In January 2026, Lilac Muller was appointed SVP of the Global Commercial Business Unit at Kymeta. She joined the company in early 2018 and previously led Product Management, overseeing product strategy, definition, and launch activities for Kymeta’s mobile satellite communications portfolio. Lilac has 25 years of cradle-to-grave product development experience with a focus on performance, quality, cost and exceptional customer experience. She holds 21 U.S. patents, most of them in the field of MEMS (micro electro mechanical systems)-based switching in optical networks. Dr. Muller has a bachelor's and master’s degrees in Aeronautics/Astronautics from MIT and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from U.C. Berkeley.
