Mr. Brown is responsible for the Hosted Payload business at Intelsat General and leads a team which integrates dedicated government communications, navigation, sensor and scientific systems aboard Intelsat spacecraft. Recent successes include the Cisco “IP Router in Space” payload on Intelsat IS-14, launched in November 2009, and the largest hosted payload contract awarded to date. This contract, with the Australian Defence Force (ADF), will provide critical tactical communications upon launch in 2012.  Mr. Brown leads the team which is delivering the UHF hosted payload and its associated ground systems monitoring component to the ADF. The payload will fly on the Intelsat IS-22 spacecraft built by Boeing. Mr. Brown’s team has performed study contracts with the U.S. Government, including “IP Router in Space” (2006), “Space Based Local Area Networks” (2008), “MILSATCOM Commercial Architecture Options” (2010).

Mr. Brown has more than 20 years’ experience in satellite communications and digital distribution systems. Prior to the merger of Intelsat and PanAmSat in 2006, Mr. Brown was Vice President of DoD Systems at PanAmSat’s G2 Satellite Solutions. Mr. Brown has held senior positions with Quincy Jones’ QRadio, American Mobile Satellite Corp., and in the Satellite Systems Division of Federal Express Corporation. He also was the co-founder of USA Today Sky Radio, the first provider of live broadcast satellite services to the airlines.

Mr. Brown has served on the Satellite Task Force of the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee to the President of the United States and has served as Co-Chair of the Government Services Working Group of the Satellite Industry Association. He is a graduate of Princeton University and is a frequent speaker on commercial satellite operations and national security.

Recent articles about the work of Mr. Brown and the hosted payload team at Intelsat include “Intelsat, Australia Sign 15-Year Deal” (The Wall Street Journal, April 28, 2009), “UHF Agreement Shows Potential of Partnerships” (Space News Editorial, May 10, 2010), “Hitching a Ride: the Rise of Hosted Payloads” (Satellite Finance, May 2009), and “IP Routing Takes One Giant Leap into Space” (Defense News, December 4, 2009). Mr. Brown co-authored a series of editorials in Space News entitled “Re-thinking the Relationship: Government and Commercial Space” in Space News throughout 2008.