Preserving capacity, General Tom Lawson, Chief of the Defence Staff, Keys to Canadian SAR
Issue link: http://vanguardcanada.uberflip.com/i/1538953
I N N O V A T O R S & T R A I L B L A Z E R S H OW D I D YO U S TA RT O U T I N T H I S I N D U S T RY, A N D H OW H A S I T B RO U G H T YO U TO W H E R E YO U A R E TO DAY? I joined Telesat right out of engineering school at the University of Ottawa. Initially, I was hired into the engineering group responsible for implementing customer solutions at Telesat's network of teleports across Canada. Thereafter I transitioned to the broadband development group. Then, as Director of Engineering, I managed the engineering of all of Telesat's product lines. I did this for several years, and then moved over to enterprise and government sales, to apply my engineering knowledge and a more structured approach to the development of opportunities and solutions for the commercial team. The transition from engineering to sales was interesting. I embraced it as "It's fundamentally about building partnerships with our customers—working closely to meet their current needs while gaining insight into the future direction of their business. Our role is to ensure we deliver the right capabilities and performance at the right time to support their growth and mission." H OW I S YO U R O RG A N I ZAT I O N C H A N G I N G T H E G A M E W I T H I N YO U R I N D U S T RY S E CTO R? Telesat has developed a highly innovative Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite network, Telesat Lightspeed, that will be seamlessly integrated with terrestrial networks. This new offering delivers fibre-like performance anywhere in the world, with unique security features and capabilities that were designed to meet mission- critical connectivity requirements of enterprise and government customers. W H AT T E C H N O LO G I E S, B U S I N E S S M O D E L S, A N D T R E N D S W I L L D R I V E T H E B I G G E S T C H A N G E S I N YO U R I N D U S T RY OV E R T H E N E XT TWO Y E A R S? Artificial intelligence (AI), increasing ISR requirements, and reliance on cloud-based, real-time data analysis is driving a surge in data generation and consumption. This is placing greater demands on network bandwidth and accelerating the need for faster, more responsive infrastructure. The need for reliable, low-latency connectivity everywhere will continue to increase. SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF CANADIAN SALES TELESAT MICHÈLE BECK For the interview, see page 28