Vice President for Product Development, SES Networks
Dr. Ashok Kolar Rao is the Vice President for Product Development at SES Networks where he is involved in developing smart antennas and novel signal processing techniques for user terminals with the help of industrial partners. He is also involved in developing the system architecture for the SES Global Inflight Connectivity offering. Prior to assuming his role at SES, Ashok was responsible for Product Management and Development at O3b Networks which was acquired by SES in 2016. He holds seven patents in the fields of video processing, satellite networking and IP multicast and has authored or co-authored more than 20 journal and conference publications.