In this edition of the podcast, Carole Plessy, Head of Maritime Commercial Development at OneWeb, explains how predictive analytics can deliver value to shipowners in terms of managing opex and maintenance costs. She also looks at how digital services can assist in emissions reduction and considers how the shipping industry is stepping up to meet its ESG responsibilities.

OneWeb is a global communications company which operates satellite networks to bring connectivity to rural and remote places, and greater connectivity to existing markets. Carole’s focus is on developing global maritime services for commercial launch to bring high speed connectivity to the seas.

Carole joined OneWeb in 2018 with a background in satellite telecommunications and more than 20 years of business leadership and experience working across R&D and complex project management and product integration.  Carole has extensive knowledge of the Maritime sector based on her previous role at Inmarsat, where she was Senior Director of Digital Products and, prior to that, Director of Maritime Product Development, responsible for new product delivery from concept to launch. 

 

She has an MSC in Aeronautics and Telecommunications from the Ecole Nationale de L’Aviation Civile, and a doctoral program degree from the University Paul Sabatier.