Don Vonk

Don joined TerreStar Solutions Inc. early in 2020, overseeing day-to-day Network Operations of the Allan Park Gateway, while supporting engineering during network upgrades, changes, and improvements.

Don has nearly four decades’ experience operating and maintaining satellite earth stations and gateways. He is familiar with all of the technical and operational aspects of satellite communications, having started his career at Telesat, where he rose to become Manager of the Toronto Teleport (Telesat’s largest gateway, operating dozens of critical uplink services across multiple satellite payloads). At Telesat, Don was also responsible for a Hughes VSAT hub and critical facilities such as UPS/generators, and RF transmitters. Later, while at Star Choice/Shaw Direct, Don managed over a dozen remote gateway/uplinks across Canada and was responsible for satellite service engineering, and service migrations across new satellites and new products/technologies as Shaw’s Principal Satellite Architect.