Fusion Data Systems

02 / Our Approach

Practical by design.

Start with the operational need. Reuse what works.
Put custom engineering where it adds measurable value.

Our vision

A seamless path.
From source to decision.

Seamless connections from data source to decision-maker across wired, wireless, cellular, and satellite networks — serving aerospace, defense, industrial energy, and critical infrastructure.

Our mission

Connect the data.
Enable its use.

Connect time-critical data across disparate networks with scalable, economical solutions that build on existing infrastructure and advanced networking technologies.

Our guiding principles

Interoperate.

Use open interfaces and modular designs to connect existing systems and make future integration practical.

Prove performance.

Validate timing, integrity, and useful delivery under representative operating conditions.

Control lifecycle cost.

Reuse proven technology and account for installation, maintenance, and support from the start.

How we put it into practice

01

Define the need.

Establish what the system must do, when the data must arrive, and how success will be verified.

02

Reuse what works.

Build on commercial hardware, modular software, open interfaces, and existing infrastructure.

03

Engineer the gap.

Focus development on the timing, reliability, security, and resilience the mission requires.

04

Validate & sustain.

Test in realistic conditions. Consider maintainability, size, weight, power, and lifecycle cost from the start.

A large communications antenna silhouetted against the sunset at Goldstone

A connected perspective

Across distance.
Across disciplines.
Closer to the decision.

From wired and wireless links to cellular and satellite networks, we take a system view of the path between a measurement and its use.

Goldstone antenna / NASA/JPL-Caltech

The people behind the systems

Experience at the interfaces.

Leadership spanning flight-test instrumentation, telemetry,
embedded systems, and mission recording.

CO-FOUNDER

Jeff Rusincovitch

Chief Executive Officer

Jeff brings more than 24 years of aerospace engineering, flight-test instrumentation, telemetry, and systems integration experience. He served as President of Safran’s Testing & Telemetry business and earlier as CEO of Safran Data Systems.

At Gulfstream, he led flight-test instrumentation engineering across major aircraft programs; earlier work included Lockheed Martin flight testing.

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CO-FOUNDER

Paul-André Kuehn

Chief Technology Officer

Paul-André brings more than 30 years across Safran and predecessor businesses, spanning embedded software, mission recording, operations, and quality leadership.

He held executive responsibility for IT, methods, and quality, and earlier served as COO and vice president of contracts and services. His technical work includes IRIG 106 Chapter 10 mission recording, real-time Linux firmware, and C/C++ systems.

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