Technology >> CEO Interviews >> January 23, 2012
David E. Hershberg, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Globecomm Systems Inc., started his career in 1959 at ITT Defense Communications working on earth stations for the first active communications satellite carrier as well as many other early satellite programs. He founded ITT Space Communications, Inc. in 1968; Comtech, Inc. Systems Division in 1972; and Satellite Transmission Systems, Inc. in 1976. During his 18 years as President and CEO of Satellite Transmission Systems, Inc., the company became the global leader in the field of satellite communications ground station systems. Satellite Transmission Systems had annual sales in excess of $110 million, and an installed base of more than 1,000 major earth terminals installed. Under his leadership, the company was a 1992 winner of the New York State Exporter of the Year Award, and it became the first company in its field to achieve ISO 9001 certification. In addition to his duties at Satellite Transmission Systems, Mr. Hershberg also served as the President of the Satellite Communications Group of California Microwave Inc., which included responsibility for EF DATA, Inc. and CMI Mobile Products. Profile
TWST: Please give us a bit of history and an overview of Globecomm Systems.
Mr. Hershberg: We started the company in 1994. Several of us came to Globecomm (GCOM) from a company I had started in 1976,
