay Bloom, Senior Manager Ground Systems, Amazon Kuiper
Ron Busch, Senior Vice President, Network Services, ABS Global Ltd
Keith Frost, Media and Data Networks Director, Arqiva
Jay LaPrise, Senior Vice President, Global Transmission Operations, Encompass Digital Media
Marzio Laurenti, CEO, Telespazio Brasil S.A.
Samuel Lemercier, Managing Director UK, Globecast
Mitja Lovsin, General Manager, STN
Bill Marks, Chief Strategy Officer, Kymeta
Scott Mumford, Group Managing Executive - Satellite & VSAT, Liquid Telecom
Guido Neumann, Chief Development Officer, AXESS Networks
Matthew Prange, Vice President, Strategic Teleport Partners & Implementation, SES
Kheng Ghee Ng, Head, Satellite, SingTel
Ron Storie, Vice President, Network Operations, Intelsat
Koby Zontag
Directors on the WTA Board serve three-year terms and are elected by the membership.