Kevin Cohen

Vice President, Business Development, New Ventures at Viasat

Speaker

Kevin Cohen serves as Commercial Director of the direct-to-device business at Viasat, Inc. He is responsible for the Company’s direct-to-device initiative, which utilize Viasat’s global L-band satellite network. This initiative is designed to provide consumers, enterprises and the automotive industry with connectivity options in cellular dead zones, utilizing standards based cellular solutions over satellite. During his 16-year tenure, he has held multiple positions from engineering to project and product management, business development and general manager for Viasat’s government systems and consumer services. In 2016, Kevin successfully launched Viasat’s Community Internet service across unserved and underserved communities across Nigeria, Mexico, Guatemala, and Brazil. Today, Viasat’s residential, government and Prepaid Internet offerings connect thousands of Latin American consumers to help close the region’s digital gap. Kevin studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan and earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from San Diego State University. He is fluent in Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese and speaks Turkish, Russian and French.