In the beginning, we established criteria for people to become members of the Avaliant Team.  Each person has demonstrated character, integrity and compassion and has achieved world class success in their field.  The foundation of a high performance team is based upon the qualities of each team member.

Bob Bagshaw - President & Founder

Bob is accomplishment and team oriented. Areas of expertise include Business Management, Program Management, Technical Project Management, System Engineering, Network Engineering,  and Software Development with a focus on complex integrated systems. His experienced tracked the advancement of technology from Mainframe, to Mini to Mac to Networking to Space. He continues to learn and apply knowledge and skills developed through the career path and with every Avaliant project and client.,  His recognized broad technical and leadership skills contributed to significant accomplishments for each organization and continues in support to our clients.

Previous:  Teledesic, The Boeing Company, Apple Computer, Hewlett Packard, Mitre Corporation, US Army Field Station Augsburg

Education:  State University of New York - BS Computer Science

Dave Morse

Dave Morse is Vice President of Communication Systems with a broad range of expertise in systems engineering and the analysis and design of wireless and satellite communications systems. He has led engineering teams in the analysis and design of satellite payloads, RF communication systems, satellite system architectures, military training devices and wireless LANs.

Previous:  Teledesic, Boeing, Lockheed Martin

Education:  BS, MS and PhD degrees from the Colorado School of Mines.

David Patterson 

Dave Patterson is Avaliant’s Vice President and Chief Scientist.  He has over 40 years of management, system engineering and design experience in leading-edge wireless and satellite communications systems and networks. As first employee, Vice President and Chief Architect of Teledesic he led the initial architecture and design of the “Internet-in-the-Sky” system: a global broadband network employing a constellation of packet-switched satellites interconnected by inter-satellite links.

Previous:  Teledesic, AutoPath Systems, American Telecorp, SPRINT, TRW, ITT, Le Matériel Téléphonique, and ATT Bell Labs

Education:  BA in Mathematics from Hendrix College; BSEE from Columbia University; MSEE from University California at Berkeley

Paul Palmiter

Paul Palmiter is Vice President of Systems Engineering with an extensive background in that field, as well as Engineering and Program Management.  His specialty is satellites and communications systems. He has been responsible for design, implementation, and operations of space and terrestrial systems.  Mr. Palmiter has considerable experience working with the Legal, Financial, and Marketing departments of companies to coordinate technical and business concerns.  

Previous:  Teledesic, Iridium, COMSAT, Advanced Radio Telecom

Education:  BSEE from the University of Maryland

Mark Taylor 

Mark Taylor is Vice President of Network Engineering with a background in telecommunications, network architecture, system design, modeling and development. He has led technical teams in the design and development of data networks, network management systems and wireless data technologies.  He led the team that created the technical standards for Cellular Digital Packet Data (CDPD), the first widespread IP-based wireless WAN o­n behalf of the North American cellular industry. He also led the team that built AT&T’s first wireless data network and is the first person to have sent and received e-mail via a North American cellular-based network. 

Previous:  Teledesic, Motorola, McCaw Cellular, AT&T Bell Lab, United Airlines, AT&T Wireless 

Education:  B.A. in Mathematics and Physics from Augustana College, Illinois; M.S. degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science.

Steve Bliesner

Steve Bliesner is a Principal Software Engineer with broad expertise in both systems engineering and software development. He has developed software models for satellite capacity, coverage and traffic.  He has extensive experience regarding service oriented architecture (SOA), enterprise service bus (ESB) and distributed system design.

Previous:  Teledesic, Boeing

Education:  BSEE from Washington State University; MBA from Seattle University; MSCSE from the University of Washington

Phil Horkin

Phil Horkin is a Principal Systems Engineer with a broad range of expertise in the analysis, design, and development of satellite payloads, communications systems, and system architectures. He has led product development teams for a variety of satellite payloads, and RF and Optical communication systems. Many orbiting satellites carry his designs.

Previous:  Teledesic, Motorola, Hughes, Lockheed Martin

Education:  BSEE from Drexel University in Philadelphia