Bio - Kevin Mccarthy
Kevin McCarthy has been an executive in the satellite industry for over 20 years, with a strong focus on the Cruise Line, Maritime and Energy markets. Kevin has a unique technical and commercial background, with the ability to advise on complex technical solutions, RFPs, service contracts, Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and M&A deals.
Kevin’s most recent role was SVP of Global Engineering at Speedcast, a leading satellite service provider to the Cruise, Yacht, Commercial Maritime, Energy, Government and Terrestrial markets. Kevin’s team was responsible for Speedcast’s global SD-WAN network, next-generation satellite hub platform, AWS cloud infrastructure, and the development of several unique software tools for optimizing and managing satellite networks. Kevin also led the technical aspects of several large, high-profile negotiations, including Cruise, Energy, and Commercial Maritime deals.
Before joining Speedcast, Kevin served as VP of Market Development at Newtec. In this role he led a team of Market Directors who were responsible for helping the company penetrate key vertical markets, including Cruise, Maritime, Aviation, Government, Cellular Backhaul, and Consumer Broadband. During his three years at Newtec, Kevin’s team was instrumental in capturing several large strategic deals, helping grow the company’s valuation from $30M to over $250M, when it was acquired by ST Engineering/iDirect in 2019.
Prior to Newtec, Kevin spent 15 years at MTN (Maritime Telecommunications Network) in various roles, including SVP of Network Engineering and Chief Operations Officer (COO). MTN pioneered maritime satellite services for the Cruise, Yacht and Commercial Maritime industries, and was acquired by Global Eagle in 2016.
Kevin started his career as a network engineer at Norwegian Cruise Line, who was MTN’s fist Cruise customer. This led to his life-long passion for the Cruise and Satellite industries.
Kevin has a Bachelor’s degree from the Johns Hopkins University, a Master's in Computer Information Systems and Telecommunications from the University of Miami, and a Master's in Finance from the Florida International University. He also holds an AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification.
Kevin is based in South Florida but has traveled internationally extensively. He is fluent in English and Portuguese, and proficient in Spanish.
