Kristi started her career at Linkabit, the fountainhead of San Diego’s telecom industry, where she worked with the three founders of ViaSat.  She then joined ViaSat as the 6^th employee just about a year after the company was founded.  During her time at ViaSat she has worked to grow the company in many areas including hardware, software, and system design; project and business management; and strategy and marketing.  She co-founded ViaSat’s innovation center and holds numerous patents in digital communications.

 Kristi has B.S. and M.Eng degrees in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University.