Ken Peterman, Executive Advisory Board Member, Phemotron Systems Corporation.

A distinguished leader in Technology, Defense & Aerospace, Ken Peterman has helped shape the strategic landscape in space, satellite communications, mobile networking, cybersecurity, and C4 defense technology sectors through successful tenures as Board Chairman, President/CEO and VP/GM of several top technology companies.

Ken Peterman is Founder and CEO of The SpyGlass Group, a respected thought leader in emerging defense and aerospace market trends. Since 2012, TheSpyGlass Group has worked primarily with industry and Government leaders to recognize and exploit market convergences and technology inflections to create advantage, as well as with small and mid-size businesses to formulate effective strategies to optimize performance, maximize growth, increase new market penetration, and execute challenging business transformation and turnaround agendas.

As Comtech Chairman, President and CEO (2022-2024), Ken led transformational change while reversing the curve of multi-year decline in financial performance by creating double digit sales revenue growth with profitability growing even faster than sales. Upon joining the Board as an independent director in May 2022, Ken was later elected Chairman, and then became President and CEO in August 2022. With sales well under $500M/year, under Ken’s leadership, Comtech expanded into several market adjacencies and grew sales trajectory to well over $600M/year in just 18 months, becoming an emerging market leader in space and satellite communications and terrestrial and wireless network infrastructures by exploiting several market convergencies and technology inflections in the satellite and space technolog sector.

As President, Viasat Government Systems (2013-2021), Ken led a world class satellite communications, mobile networking and cybersecurity portfolio recognized as the fastest organically growing US defense company six consecutive years. Viasat (sales ~$2.5B/yr) employs over 6,500 professional and support personnel worldwide. Viasat produces satellite payloads and ground infrastructure, satellite terminals, networked data links and cybersecurity solutions that provide high speed, assured, secure global communications serving both the commercial and government sectors. Viasat’s government business is a market leader in tactical networking and Link-16 data links, information assurance and cybersecurity assured satellite communications and air/ground situational awareness.

As Vice President, Collins Aerospace (1999-2007), Ken led integrated Command, Control and Communications (C3) systems (sales ~$600M/yr) and Displays and Awareness Systems (sales ~$450M/yr). In these positions, responsibilities included general management of facilities in 5 states plus the United Kingdom. The C3 Systems portfolio included special mission communications systems, information assurance and cryptographic systems, mobile networking solutions, electronic warfare systems, and MILSTAR satellite communications systems. The Displays portfolio included head-down displays for all types of military ground, vehicular and aerospace platforms, 

head-up displays for tactical fighter and trainer aircraft, and helmet-mounted vision systems for tactical fighter aircraft and for soldier systems serving the US and worldwide market

As Magnavox, Hughes Aircraft and Raytheon (1979-1999) Director, various business units, where he managed a variety of products and systems portfolios serving the global defense communications market. He holds a BSEE (high honors) from Tri-State University (now Trine), augmented by executive education at Pennsylvania State University and Stanford University. Industry leadership includes roles as chairman of the Indiana Aerospace and Defense Council and membership in the National Defense Industry Association, the Association of the United 

States Army, the Association of the United States Air Force, the Satellite Industry Association and other professional organizations.