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Mark Sturza provides consulting expertise in the design, development, analysis, and regulation of communications systems. Areas of specialization include: satellite communication systems, microwave radio systems, radio navigation systems, spread spectrum systems, and international and domestic regulatory support.

Mark has been a member of the founding technical teams of several venture companies, including TrueSpan’s digital video broadcast receiver chipsets, Menache’s RF motion capture system, Teledesic’s broadband LEO satellite system, PlatinumIP’s communications system IP, Leo One’s NVNG MSS satellite system, and Angel Technology’s HALO platform. He has also been a key contributor to NAVSYS Corporation’s GPS products, and SiRF Technology’s GPS and wireless chipsets. For the past seventeen years, he has been President of 3C Systems Company, which he founded to provide consulting expertise in the design, development, analysis, and regulation of communications systems.

Mark’s prior industry experience includes senior engineering management and technical positions at Teledyne, Magnavox, and Litton, where he worked on advanced projects for guidance systems and GPS. Mark was a member of the Board of Directors of NAVSYS Corporation, of PlatinumIP Corporation, and of Social Fabric Corporation. He holds twenty one patents in communications system design, with several additional patents pending, and has presented over 30 technical papers.

Mark has a BS in Applied Mathematics from the California Institute of Technology, a MSEE from the University of Southern California, and a MBA from Pepperdine University. He is a Senior Member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, a Member of the IEEE, and holds memberships in the Institute of Navigation, the Pacific Telecommunications Council, the Association for Computing Machinery, the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, and the American Mathematical Society. Mark holds a General Radiotelephone Operator License.