Intelsat Appoints New Leaders to Advance Broadband, Mobility and Media Businesses
July 18 2017 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Jean-Philippe Gillet named Vice President and General Manager of
Broadband; Mark Rasmussen named Vice President and General Manager
of Mobility; and Robert Cerbone joins as Vice President and General
Manager of Media, focusing resources on delivering innovations for
high growth customer applications
Intelsat S.A. (NYSE:I), operator of the world’s first Globalized
Network and leader in integrated satellite communications,
announced three new leadership appointments expected to drive
product development, innovation and growth for the organization and
its customers. Under the new structure, Jean-Philippe Gillet will
lead the Broadband business, Mark Rasmussen will head the Mobility
business and Robert Cerbone joins the company as the head of the
Media Services business.
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Jean-Philippe Gillet, Intelsat's Vice
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“This change to our leadership structure is a reflection of the
dynamic evolution currently taking place in the telecommunications
landscape,” said Kurt Riegelman, Intelsat’s Senior Vice President,
Sales & Marketing. “Our customers require transformative
technology to solve their challenges and ubiquitous, reliable
connectivity that is accessible anytime and anywhere. Our new
organizational structure, aligned more closely to the major
customer sets served by our business, meets those needs while
bringing new agility to our market presence, greater innovations
and value to our customers, and accelerated growth for our business
initiatives.”
Intelsat’s Mobility business provides satellite services across
the maritime, oil and gas, and aeronautics sectors. In his new
role, Mark Rasmussen will lead a team responsible for strategy and
new product and service development for the global mobility sector,
including expansion of the new IntelsatOne Flex Maritime and
Aeronautic managed services. Mr. Rasmussen’s team will also develop
innovative solutions to support emerging technology markets such as
the connected car and Internet of Things. Mr. Rasmussen has more
than 18 years of experience in enterprise network solutions,
including mobility, serving in a variety of sales and marketing
leadership positions. His most recent role was Vice President,
Americas, where he led all sales activity related to Intelsat’s
Media and Network Services organizations throughout the
Americas.
Intelsat’s Broadband business serves customers in the wireless
and enterprise sectors. In his new role, Jean-Philippe Gillet will
lead a team responsible for strategy and new product and service
deployment, including those built upon Intelsat’s award winning
Intelsat EpicNG high throughput satellite platform. Mr. Gillet’s
team will also focus on incorporating new ecosystem developments
into new applications for customers delivering broadband to connect
the unconnected, as well as creating a new range of services for
multinational corporations requiring globalized networks. Mr.
Gillet has more than 20 years of experience working in the
satellite industry, 14 years of which were spent at Intelsat in a
variety of sales leadership positions. He most recently served as
Intelsat’s Vice President, EMEA, where he was responsible for
leading the company’s sales effort in Europe, the Middle East and
Africa.
Intelsat’s Media Services business serves customers in the
content distribution and direct-to-home video sector. In his new
role, Robert Cerbone will be responsible for the development of
Intelsat’s linear and non-linear media strategy, new product and
service development, and leading Intelsat’s media initiatives
worldwide. Mr. Cerbone’s team will develop innovative solutions for
the complex challenges facing media customers today, including
streamlining distribution across various global platforms to drive
new opportunities, as well as new services enhancing cost
efficiency, distribution quality and reliability. Mr. Cerbone joins
Intelsat from Time Warner Cable (TWC), where he held a number of
senior leadership positions. He most recently served as TWC’s Vice
President and General Manager for Wireless Products, where he led a
team that was responsible for the strategy, planning, development,
deployment and lifecycle management for TWC’s wireless products and
services as well as overseeing the company’s relationship with
Verizon Wireless.
About Intelsat
Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I) operates the world’s first Globalized
Network, delivering high-quality, cost-effective video and
broadband services anywhere in the world. Intelsat’s Globalized
Network combines the world’s largest satellite backbone with
terrestrial infrastructure, managed services and an open,
interoperable architecture to enable customers to drive revenue and
reach through a new generation of network services. Thousands of
organizations serving billions of people worldwide rely on Intelsat
to provide ubiquitous broadband connectivity, multi-format video
broadcasting, secure satellite communications and seamless mobility
services. The end result is an entirely new world, one that allows
us to envision the impossible, connect without boundaries and
transform the ways in which we live. For more information, visit
www.intelsat.com.
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