Sergio Knust
Head Satellite Portfolio & Planning at Sencinet- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Sencinet
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Brazil
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Telecommunications
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300 - 400 Employee
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Head Satellite Portfolio & Planning
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Sep 2020 - Present
Lead satellite network portfolio, network planning and engineering, with Latin America regional responsibility. Lead teams responsible for developing new satellite products, drive network rationalization, including Teleports and space segments Lead satellite network portfolio, network planning and engineering, with Latin America regional responsibility. Lead teams responsible for developing new satellite products, drive network rationalization, including Teleports and space segments
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BT Group
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United Kingdom
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Telecommunications
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700 & Above Employee
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Regional Manager Planning & Engineering
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Nov 1999 - Sep 2020
Lead BT Latin America satellite resources planning & design Focused on optimizing and rationalizing teleport and satellite capacity utilization BT network encompasses five teleports, 40.000 sites and over 1GHz of leased capacity. Sales engineering support to major deals, including networks such as CEF (Brazil), KVD (Colombia), Walmart (Mexico) Lead BT Latin America satellite resources planning & design Focused on optimizing and rationalizing teleport and satellite capacity utilization BT network encompasses five teleports, 40.000 sites and over 1GHz of leased capacity. Sales engineering support to major deals, including networks such as CEF (Brazil), KVD (Colombia), Walmart (Mexico)
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Iridium
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United States
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Telecommunications
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400 - 500 Employee
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Transmission Manager
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Nov 1996 - Nov 1999
Focused on implementation of the the Gateway Technical Office structure and staffing, composed of 29 staff members. Development and definition of the operational model/procedures for the South American Gateway. Representative of South America in the Iridium Global Operations Committee Meetings in Phoenix, US. Interface and focal point for Equipment vendors and Motorola (System Vendor). Focused on implementation of the the Gateway Technical Office structure and staffing, composed of 29 staff members. Development and definition of the operational model/procedures for the South American Gateway. Representative of South America in the Iridium Global Operations Committee Meetings in Phoenix, US. Interface and focal point for Equipment vendors and Motorola (System Vendor).
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Embratel
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Brazil
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Telecommunications
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Systems Engineer
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Sep 1994 - Sep 1996
Engineering for the Tanguá and Morungaba International Earth Stations. Representative of Brazil, Portugal and Uruguay in the INTELSAT Board of Governors Advisory Committee on Technical Matter (BG/T) and coordination of the team supporting the BG/T. Coordination of the Ministry of Communications Radio communication Committee for issues related to ITU-R Working Party - 4B. Engineering for the Tanguá and Morungaba International Earth Stations. Representative of Brazil, Portugal and Uruguay in the INTELSAT Board of Governors Advisory Committee on Technical Matter (BG/T) and coordination of the team supporting the BG/T. Coordination of the Ministry of Communications Radio communication Committee for issues related to ITU-R Working Party - 4B.
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Intelsat
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United States
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Telecommunications
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700 & Above Employee
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Systems Engineer – Young Profession Program
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May 1990 - Jul 1991
Technical analysis and assessment of interference in support of intersystem coordination activities of INTELSAT and non-INTELSAT satellites. Implementation and Testing of Interference Analysis Software. Conduction of analytical studies performed by the Intersystem Coordination Office in conjunction with the INTELSAT Labs. Technical analysis and assessment of interference in support of intersystem coordination activities of INTELSAT and non-INTELSAT satellites. Implementation and Testing of Interference Analysis Software. Conduction of analytical studies performed by the Intersystem Coordination Office in conjunction with the INTELSAT Labs.
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Embratel
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Brazil
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Telecommunications
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700 & Above Employee
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System Engineer
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Jan 1987 - May 1990
Development of frequency and transmission plans for digital networks of the SBTS (Brazilian Satellite Telecommunications System), taking into account all sorts of contributions to the satellite link, and defining the transmission parameters associated with the services under consideration. Software development and implementation for satellite link budget calculations considering a wide variety of transmission impairments, using various programming languages. Intersystem coordination meetings on behalf of EMBRATEL Participation in the team responsible for the generation of BRASILSAT B Payload specifications. ITU-R Geneva – Switzerland. Member of the Brazilian Delegation responsible for carrying out studies related to Fixed Satellite Services. Show less
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Education
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FGV
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management, General -
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro
Master Degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering -
Universidade Federal Fluminense
Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering