Renato Dias brought to UNITED TELEPORTS over 40 years of experience in Telecommunications, in special Satellite Systems Engineering. Graduated at the most prestigious school of Electronics and Aerospace Engineering in Brazil (ITA) and with a Master’s Degree at George Washington University, his career started as Systems Engineer at the National Space Research Institute in Brazil, then as Project Manager for Radio Navigation and Air Traffic Control systems, followed as head of the Electronics & Controls Engineering at a major defense and telecommunications company at that country. In the 90’s his experience expanded to mobile communications, through pioneering engineering projects such as implementation of some of the first cellular telephony systems in Brazil and implementation of the first Digital GSM system in Malaysia. For 10 years, Renato worked at a major provider of TDM/TDMA and DAMA VSAT systems in the USA, evolving from a VSAT systems engineering director position to program director and to vice-president of sales, where Renato was a key person to take satellite rural telephony solutions to several countries in the Americas as well as in Asia. In 2005, Renato joined Ricardo Dias as co-founder of UNITED TELEPORTS and UPCOM TECHNOLOGIES, bringing synergy to the several fronts of the satellite telecommunications industries: equipment, systems integration and services.