Experience

Intelsat

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• SVP, Technology and Innovation

  • Mar 2023 - Present

• Vice President, Systems Innovation

  • May 2020 - Mar 2023


OneWeb, Ltd
• United Kingdom
• Hospitality
• Chief Systems Engineer

  • Aug 2016 - May 2020


Skjei Telecom, Inc.

• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder/Vice President, Engineering

  • Oct 1995 - Aug 2016

  Carmel Ortiz has been extensively involved with the design and implementation of satellite communication networks, broadcast technologies, and IT systems for the majority of her career. Her engineering expertise is coupled with in-depth project management experience involving highly-technical, mission-critical systems and services. As the firm's primary consultant on projects requiring in-depth analysis and design capabilities, she has provided life-cycle systems engineering, design, and project management support to numerous commercial and government clients. Responsibilities: > Management of all aspects of professional engineering services delivery including business development, staffing, technical project execution, quality assurance, client relationships. > Management lead of multi-disciplinary teams in the technical execution of complex engineering projects on behalf of numerous commercial and government clients. > Responsible for corporate governance, including human resources, employee benefits, shareholder relations, stock bonus program, while maintaining high degree of billability on client projects. Corporate Governance Achievements: > Established a Federal government consulting practice which grew to comprise majority of Skjei Telecom revenue. > Performed marketing and business development activities with commercial and government clients, resulting in sustained corporate profitability for >20 consecutive years. > Established collaborative, long-term strategic partnerships to maximize service delivery reach, allowing Skjei Telecom to operate as a prime contractor or subcontractor. > Established and maintained Skjei Telecom’s General Services Administration (GSA) Professional Engineering Services (PES) contract; consistently earning an EXCEPTIONAL vendor Report Card rating and earned 12 consecutive option year renewals from GSA. Show less



GE Americom

• Technical Marketing Engineer

  • Jun 1994 - Oct 1995

  Provided technical sales support for interactive Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) and business television (BTV) sales opportunities throughout Latin America; configured and priced hub and VSAT hardware, satellite space segment, and maintenance and support plans, based on customer network topology and data traffic requirements. Provided technical sales support for interactive Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) and business television (BTV) sales opportunities throughout Latin America; configured and priced hub and VSAT hardware, satellite space segment, and maintenance and support plans, based on customer network topology and data traffic requirements.



GTE Spacenet Corporation

• Telecommunications

• Systems Engineer/Sales Engineer

  • Jan 1991 - Jun 1994

  As part of the Product Development team, participated in the design and development of a satellite-based, multi-channel, compressed digital video, business television (BTV) service, using commercial direct-to-home video compression technology. Was the lead engineering for the design and implementation of a user-friendly broadcast scheduling interface to the BTV service. • Ms. Ortiz was awarded GTE Corporation’s prestigious Leslie Warner Award for her contributions to development of the BTV service. Show less



GTE Corporation

• Telecommunications

• Engineer, Associate Development Program

  • Aug 1989 - Jan 1991

  Hired as an Engineer in GTE's Associate Development Program, an 18-month rotational program designed to expose future corporate leaders to a diverse sampling of GTE's business units in various geographical locations. Performed a wide range of engineering functions during three, 6-month rotational assignments, including research in neural-network systems, PBX sales engineering, and development of an ISDN-to-Satellite disaster recovery switching system. Hired as an Engineer in GTE's Associate Development Program, an 18-month rotational program designed to expose future corporate leaders to a diverse sampling of GTE's business units in various geographical locations. Performed a wide range of engineering functions during three, 6-month rotational assignments, including research in neural-network systems, PBX sales engineering, and development of an ISDN-to-Satellite disaster recovery switching system.