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Tamara Casey

Chief Strategy Officer & Executive Vice President, Business Development

Tamara Casey is a seasoned veteran with over 35 years of experience in telecommunications, aviation, and technology development. She co-founded AURA Network Systems and currently serves as Chief Strategy Officer & Executive Vice President of Business Development, formulating corporate strategies and identifying strategic opportunities to further AURA’s mission.

Tamara’s extensive expertise includes network engineering, design, deployment, and operations management, as well as intellectual property creation and evaluation. As a licensed multi-engine-rated pilot, she has played a pivotal role in integrating Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) into the National Airspace System (NAS). She has served on numerous national and international standards-bodies’ working groups, advancing command-and-control data links using aviation-allocated spectrum.

Her career includes notable accomplishments such as leading successful demonstrations of control and non-payload communications (CNPC) functions for UAS as Chief Technology Officer at Ligado Networks. She spearheaded technology development efforts to enable optimized capabilities for customized private networks.

Tamara has held multiple leadership roles in technology and telecommunications, including serving as Senior TMT (Technology, Media, and Telecommunications) Advisor at Intelgica and Nexius Insight, where she conducted technical due diligence for Cerberus Capital Management's investments in companies like BlackBerry and LightSquared (Ligado). She cofounded 4DK Technologies, a provider of innovative wireless products, professional services, and strategy solutions to telecom operators, infrastructure vendors, and the developer community. At Nextel Communications, she drove the development of push-to-talk technology for 3G and many concepts that became 4G LTE, and she led the turnaround of Nextel’s NYC market to become its best-performing in less than 12 months. Throughout her career, she has filed 16 patents, with seven granted to date.

A seasoned business strategist and industry advisor for global investment firms, including Fortress Investment Group, Tamara’s leadership and expertise are key drivers of AURA’s success. She holds an Executive Leadership Certificate from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business and studied media communications at Laney College.