Glenn Katz serves as President and Chief Operating Officer of Spacenet Inc, one of the world’s leading providers of satellite and hybrid networking solutions. Leveraging his 20+ years of industry and leadership experience, he is currently responsible for driving the company’s revenue growth, improving operational efficiencies, and managing strategic business activities. Prior to joining Spacenet Mr. Katz was the Acting CEO and CIO of StarBand Communications Inc, a consumer satellite company. Prior to StarBand, Mr. Katz held several executive roles with Gilat Satellite Networks in both the Tel-Aviv headquarters and Florida subsidiaries. He started his career with Gilat in the R&D department in Israel before becoming VP of Product Development for SkyData Inc., a wholly owned Gilat subsidiary in Florida. Following this, Mr. Katz helped launch Gilat Latin America, Inc. and served as the Chief Technical Officer and VP of Operations. After that he returned to Gilat headquarters in Tel-Aviv in the role of VP of World Wide Customer Services. Before joining Gilat, Mr. Katz worked with Digital Transmission Systems, and Scientific Atlanta as a design and development engineer. Mr. Katz earned both his undergraduate and graduate degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta.