Mobile satellite operator Globalstar has named three new executives to its management team.
Dirk Wild, who has joined as senior vice president of finance, will become CFO in mid-August. Wild’s previous roles include senior vice president and chief…
Mobile satellite operator Globalstar has named three new executives to its management team.
Dirk Wild, who has joined as senior vice president of finance, will become CFO in mid-August. Wild’s previous roles include senior vice president and chief accounting officer and interim CFO at US technology and engineering company The Shaw Group. At Globalstar, he will head up the transition of the company’s accounting, finance and other administrative functions to Louisiana.
Current senior vice president and CFO Fuad Ahmad, who is unable to relocate to Louisiana due to family reasons, will continue to serve as CFO until mid-August, after which time he will remain with the company as senior vice president of corporate development and strategy.
L. Barbee Ponder IV has been named general counsel and vice president of Regulatory Affairs for Globalstar. Ponder has previously served as Senior Regulatory Counsel for BellSouth in Washington, DC, where he provided representation before the Federal Communications Commission, Congress and the White House on issues concerning 1996 Telecommunications Act, deregulation of broadband services and tax issues concerning the telecommunications industry. Prior to joining BellSouth, he practiced with the Jones Walker law firm in New Orleans, where he specialised in commercial litigation including class action defence. Ponder will be responsible for all of Globalstar’s legal matters, including those with the FCC and other international communications regulatory agencies. William Adler, who retired as Globalstar’s General Counsel and vice president of Regulatory Affairs in January 2010, will continue in his present role as legal consultant to the company supporting Ponder’s transition.
Brian Beck has become vice president of Product Development and Manufacturing for Globalstar. Previous roles include Director of Engineering and Director of Business Development with communications company Harris Corp, as well as management roles in the health care industry. He will be primarily responsible for product design, manufacturing and customer service for Globalstar’s new product development centre in Covington, Louisiana.
