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Mark Gercenstein
President and CEO
Tachyon, Inc.
In the
11/13/2003
edition of ExecutiveBiz
we had a chance to catch up with
Mark Gercenstein,
President and CEO of
Tachyon, Inc..
Tachyon Makes Missile
Defense A Broadband Experience
San Diego - Jan 28, 2002
Tachyon Inc., a provider of two-way, enterprise-grade broadband data
networking services via satellite,
today announced it has entered into a development partnership with the
Space Directorate, Space and Missile Defense Battle Lab (SMDBL),
United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC).
The first products resulting from the alliance will be unveiled at the
Millennium Challenge 2002 (MC02),
which is a major
tactical exercise that assesses how the United States
Armed Forces can deploy for a rapid,
decisive operation this decade. Run by the U.S. Joint Forces Command
(USJFCOM), MC02
will take place in July and August 2002 in the military's Western U.S.
training ranges.
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/bmdo-02c.html
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Tachyon Inc. of San Diego is another satellite company that is stepping
up its efforts to attract customers based in or near Washington.
After discovering that the military was interested in using the
company’s satellite data transmission systems, which include
software to maximize the efficiency of satellite data links, Tachyon
began working with large defense contractors to generate
government-related business, said Mark Gercenstein, the
company’s chief executive officer. Tachyon’s partners
include General
Dynamics Corp. of Falls Church, Va., and Northrop Grumman Corp.
of Los Angeles, he said.
These partnerships, Gercenstein said, have enabled Tachyon to benefit
from the Defense Department’s strong demand for satellite
communications services despite the fact that the company is not
pre-approved as a vendor to government agencies. Gercenstein said the
company wins business by nurturing relationships with the large
companies the military frequently turns to for communications services.
Even though Tachyon is based in San Diego, the company is seeing an
increasing share of business come from customers on the East Coast of
the United States, including federal agencies. Gercenstein said more
than 90 percent of the company’s revenue stems from these
customers.
Tachyon officials declined to specify the privately held
company’s annual revenue, but Gercenstein said it is
somewhere above $10 million.
http://www.space.com/spacenews/archive03/governmentarch_090203.html
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Enable a Connected and
Secure Government with Standards-Based Direct Satellite Network
Solutions
Ensuring fast, reliable, and secure communications while maintaining
open standards is the greatest challenge for today’s
government, defense, and homeland security network professionals.
Whatever your agency’s mission, the ability to seamlessly and
rapidly connect the right people to the right information is paramount.
Tachyon answers the call for connectivity and interoperability.
Tachyon’s open standards compliant broadband satellite
network services enable government networks to deliver high-speed,
reliable mission-critical data and audio/video content around the
world, connecting seamlessly to your network. Tachyon ensures broadband
Internet and private network access data delivery with terrestrial-like
speed and performance and unsurpassed communication quality. And best
of all, Tachyon is the only broadband satellite service provider to
offer a Quality of Service guarantee, backed by Service Level
Agreements.
Naval Criminal
Investigative Service (NCIS) for a terrorist first response readiness
exercise: “Tachyon’s connection was excellent. We
were able to have
people all over the country view the simulated disaster scene over the
Web. The command Post was able to watch the exercise unfold live, as
well as the response effort. We transmitted large files via FTP, and we
published streaming video onto a Web site. We believe that
Tachyon’s
services will fill several of our needs.”
U.S. Department of the
Navy, NCIS.
“Tachyon is well suited to meet the government’s
need for secure, reliable, high-speed data Internet and data networking
from virtually any location—for homeland security, civilian
and military applications including surveillance, reconnaissance, first
response, and disaster recovery.”
The Yankee Group
http://www.tachyon.net/markets_served/government_markets.html
InterDigital
Elects Mark Gercenstein Chief Executive Officer
During his career with Motorola, Iridium, Spar Aerospace,
and Bendix Aerospace, he has built businesses, raising billions of
dollars of strategic equity participation, run international
operations, led global business development and marketing programs and
managed thousands of people around the world.
As Senior Vice President of Business Operations for Iridium
LLC for six years during the 1990s, he directed the build-up of the
business operational capability of the Iridium network, including the
12 gateway ground stations supported by operations facilities around
the world. He also led the development and implementation of the
international call centers that served the system.
In the early 1990s, he helped develop the business plan and
implementation strategy for Iridium, building strategic equity
partnerships from across the telecommunications industry and leading
the effort to secure regulatory approval and the allocation of radio
spectrum in Asia and Eastern Europe.
As Director of International Programs at Motorola during the 1980s, Mr.
Gercenstein focused on the aerospace and military markets.
He led an international team that developed and marketed new
defense products, securing multi-million dollar contracts in Europe and
Asia.
He also served as Director of Marketing and Advanced Systems at Spar Aerospace,
Ltd., Canada's only aerospace prime contractor, securing $150 million
in contracts on the U.S.
Space Station program. He began his career in 1975 at
Bendix Aerospace, where he served in engineering and marketing
assignments.
L-3
Communications SPAR Aerospace Limited
Spar
Aerospace - Wikipedia
Spar receives $5 million Engineering Contract
April 17, 2001
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=4522
TORONTO, April 17 - Toronto - Spar Aerospace Limited today
announced the award of a Department of National Defence contract to
prototype a CC-130 Hercules aircraft to incorporate improvements to the
aircraft's structure and electrical system. This program is a
continuation of several DND initiatives intended to sustain Canada's
CC-130 fleet throughout its operational life.
SPAR
New York-based maker of military-communications systems and flight-data
recorders
L3
SPAR
There is significant opportunity for pull-through sales of L-3's
high-end avionics products, including aviation recorders,
displays and Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance Systems (TCAS) and
transponders, L-3 officials say.
L-3 is offering to buy Members of Spar's board of directors are
unanimously recommending
The transaction to Spar shareholders, L-3 officials say. The offer is
expected to close by the end of 2001.
Of Spar's total revenues, approximately 75 percent are derived from
military customers, L-3 officials say.
December 6, 2000
Mark Gercenstein
9909 Windy Hollow Road
Great Falls, VA 22066
This letter will serve as confirmation of the termination of your
employment as
an officer and your position as a director from InterDigital
Communications
http://sec.edgar-online.com/2001/04/02/0000950116-01-000565/Section29.asp
Compensation Committee Report on Executive Compensation
http://sec.edgar-online.com/2001/04/30/0000950116-01-500086/Section5.asp
25 February 2004, 06:00 CST
Tachyon Networks Incorporated and Comsat International Partner on
Broadband Satellite Services in Mexico and Latin America
http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/46963/tachyon_networks_incorporated_and_comsat_international_partner_on_broadband_satellite/
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