Tedd Riggs

Current

Senior Systems Engineer at Ericsson Corp.

Past

Manager-System Analysis at GTE Spacenet
Intelsat System Engineer at Comsat International

Education

University of Washington
The George Washington University
University of South Florida

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Connections

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Industry

Telecommunications

Websites

Tedd Riggs’s Summary

Systems Planning and Analysis of complete turnkey telecommunications solutions for business and government requirements.

Tedd Riggs’s Specialties:

Satellite Design, Earth Station Design, Telecommunications Networking, Computer Design and Programming, Certified Microsoft Professional, Systems Management, Systems Security, DOD security requirements, International Networking and Communications.

Tedd Riggs’s Experience

Senior Systems Engineer

Ericsson Corp.

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ERICY; Telecommunications industry)

April 1998 — Present (10 years 7 months)

Design of cellular based radio systems and hi-speed data networks. Integration of Radio, Bluetooth, Satellite, GPS , Fibre Optic and wide other range of product area with customer required networks
Manager-System Analysis

GTE Spacenet

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

January 1990 — May 1998 (8 years 5 months)

Satellite Communcations. Provided Data appications for business customers. Designed and built the first VSAT data network for a large business company. Provided SNG (Satellite News Gathering) vehicles for News Agencies and provided real time flight analysis to Boeing for aircraft testing of the 777 aircraft.
Intelsat System Engineer

Comsat International

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

November 1980 — October 1989 (9 years)

Design of major INTELSAT Standard A, B and C, Ku and C band International Satellite Earth Station to be used in the Intelsat satellite system. Represented COMSAT at the yearly signatory meetings held three times per year

Tedd Riggs’s Education

University of Washington

MSEE, Electrical Engineering, 2008 — 2010 (expected)

Activities and Societies:

Working away...slowly...
The George Washington University

BSEE, Electrical Engineering, 1980 — 1984

Activities and Societies:

Specialized in Advanced Satellite Communications and high speed data networks via satellite.
University of South Florida

BS, Oceanography, 1975 — 1978

Activities and Societies:

College of Engineering Deans list. USF Special Olympics. USF Amateur Radio Club

Additional Information

Tedd Riggs’s Websites:

Tedd Riggs’s Interests:

Sailing, Amateur Radio, Search and Rescue, Astronomy, Oceanography, History, Reading, Hiking, Computers (Mac and PC) Web Design, Photography, GeoCaching, GPS use,