SENIOR MANAGEMENT
XTAR's leadership is comprised of a highly qualified team of individuals who represent decades of experience in the development and operation of innovative and diverse satellite communications systems. Collectively, the senior management team possesses extensive military backgrounds with a history of turning government requirements into innovative commercial communications solutions.
Philip Harlow - President and Chief Operating Officer
As the President and Chief Operating Officer, Philip Harlow is driving XTAR’s business and operational growth to fulfill the company’s strategic mission. Mr. Harlow focuses on creating new business opportunities while maintaining the company’s competitive positioning at the forefront of the government, military and civil satellite communications business. As leader of the management team, Philip has developed new company and performance objectives and is accountable for all of XTAR’s critical engineering, operations, marketing and sales initiatives.
Mr. Harlow honed his management skills at DRS Technical Services as Vice President of Engineering and Technology, leading their satellite, terrestrial and enterprise network development. Previous to this position, Philip led engineering, business development and sales engineering for several satellite operators serving customers worldwide. Prior to XTAR, Mr. Harlow was Chief Technology Officer for CapRock Communications where he drove all aspects of engineering, IT, infrastructure development, new product management and strategic planning.
Mr. Harlow holds an honors degree in electronic systems engineering from the Royal Military College of Science and an MS in systems engineering from George Washington University.
Robert McDade - Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
As Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Mr. McDade is responsible for XTAR's financial management and direction. This includes preparing and presenting financial and other key business results and developing annual and long-term strategic plans for the company's executive management team and partners.
Before joining XTAR Mr. McDade headed Loral Space & Communications' Business Review operations and played a key role in linking each business division with corporate management, providing recommendations on future operations for each division. Previously, Mr. McDade held several management positions in the technology and manufacturing sectors where he applied his expertise to financial reporting and analysis, strategic planning, budgeting and project management.
Mr. McDade graduated from the State University of New York College at Old Westbury with a Bachelor's degree in Business Management. He has also begun coursework for an MBA at Long Island University, C.W. Post.
Andrew Ruszkowski - Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing
As the Vice President of global sales and marketing programs, Andrew Ruszkowski provides strategic leadership to expand XTAR's sales opportunities and to re-invigorate its brand visibility in new markets worldwide. Mr. Ruszkowski’s objective is to realize XTAR's potential for achieving the goals laid out in the National Space Security Policy and Strategy in conjunction with the U.S. DoD and other agencies. As part of the management team, Andrew plays a key role in all interaction with the USG, including sales, business development, and policy matters and is also very involved in XTAR's fleet development to support current and anticipated government and military requirements.
Mr. Ruszkowski entered the satellite industry by managing PanAmSat’s VSAT and business networks, and then joined News Skies Satellites as Director of Sales to focus on the Internet market. Subsequently, he directed the sales team focused on the U.S. government, telecom carriers and Internet service providers (ISPs). Prior to XTAR, Mr. Ruszkowski led the SES World Skies North American sales team.
Mr. Ruszkowski holds a BA degree in world politics from The Catholic University and an MA in international affairs from American University.
James Chambers - Vice President, Engineering
As the vice president of Engineering, Mr. Chambers is responsible for managing XTAR’s satellite and terrestrial resources to support government missions as efficiently as possible. Additionally, he helps strategically plan for future capabilities to support XTAR’s growth and develops solutions to meet XTAR customers’ unique engineering requirements.
Mr. Chambers came to XTAR from DRS Technical Services where he lead the engineering team responsible for the full life cycle of satellite, terrestrial and hybrid communication networks for military and other government customers. Previously he held several senior engineering positions with various satellite network providers designing and implementing both satellite and hybrid satellite/terrestrial communications networks.
Mr. Chambers graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering. He also has a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University.
