The final Thursday Morning Conversation (TMC) features Comtech‘s new President and CEO John Ratigan about a big year for Comtech in 2024 and a look out at the road ahead in 2025. Ratigan is an industry veteran and has worked for a number of big ground players and comes full circle (having previously been at Comtech EF Data) as the new CEO of Comtech.

It is an exciting time for Comtech with new product releases, management changes, as well as a major strategic shift to divest its terrestrial and wireless businesses to become a ‘pure play’ satellite business. As we enter a more multi-orbit and fragmented satellite world, the onus will be on the likes of technology providers like Comtech to come up with the solutions that power satellite networks, both government and commercial.

For Comtech, it is about new beginnings. For Ratigan, it is about coming back and leading the company into a successful new era. A great way to end another year of TMCs.

Via Satellite‘s Thursday Morning Conversations feature casual conversations with top executives and all-stars in the satellite community. In addition to what’s happening in the business of satellite, TMCs dig into what’s happening outside the office. Favorite TV show, first music concert, preferred late night snack — nothing is off the table in Thursday Morning Conversations! Catch up on all of the previous Via Satellite TMCs right here.