With more than 25 years of experience in both telecommunications and space business, Willy Guilleux joined the Global Government Services Business Line of Eutelsat in October 2016. In his current position within the Connectivity Business Unit of the Eutelsat Group, he is heading the business development activities addressing the Government and Defence communities to deliver Eutelsat GEO and OneWeb LEO satcom services for their mission-critical connectivity needs worldwide.
Before Eutelsat, Willy spent 7 years at Airbus Defence and Space where he eventually got promoted to Head of the Western Europe Sales and Business Development team for the Secure Communications sector of the Connected Intelligence Business Line.
Prior to joining Airbus Defence and Space, Willy was for 9 years at Arianespace, the European space launch services provider, where he was Marketing Director in charge of marketing, business development and market analysis within the Commercial Directorate of Arianespace.
Willy also worked for 6 years within Lucent Technologies (now Nokia Alcatel Lucent) in its Wireless Access Systems Business Unit. He held numerous commercial and field operations positions in the EMEA and Asia-Pacific regions, where he also led Technical Sales Support teams for delivering offers to telecommunication operators in these regions.
Willy is a former auditor in Defence Policies from the French Institute of Defence Studies (IHEDN). He graduated in Telecommunications Engineering from Telecom Bretagne (IMT Atlantique) in Brest, France, and post-graduated in Radio Telecommunications from ETSIT in Barcelona, Spain. Willy also has a MSc degree in EEA (Electronics - Electricity - Automatism) from Rennes I University, France, as well as a Certification in Business Financing from HEC Business School in Jouy-en-Josas, France.
Speaking
18September
11:45 / 12:45
Bibliothèque
Session
The Next Frontiers of Space-based Connectivity in Support of Military Missions
