SatixFy Appoints Nir Barkan as Acting Chief Executive Officer
30 Mai 2023 - 2:00PM
Business Wire
SatixFy Communications Ltd. (“SatixFy”) (NYSE AMERICAN:
SATX), a leader in next-generation satellite communication systems
based on in-house-developed chipsets, today announced that Mr. Nir
Barkan has been appointed Acting Chief Executive Officer of SatixFy
by the Company’s Board of Directors effective June 1, 2023,
replacing the current CEO, Mr. Ido Gur who is stepping down.
Nir Barkan previously served as SatixFy’s Chief Commercial
Officer from 2014 until 2018. Prior to rejoining SatixFy, from 2018
to 2023, Mr. Barkan was a Co-Founder, Group CTO and the General
Manager as well as a Director of Curvalux, a company operating in
the field of sustainable fixed wireless broadband technology. Prior
to Curvalux, Mr. Barkan served as a Satcom Product Marketing
Manager at Orbit Communication Systems, as a Director of Marketing,
Pre-Sale and Support at Novelsat and other senior roles
Mr. Barkan holds an MBA in Strategy and Entrepreneurship and a
B.SC in Electronics and Electricity from Tel-Aviv University.
"While Nir pursued other opportunities for a few years, it is
with great pleasure that we welcome him back to lead the SatixFy
family,” commented Mr. Yoav Leibovitch, SatixFy’s Co-Founder and
Executive Chairman. “We believe that his solid technological
and business background, coupled with his deep understanding of our
industry, make him a solid fit for the leadership role at Satixfy.
He brings a strong track record in product development and team
leadership, as well as significant experience with our products and
commercialization strategy. He played a pivotal role in
establishing the product team in SatixFy’s early days, while also
spearheading the commercial aspects of the entire unit, gaining
significant attention from industry leaders including O3B, Google,
and Facebook. We firmly believe that Nir can elevate SatixFy to new
heights, strengthening our vision and product roadmap.”
Continued Mr. Leibovitch, “I would also like to take this
opportunity to thank Ido for his contributions and for taking the
reins over the past months. Ido will continue to provide his
valuable support in the coming months to ensure a smooth
transition, and we wish him the best in his future endeavors.”
About SatixFy
SatixFy develops end-to-end next-generation satellite
communications systems, including satellite payloads, user
terminals and modems, based on powerful chipsets that it develops
in house.
SatixFy’s products include modems that feature Software Defined
Radio (SDR) and Fully Electronically Steered Multi Beam Antennas
(ESMA) that support the advanced communications standard DVB-S2X.
SatixFy’s innovative ASICs improve the overall performance of
satellite communications systems, reduce the weight and power
requirements of terminals and payloads, and save real estate for
gateway equipment. SatixFy’s advanced VSATs and multi-beam fully
electronically steered antenna arrays are optimized for a variety
of mobile applications and services, using LEO, MEO and GEO
satellite communications systems, for aero/in-flight connectivity
systems, communications-on-the-move applications, satellite-enabled
Internet-of-Things, and consumer user terminals.
SatixFy is headquartered in Rehovot, Israel with additional
offices in the US, UK and Bulgaria. For more information, please
refer to www.SatixFy.com.
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circumstances are difficult or impossible to predict and will
differ from assumptions.
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