Carmel Ortiz

Carmel Ortiz is a seasoned engineering leader with over 30 years of experience in the telecommunications, satellite, and digital media industries. As the Senior Vice President of Technology and Innovation at Intelsat, she leads the ideation, design, and development of transformative technology initiatives – including space, ground, and artificial intelligence systems – that reshape Intelsat’s service offerings.

Before joining Intelsat, Carmel served as Vice President and Chief Systems Engineer at OneWeb, where she was responsible for the end-to-end system design and performance of its low-earth orbit (LEO) broadband communication system. Prior to OneWeb, she co-founded Skjei Telecom, a technology consulting firm specializing in satellite communications, where she developed large-scale, mission-critical systems for both commercial and federal clients.

Earlier in her career, Carmel held various engineering roles at GTE Corporation, GTE Spacenet, and GE Americom. She is currently a Board Member of the Digital IFL (DIFI) Consortium and serves on the Alumni Advisory Board for the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). A graduate of Georgia Tech with a BS in Electrical Engineering, Carmel was inducted into its Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni in 2022.