Patrick Sharkey

Patrick is a satellite systems engineering leader with expertise in adapting terrestrial mobile communications technology for use over satellite as well as the design and operation of large-scale multi-beam satellite communications networks.

Patrick has been at the Mobile Satellite Services Operator Inmarsat, which has now been acquired by Viasat, Inc.,  for the last 20 years in a variety of roles in Operations, Product Strategy, Research and Development covering ground-segment, user terminal and satellite network operations.

Prior to Inmarsat, Patrick was an engineering manager working on fixed and broadcast telecommunications satellite payloads at EADS Astrium (now Airbus Space and Defence).   Patrick holds an BSc and MSc in Physics from the University of Birmingham.