Microwave Technologies, LLC, a manufacturer of highly efficient Solid State Power Amplifiers (SSPAs) and Block Upconverters (BUCs) has named Alex Fitzgerald as the new Regional Vice President of Sales for the Europe, Middle East, and Africa Region (EMEA).
Mission Microwave has established an industry leading market presence with customers in the U.S. and has built a globally recognized brand of solid state amplifiers used in satellite communications networks. This expansion of the company’s sales team will generate new opportunities for customers to use the company’s SSPAs in the growing EMEA markets. Recent products focused on this market include high power SSPA designs used to replace legacy traveling wave tube amplifiers up to 1000 watts for gateways and broadcast hubs.
Mr. Fitzgerald holds an MBA from the University of Essex and has more than 20 years of experience working with satellite industry customers supplying SATCOM solutions. His expertise has predominantly focused on both the digital and RF products used in satellite Earth stations, gateways and VSAT terminals. Most recently, Alex worked for Comtech Telecommunications, where he served as Vice President of Sales covering the EMEA region, supporting both commercial and government customers.
Steve Richeson, Mission Microwave’s Vice President of Sales and Marketing, said, “We are delighted to welcome Mr. Alex Fitzgerald to Mission Microwave as Vice President of Sales EMEA. Alex’s experience in winning the confidence of customers by advising them on highly complex technology choices is very much in line with our history of working closely with custo mers to bring the most reliable and advanced solid state amplifiers to solve our customers most challenging system design opportunities. Alex’s presence within the region will make it easier for customers and partners to work with Mission Microwave on the state of the art challenges that define todays SATCOM market.”
Alex Fitzgerald said, “I am honored to join the team at Mission Microwave. Since their inception, the company has demonstrated continual product innovation ingenuity by pushing the RF boundar ies of what is possible with GaN BUC BUC’s SSPASSPA’s. Their product leadership and proven reliability has gained them an enviable reputation throughout the industry as being the go to company for the supply of BUC’s and SSPA’s across multiple frequency bands an d power levels, and I relish the opportunity to increase their presence throughout the EMEA region.”