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Highly experienced multidisiplinary telecom team.

Curvalux Leadership

Satellite solutions involve leading-edge, energy-sustainable and affordable products in order to operate in the harshest environments and deliver essential services for years.

Merging our team's telecom, broadband and satellite expertise allows us to manufacture state-of-the-art products for the FWA industry.

Thomas Choi

Founder and Executive Chairman

Tom is Chairman of Airspace Internet Exchange and a well-respected veteran and entrepreneur in the satellite and RF wireless communications industries. As a former Satellite Executive of the Year in 2012, he was honored with induction into Satellite Hall of Fame in 2017. Prior to founding Curvalux, Tom was founder of Speedcast and ABS with earlier management stints at Hughes Communications and Rockwell International.

Richard Pak

Chief Executive Officer

Richard is the CEO of Airspace Internet Exchange and Curvalux. He has spent more than 25 years as an entrepreneur and senior executive in the IT, Telecom and Satellite sectors. Richard is also one of the original pioneers of internet broadcasting and streaming technologies at Broadcast.com and Yahoo! along with his most recent role as Chief Development Officer at ABS, a global satellite operator.

Philippe Cahen

Board Member, Finance Advisor

With over three decades of extensive experience in banking, telecommunications, and finance, Philippe is a seasoned professional currently serving as Director at CIM Banque S.A. in Switzerland and holding key roles as a Board Member of Curvalux. His diverse expertise spans various sectors, where he was most recently held the position as the Managing Director at GT Satellite Systems S.A. (a telecommunications company) and Continental Finance Group S.A. Prior to this, Philippe was the Senior Vice President of IMI International S.A Bank Holding company and Manager of Finances for Société Anonyme des Minerais (Anglo-American Corporation). Beyond his corporate endeavors, Philippe is currently serving as the Honorary Consul of Mongolia in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg since 2009.

Charlie Lee

Chief Financial Officer

Prior to joining Curvalux, Charlie was the Managing Partner of Lee Capital Partners, an advisory and consultancy firm focused on private equity investments, cross border M&A, and capital structure advisory. Charlie also founded JPMorgan’s investment banking capital structure and ratings advisory practice in New York and was head of the Asia Pacific region for the practice based in Hong Kong. Charlie has a BS and MBA in Finance from New York University Stern School of Business.

Dr Junaid Syed

SVP, Engineering & Operations

Junaid is veteran and expert in microwave antenna design, wireless communications development and innovation commercialization. As a former member of ETSI TM4 committee and FWCC/FCC, he assisted in the development of new regulatory standards for antennas. He is actively involved with key MNOs in US, EU, ME, Asia and Africa to advise their transmission teams on modernizing networks. He is also Associate Professor at National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) Pakistan and Associate Adjunct Professor at Michigan State University. His most recent roles were leading the microwave business of CommScope and Rosenberger.
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Kent Scholla

Chief Marketing Officer

Kent leads Curvalux's marketing efforts and is based out of New York City.

Previously, Kent led sales and advertising marketing for Informa, PLC, a publicly-traded B2B digital advertising, publishing, business intelligence, and exhibitions group based in London. Kent also was Head of Digital Marketing for two ed-tech start-ups where his teams managed brand marketing, demand generation, email automation, SMS/text and mobile app campaigns, social media, and PR efforts.

Aldine Ringor

SVP, Engineering

Aldine has over 20 years experience in the telecommunication industry in the fields of network engineering, operations, and program management. He has led teams that design, implement, and operate ground infrastructure required for TT&C, broadcast and commercial services to include teleports, service platforms, and terrestrial networks. Aldine has held roles at AirSpaceIX, and was a pioneer at ABS, SpeedCast and ASIX Teleport.

Paul Firth

Head of UK and General Counsel

Paul is a senior commercial lawyer with over 35 years post-qualification experience. His background before joining Curvalux was primarily working in major commercial law firms in the UK and held a number of senior management positions; including a role as the UK Managing Partner for DLA Piper. In 2020 Paul helped establish Curvalux’s UK based business in Sheffield. His role is to advise and have an oversight on all legal issues and legal requirements for Curvalux and to manage the running of the UK business.

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