Chris HOFER

Amazon • Head, International Spectrum Management and Strategy

Chris Hofer joined Amazon’s Project Kuiper in 2020 as the international team lead for regulatory affairs, with responsibility for spectrum policy and satellite coordination. An engineer by training, Chris leads Project Kuiper’s work at the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) in preparation for the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) and operator-to-operator satellite radio frequency coordination. He also leads Project Kuiper’s collaboration with astronomers and currently serves as the co-chair of the Industry and Technology Hub at the International Astronomical Union’s Centre for the Protection of the Dark & Quiet Sky from Satellite Constellation Interference. In 2021, Chris co-chaired the industry subgroups for the SATCON2 and Dark and Quiet Skies 2 astronomy conferences.

Before Amazon, Chris served as director of regulatory affairs for Viasat, representing Viasat’s satellite interests in the ITU’s Working Party 4A preparations for the WRC. He also served as the elected international chairman of ITU-R Study Group 4 for two terms, from 2012-2019. Previously, Chris was the lead representative for WRC activities for the Chief Information Office of the Office of Secretary of Defense. Earlier he worked at the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), acting as the chairman of the Space Systems Subcommittee under the U.S. interagency spectrum group, Interdepartment Radio Advisory Committee (IRAC).

He holds a Masters degree in telecommunications from the University of Colorado in Boulder and a Bachelors degree in electrical engineering from New Mexico State University.

Events

International Astronautical Congress 2025

29 September - 3 October 2025

Sydney, Australia

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