David Marshack
David Marshack became a director upon the commencement of the trading of our units on Nasdaq. Mr. Marshack is the Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of RKF Engineering Solutions, LLC (“RKF”), a Washington, DC — area engineering and regulatory consultancy focused on satellite communications, spectrum strategy, and interference analysis. He has more than 25 years of experience in telecommunications, wireless spectrum, and space-based networks. Since joining RKF in 2012, Mr. Marshack has led technical and regulatory programs for commercial, defense, and government clients, including work on satellite system design, international coordination, and spectrum allocation. He has directed engineering and policy support in Federal Communications Commission proceedings involving C-band, 6 GHz, and emerging non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) constellations; overseen development of coexistence and sharing studies to inform spectrum policy for terrestrial 5G and satellite systems; and advised on global market access strategies and International Telecommunication Union (ITU) regulatory filings. Mr. Marshack has served as a United States delegate to the ITU since 2007 and has participated in ITU and World Radiocommunication Conference processes addressing international spectrum allocation and satellite-terrestrial coexistence. He has appeared before U.S. regulators in matters related to satellite broadband and terrestrial coexistence and is a frequent technical contributor to national and international policy forums. For more than two decades, Mr. Marshack has advised commercial lenders, private equity sponsors, venture investors, and strategic acquirers on transactions involving satellite networks, spectrum assets, and hybrid terrestrial-satellite systems. His work has included technical and regulatory due diligence, assessment of interference and licensing risk, valuation of spectrum and market-access rights, and analysis of deployment feasibility for next-generation mobile satellite and broadband systems. In this role, he has supported spectrum and infrastructure investments and restructurings in the United States and internationally. Mr. Marshack is an inventor on 17 granted U.S. patents in areas including satellite beamforming, interference management, rain fade mitigation, hierarchical beam control, and hybrid network architectures that integrate satellite and terrestrial wireless capabilities. Mr. Marshack attended Middlebury College, where his studies focused on telecommunications and technology engineering.