Founded in 2003, Orbital Research has extensive experience engineering and customizing high-end, high performance frequency conversion products – LNBs, BDCs, LNAs and more – for professional use. Designed and built just outside of Vancouver, Canada, our products are used extensively by military organizations, emergency services, news organizations, telecommunications service providers, airlines, Earth observation services and Fortune 1000 companies.

  • Customers around the globe

  • 20 years of innovation

  • Custom and off-the-shelf products

  • Canadian owned and operated

Meet the team

  • Ian MᶜEachern, P.Eng.

    President & CEO
    Ian has over 30 years’ experience designing and installing earth stations in some of the most remote corners of the world. Ian has worked on projects for major satellite carriers and earth station equipment manufacturers – and he has contributed to international standards organizations such as the ITU and DVB-RCS. He received a Bachelor of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of British Columbia and is a licensed Professional Engineer.

  • Sam Fasullo

    VP of Business Development
    Sam has a diverse background in SATCOM industry and military communications sectors. With a B.Eng. (Engineering Physics), he started at Bell in Engineering. He quickly advanced into product management, business development, and executive management roles with operators, integrators, resellers, manufacturers, and end users. As the former Commanding Officer of 39 Signal Regiment in the Canadian military reserves, he is uniquely suited to understand the end-users’ challenges of deploying rugged, reliable solutions in the field.

  • Linda Liu

    VP of HR Operations
    For over 15 years, Linda has been winning awards for client satisfaction and operational efficiency. From the time she started her career in high-tech, working with laser technology, she rapidly progressed to more challenging positions in the satellite and medical service industries. Having managed large teams over several departments, Linda understands how to develop staff, client, and vendor relationships.

  • Eric Guétré

    VP of Engineering and Operations
    Eric Guétré has decades of experience in product development, engineering, production and project management from Norsat, Nokia, TRIUMF and VenTek International.  He has a Master's degree in RF engineering from Carleton University, is a PMP and a P.Eng.  He also graduated from the US Department of Energy's Project Leadership Institute and is a part-time faculty member at Kwantlen Polytechnic University.