Spire Global, Inc. (Spire), a globally renowned provider of space-based data and analytics solutions, has announced a planned business combination with NavSight Holdings, Inc. (NavSight) and that Mark Dembitz, the former APAC Head of Sales and Operations at Dathena, has re-joined Spire as the APAC Sales Director of Maritime Solutions.
“We are excited to welcome Mark Dembitz back to the Spire team. Mark was integral in the development of sales processes for the maritime products and we will use his expertise as we seek to expand our products into new markets,” said Simon van den Dries, General Manager, Spire Maritime.
Past experience in Spire Global
Mark Dembitz worked at Spire from August 2015 to October 2018, as a Business Development Executive. During that time, Mr. Dembitz partnered with executives, product, pre-sales, marketing, and customer support teams, in order to develop and implement new products and commercial models, leading to enhanced product adoption, better customer experience, and faster revenue growth.
Before re-joining Spire, Mark Dembitz was Head of Sales & Operations – APAC at Dathena
Mr. Dembitz was Spire’s highest revenue producer in 2017, having built a multi-million dollar potential deal pipeline, across both the government and the private sector in Asia-Pacific region, during his time at Spire. Before re-joining Spire, Mark Dembitz was Head of Sales & Operations – APAC at Dathena, a deep-tech company using AI (Artificial Intelligence) to develop next-generation data protection and data security tools.
Growth of Spire Maritime
“When I joined Spire almost 5 years ago, the product roadmap was in its infancy – now I believe Spire Maritime is at a critical point, where it has the resources and expertise to bring solutions to new markets,” said Mark Dembitz, APAC Sales Director, Spire Maritime, adding “I’m motivated to re-join the Spire Maritime team and build on my experience bringing data solutions to the APAC region.”
Under Mark Dembitz’s leadership, Spire Maritime will seek to expand in the Asia Pacific region. With solutions such as Spire Analytics and Dynamic AIS, Spire Maritime aims to bring marine data solutions on vessel locations, weather conditions, and global shipping activity to new markets.
Spire expects to close its previously announced anticipated business combination with NavSight in the summer of 2021.