Management Team

As CEO of BridgeComm, Michael Abad-Santos is leading the architecture of a global communications infrastructure for an increasingly data-driven future.

BridgeComm is the only company that offers point-to-multipoint communications utilizing optical wireless communications (OWC). Its highly-mobile, rapidly-deployable multi-point optical laser communications solution enables humans and machines to connect with unlimited flexibility wherever data resides.

A 20-plus year telecommunications and satellite industry veteran, Michael joined BridgeComm in 2019 as senior vice president of business development and strategy. He has held a range of previous executive roles including chief commercial officer at TrustComm, and senior vice president, Americas, at LeoSat Enterprises, where he helped secure pre-series A investments of $20 million, two strategic investment partners and more than $2B in pre-launch contracts for commercial services. Prior to that, Michael also spent more than a decade at Inmarsat, holding several senior executive roles in its U.S. and Global government divisions.

Michael is also an independent board member of Gogo Business Aviation.