Vice President of Emerging Technologies and Business Development at Globalstar

Biography

Vice President of Emerging Technologies and Business Development. As Vice President, Emerging Technologies, Chris Gray will be identifying and leading new product initiatives across a broad range of vertical markets. Chris has been with the Company since 2014. Before joining Globalstar Mr. Gray worked at Globe Wireless, a Satellite reseller company specialized in the maritime sector, for 16 years in various roles including Project Management, Marketing and managing Customer Care.

Speaking Topics

Satellite IoT – Going Beyond the Terrestrial Networks

The talk will be around how Satellite is a critical component to enabling global IoT coverage and strategies going forward, and that not as a sales pitch, but in general they are small and more affordable than most people realize. The coverage with limitations on their use but advantages over other terrestrial solutions that make sense. I will cover some use cases of tracking containers, working with new opportunities in Oil and Gas incorporating RFID and Satellite technologies together, our current partners tracking cattle and other animals using both a satellite ear tag and collar solution.