Richard VanderMeulen

VP Space & Satellite Broadband

Viasat

Mr. VanderMeulen is a strategic business, technology and thought leader at Viasat, a global leader in satellite communications and the world’s largest operator of GEO Satellite Communication. He leads efforts to serve government and commercial markets with the best available broadband networks, extending reach and accessibility of broadband internet service, globally. He is actively engaged in the company’s innovations in designing highest-capacity satellites, secure ground infrastructure, and terminal technologies to provide broadband to fixed and mobile customers. He applies Viasat’s High Throughput/Capacity Satellite technologies to US Government and international markets for Ground Segment, Customer Premise Equipment, and highly assured Satcom-as-a-Service solutions.

He is an avid proponent of the Space and Satellite Communication industry, has published numerous papers on Space resilience and deterrence, and served on Boards of several industry organizations including Space & Satellite Professionals International, Satellite Industry Association, and Mobile Satellite Users Association.

Joining Viasat in 2001 as Vice President General Manager for Viasat’s Government Satcom business, Mr. VanderMeulen helped lead the company’s government satcom programs through 2009. Bringing 35+ years of engineering and business expertise in the satellite communications industry, Mr. VanderMeulen has held senior general manager and program manager positions at Viasat, The Boeing Company and Rockwell Collins.

Ric was born in Detroit, Michigan. He attended the University of Virginia and graduated in 1977 with a Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science.

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