Dr. Ernest Simo
CEO and Founder, Space2000 - Two-time NASA Astronaut Program Finalist

Dr Ernest Simo has, since the mid-eighties, conducted pioneering efforts in the field of Very Small Aperture Terminals (VSATs), Low Earth Orbiting satellite systems (LEOs), Personal Communications Services (PCS), and information Management. These key technologies are essential components of the Information Superhighway.

From 1983 to 1989, Dr. Simo conducted innovative Research and Development in the area of Satellite Communications. Results of his work are currently applied to hundreds of Satellite-based corporate networks around the world. During this period, he provided technical consulting and training to major Satellite Communications Companies in the USA, Europe and Latin America. Major clients included Hughes, AT&T, GTE, Scientific Atlanta, Marconi Space and Defense Systems. Dr. Simo was also senior consultant for Comsearch where he planned, designed, developed and integrated telecommunications systems.

Before joining Comsearch, he was a senior member of the technical staff at Hughes Network Systems where he specialized in Satellite system design and specification. His responsibilities also included Satellite Systems Definition, Optimization, and Performance Evaluation. From 1982 to 1983, Dr. Simo was employed by Plessey Telecommunications in Beeston England, Where he was a Principal Engineer and leader of several Satellite Communications projects for British Telecommunications International. He is also the first African to have made it twice to the final phase of the NASA Astronaut selection program.

Dr Simo has trained over 8,000 Telecommunications Executives, managers and Engineers in the United States and around the World. Currently, he is helping leading US Companies develop and launch the next generation of products and services in the areas of Advanced Wireless Communications and Information Management. From 1980 - 1982, he assisted the British Ministry of Defense in modeling special Communications Systems at VHF and UHF Bands. As a senior member of the George Washington University's Continuing Engineering Education Program (CEEP), Dr. Simo frequently lectured in the United States and Europe on advanced Satellite communications and Wireless Systems. He is the Author of a series of Books, videotapes and audiotapes of Satellite Communications, VSATs, and PCS Technologies. He received his PH.D in Electrical Engineering and Electronics from the University of Birmingham England, in 1983.