Astranis Hires New CCO Doug Abts

San Francisco, Calif., January 1, 2023 - Doug Abts, formerly a senior executive at Viasat, has been hired by Astranis as its new Chief Commercial Officer.

After graduating from Stanford, Doug started his career as an Operations Officer in the US Navy SEAL Teams, so he knows a thing or two about how to lead high-performance teams in dynamic environments. During those years of service, Doug headed global activities for a 300-person Navy SEAL Team, leading multiple successful overseas operations, and was ranked as the #1 Lieutenant on the West Coast.

Doug then earned his MBA at Harvard Business School and transitioned to the private sector, ultimately becoming a Corporate Vice President at engineering company SAIC, and then a Senior Vice President at satellite services provider Viasat. Notably, Doug served as General Manager for the Viasat Global Enterprise and Mobility business, which he led from an early stage effort to a market-leading business with a multi-hundred million dollar run-rate. Doug also led Viasat’s most significant M&A efforts in its history, with transactions totalling in the billions of dollars.

“Doug brings a breadth of experience to the Astranis senior leadership team, directly applicable to the task of scaling a satellite services business. We are excited to see what Doug accomplishes in the years to come — because those accomplishments will matter for the Astranis business, of course, but they will mean even more for the millions of people who will get access to affordable broadband internet for the first time,” said John Gedmark, Co founder and CEO of Astranis.