Stephen Lee Morgan

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Stephen Lee Morgan is Chief Operating Officer of CLS America, Inc., a provider of mobile satellite services (MSS) for use in a variety of applications involving asset tracking, monitoring, and data telemetry and subsidiary of CLS of Toulouse, France. Morgan previously served as President of North American CLS, Inc., prior to the merger of NACLS with Service Argos, Inc., in January 2006, to form CLS America. He is also President & CEO of the Argos Foundation.

Morgan joined NACLS in March 2003 as Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, and was promoted to President and a member of the Board of Directors in October 2003. In late 2003, he spearheaded the establishment of a Florida not-for-profit corporation to support the wider use of MSS technologies throughout the world. This led to the incorporation of the Argos Foundation in March 2004, to which Morgan was appointed as President & CEO, as well as Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees; in 2006, he became Chairman of the Board. Morgan had previously worked for the CLS organization as Director, Business Development from 1992 through 1996. Prior to his return to the CLS Group of Companies, Morgan was involved in numerous start-up ventures in the satellite industry, including Kitcomm Satellite Communications, Ltd., and Miraxis, LLC, the latter a spin-off venture of the well-established EMS Technologies, Inc. of Norcross, Georgia.

In 1986, Morgan proposed the establishment of a state-sponsored space industry development initiative to Florida Governor Bob Martinez, and was appointed to the newly-established Florida Governor's Commission on Space in 1987. The Commission, sometimes referred to as the Young Commission after Chairman A. Thomas Young, then President of Martin Marietta Florida Operations, was vice-chaired by then-Secretary of Commerce Jeb Bush, who later became Governor of Florida. While a member of the Commission, Morgan led the task group which developed the concept of a state-operated space launch facility. This initiative led to the establishment of the Spaceport Florida Authority (now known as the Florida Space Authority), which operates a number of space launch complexes for commercial use at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Following this experience, Morgan was appointed as the Director of Space Industry Development for the Commonwealth of Virignia, at Virginia's Center for Innovative Technology in 1989. While with CIT, he established a number of programs, including the first small business incubator in the United States dedicated to the space industry, the Virginia Space Business Incubator. He also provided funding to and managed the effort at Old Dominion University to establish the Center for Space Transportation Research, which later became the Virginia Space Flight Center, a commercial space launch facility at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.

Prior to becoming involved in the management of space initiatives, Morgan was an engineer with a number of firms involved in space and telecommunications in Florida, including Harris Corporation, and McDonnell Douglas Technical Services Company at Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

Morgan started his career in the aerospace industry when he joined the U.S. Air Force in 1976. He was stationed at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, and while there, earned a B.S. degree in computer science from the University of North Dakota. Returning to his native state of Florida in 1980, he later earned M.S. and Ed.S. degrees in engineering management and space technology, from the Florida Institute of Technology. He received a commission in the U.S. Naval Reserve in May 1981, and served in a number of capacities as a Reserve Officer until his retirement from the Naval Reserve in 1998. He was recalled to active duty during Operation Desert Storm in 1991, and served with the Naval Space Command in Dahlgren, Virginia, and the U.S. Space Command in Colorado Springs, Colorado, during that conflict. He earned a further B.A. degree in history and political science from the University of the State of New York.

Morgan serves on the Board of the National Safe Waterways & Seaports Alliance, and is Contributing Editor for innovation at Cargo Security International magazine. He holds the Certified in Homeland Security (CHS) designation from the American College of Forensic Examiners International.