Tim Wiegand

Tim Wiegand is a seasoned leader with over 30 years of experience in systems, networks, applications and operations and engineering within the international telecommunications marketplace. With extensive experience in customer relations, systems planning, operations and vendor management, Tim has developed and maintained successful operations organizations throughout his career. Tim leads UltiSat’s Engineering & Operations, IT, and Security teams.

Tim joined UltiSat from Tachyon Networks, where he served as Sr. VP of Operations. During his tenure at Tachyon, Tim was responsible for Tachyon’s Systems and Services worldwide, as well as IT and Facilities infrastructure. Under his leadership, Tachyon expanded its global reach with gateway deployments in Europe, Africa and Asia. He spearheaded Tachyon’s evolution from providing traditional VSAT services on their proprietary platform, to deploying and managing fixed, portable and mobile services worldwide on multiple industry leading platforms. Prior to Tachyon, Tim held several management positions at Sprint International/Global One and established and managed the first IS System Support group for the France Telecom, Deutsche Telekom & Sprint joint venture. Previous positions at Global One include Central Operations Engineering Support Manager where he was responsible for 24/7 operations and level-3 technical support for managed router and network systems, as well as Global Messaging Technical Support Manager where he was responsible for full life cycle management of global messaging network services.

Mr. Wiegand graduated from Millersville University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science.