Who we are

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Industry knowledge
Ronald has over 20 years of mobile satellite industry knowledge, serving global mobile communities on land, in the air and at sea, with a deep understanding of maritime industry from a perspective of digitalisation driving operational efficiency and new business models with respect to decarbonisation/fuel transition, IOT, crew communication, safety and (cyber)security.

Stakeholder engagement
Ronald is regularly speaker at maritime industry forums around the world, appeared in Lloyds List Top 100 of most influential people in the shipping industry for several years, for taking a leading role on digitalisation in the industry, ranking #22 in 2020 and was awarded the Smart4Sea Leadership Award of the year in Athens, Greece in 2021. He served as a Member of the Board of Advisors for the London International Shipping Week (LISW) in 2021 and maintains long term relationships with many of the worlds owners and/or C-level management of maritime communications- and digital services companies.

Commercial leadership
Ronald has been a Business Unit President for a large satellite operator for 10 years, most recently (last 6 years) responsible for their Maritime business. He successfully managed a globally spread organisation and its maritime portfolio through a generational transition, driving marketshare with the new portfolio in a fast changing global environment by establishing thought leadership in the target market.

Strategy
Ronald articulates a clear vision, based on which uniting empowered teams behind a solid commercial strategy and an effective set of bottom line driving KPI’s by consistently connecting the dots between the ‘why’, the ‘who’ and the ‘what’ for his teams and the wider stakeholders community.