Northern Sky Research

NSR Team

  • Christopher Baugh

    President

    Mr. Baugh serves as the President and Founder of Northern Sky Research (NSR), which he created in 2000 to provide independent, actionable market research and consulting services to the satellite industry.  Mr. Baugh directs all NSR multi-client research reports and single-client… View Profile

  • Ken Marini

    Director

    Mr. Marini joined NSR in 2000 providing sales and marketing services, accounting and general back office support. Prior to NSR, Mr. Marini had performed similar roles for PointEast Research, providing strategic consulting and market intelligence to a broad mix of startups, venture… View Profile

  • Jose Del Rosario

    Senior Analyst

    Mr. Del Rosario is a senior member of the consulting team where he focuses his research on quantitative modeling, data verification, and market forecasting for the commercial and government satellite communications sectors. He conducts ongoing research with specialization in policy… View Profile

  • Patrick French

    Senior Analyst

    Mr. French joined NSR in September 2003 and is the lead author for NSR’s annual studies Global Assessment of Satellite Demand and Broadband Satellite Markets. He has sought to expand NSR’s coverage of the satellite industry into areas such commercial satellite supply and demand modeling,… View Profile

  • Claude Rousseau

    Senior Analyst

    Mr. Rousseau has more than 20 years of experience in the space sector in various roles, including business and program management, consulting, research, administration and communications. Mr. Rousseau started his career in Ottawa, Canada as Special Assistant for space and science in the… View Profile

  • Carlos Placido

    Senior Analyst

    Mr. Placido has over twelve years of progressive experience in the areas of consulting, program management, research and engineering in telecommunications and entertainment. Mr. Placido has carried out independent business development, technology assessment and management activities,… View Profile

  • Brad Grady

    Analyst

    Mr. Grady joined NSR in 2010 and provides assistance to the Senior Analyst team on multi-client research reports and single-client consulting projects throughout NSR’s coverage areas. Before joining NSR, Mr. Grady served as the Sustainable Development Projects Coordinator Intern with the… View Profile

  • Stéphane Gounari

    Analyst

    Mr. Gounari joined NSR in 2010 and supports NSR’s senior analysts on multi-clients reports and consulting projects. Prior joining NSR, Stéphane worked on business development missions at Ad Astra Rocket Company where he identified new potential markets, provided necessary market… View Profile

  • Blaine Curcio

    Analyst

    Mr. Curcio joined NSR in 2012, following a position as a project manager in Shenzhen, China. His prior industry experience includes a role at SES (Den Haag Office) as a strategic marketing intern during summer 2010, where he helped develop a strategy to increase their share-of-wallet with… View Profile

  • Kristen Kloster

    Marketing Manager

    Ms. Kloster joined NSR in 2011 as the Marketing Manager, supporting NSR’s industry-leading team of global analysts. She is currently based in NSR’s Washington D.C. office. From 2007 – 2011, Ms. Kloster served as the Director of International Programmes for the GVF, where her focus was on… View Profile

  • Abdikadir Awabdi

    Analyst - NSR UK

    Mr Abdikadir joined NSR in 2013, to support NSR’s senior analysts on multi-client reports and consulting projects.  Before joining NSR, Abdikadir worked for SES’ corporate development, strategy and market intelligence department as an intern, where he carried out market analysis on… View Profile