Director of Marketing, Teledesic LLC

Dan Kohn is the Director of Marketing of Teledesic LLC, where he is responsible for Teledesic’s service definition and works to articulate its public message. He manages Teledesic’s competitive positioning and marketing communications and works to advance the company’s industrial, distribution, and regulatory activities.

Dan was the co-founder and CEO of NetMarket, one of the first
Internet companies. NetMarket set up the first music CD store on the Internet and conducted the first secure commercial transaction on the World Wide Web. He built NetMarket from an idea to a 20-person company, and then sold it to CUC International, a multi-billion dollar membership services company.

Dan received a bachelor's degree in Economics and Computer Science from the Honors program of Swarthmore College, and studied at Exeter and the London School of Economics.

Using a constellation of 288 low-Earth-orbit satellites, Teledesic will create the world's first network to provide affordable, worldwide, "fiber-like" access to telecommunications services, such as linking enterprise computing networks, broadband Internet access, videoconferencing and other digital data needs. Backed by telecommunications pioneer Craig McCaw and Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, the Teledesic Network will provide two-way, broadband network connections through service partners in countries worldwide.

In March 1997, Teledesic was licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to build, launch and operate a global, broadband satellite communications network. In April 1997, Teledesic named The Boeing Company as the prime contractor for the design, construction and launch of the Teledesic Network. In November 1997, Teledesic cleared its last significant regulatory hurdle when the International Telecommunication Union's 1997 World Radiocommunication Conference finalized its
designation of international radio spectrum for use by non-geostationary fixed satellite services, such as those Teledesic will provide.----------------