Hong Kong, 4 April 2008 - Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) announced the appointment of Khodadad (Ken) Betaharon as its Chief Technology Officer. In this new position, Ken will play a key leadership role and will be responsible for the ABS-2 Program, including spacecraft development and planning, as well as satellite payload operations, regulatory and strategic development.
Tom Choi, ABS’s Chief Executive Officer said, “We are delighted to have Ken join us at ABS. Ken brings more than 30 years of experience and will be an invaluable member to the management team spearheading the ABS-2 project and expanding our portfolio.” Prior to joining ABS, Ken was the Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Intelsat. During his tenure at Intelsat he was involved in all aspects of satellite communications with responsibility in the procurement of over forty (40) satellites, several large business development activities, R&D efforts, ITU related activities and filings, system planning and satellite deployment strategies, communications engineering, products and services development, and the establishment of the Intelsat terrestrial infrastructure after Intelsat privatization.
Ken has also spent over nine years at Comsat Laboratories developing space as well as ground segment hardware, satellite communications system analysis and measurements.
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