Speaker Details
David McCourt
CEO, Skyware Global
For over 25 years, David McCourt has been an innovator, entrepreneur, and business leader across the construction, communications, and media industries. Mr McCourt is a telecoms veteran with many accolades to his name, including creating America's first competitive phone company, Corporate Communications Network, a cable company, and a traditional phone company. The Economist has already described him as having impeccable credentials as a telecom revolutionary . He was also the first person to receive an award from the White House recognising extraordinary accomplishments by private sector businesses (presented to him by President Reagan), he has been an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, and he has been a contributor to numerous publications including the Financial Times. In 2009, he formed Satellite Holdings, a partnership between his private investment firm Granahan McCourt Capital and The Edgewater Funds, as a vehicle to acquire and consolidate companies in the satellite industry. Having completed three acquisitions in 2009, Satellite Holdings has quickly and quietly become the world's leader in satellite communications terminal equipment. Mr McCourt serves as CEO of Satellite Holdings and its operating entity Skyware Global - the world's first total solutions provider of satellite antennas.
