American SkySat

What American SkySat does

American SkySat is a privately held, founder-led consulting firm headquartered in Irvine, California, that has been operating since 2000. The company delivers advanced engineering and technology consulting across four service lines: Big Data (using Cloudera, Hortonworks, and MapR ecosystems), Cloud Consulting (covering Azure, AWS, and GCP), AI Innovations (machine learning, deep learning, and generative AI), and Other Advanced Engineering — which includes its original satellite communication engineering capability. Services are delivered as project-based professional consulting engagements rather than as a unified software product.

The firm's stated client base spans enterprise and government buyers across multiple industries, including Aerospace & Defense (Lockheed Martin, Space Systems Loral, DARPA, Department of Defense), Technology (Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, Dell, Texas Instruments, Ericsson, AT&T, T-Mobile), Healthcare (Medtronic, Johnson & Johnson, Optum, United Healthcare, Humana), Financial Services (Citibank, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Prudential, Intuit), and Hospitality (Hilton, Wyndham). The company does not disclose active engagements, contract values, case studies, or the timing of relationships, making it difficult to distinguish current customers from historical references.

Commercially, American SkySat operates as a boutique consulting practice. Only one employee — founder Dr. Mehdi Haghdad — is publicly identified, and there is no disclosed headcount, funding, ownership structure beyond the founder, partnerships, certifications, or financial data. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is presumably quote-based per engagement. The go-to-market motion is direct enterprise sales driven through the company website, supplemented by social media presence on Facebook, Instagram, X, and TikTok. The business model is straightforward professional services revenue with no recurring software, licensing, or platform component.

Name

American SkySat

Legal name

American SkySat

Website

https://americanskysat.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Short description

American SkySat is a privately held, founder-led consulting firm founded in 2000 that delivers advanced engineering, cloud (Azure, AWS, GCP), big data (Cloudera, MapR, Hortonworks), and AI consulting services to enterprise and government clients across aerospace, technology, healthcare, financial services, and hospitality.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

IT Consulting Services

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Cloud Data Platforms & Analytics Migration (BPAEACAI)

Keywords

• Cloud consulting services
• Big data consulting
• AI consulting services
• Advanced engineering consulting
• Satellite communication consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Irvine

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Professional consulting and implementation services for cloud solutions, AI, and big data technologies. Revenue is generated through project-based consulting engagements with enterprise clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

American SkySat is an advanced engineering consulting firm that delivers professional services in cloud computing (Azure, AWS, GCP), big data (Cloudera, Hortonworks, MapR), artificial intelligence (machine learning, deep learning, generative AI), and satellite communication. The company sells project-based consulting and implementation engagements to enterprise clients and government agencies, including Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, DARPA, and the Department of Defense.

Product overview

American SkySat is a consulting services company providing advanced engineering solutions. The portfolio consists of four core service offerings: Big Data Solutions (leveraging Cloudera, Hortonworks, and MapR), Cloud Consulting Services (covering Azure, AWS, and GCP), AI Innovations (encompassing machine learning, deep learning, and generative AI), and Other Advanced Engineering Consulting. These services are delivered as standalone consulting engagements rather than as a unified software platform with modules.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Big Data Solutions Comprehensive big data consulting and implementation services leveraging Cloudera, Hortonworks, and MapR to help enterprise organizations harness data for informed decision-making and strategic growth.
• Cloud Consulting Services Advanced engineering consulting services in Azure, AWS, and GCP to enhance enterprise business capabilities and drive cloud-driven innovation.
• AI Innovations Cutting-edge artificial intelligence consulting services covering machine learning, deep learning, and generative AI to deliver intelligent business solutions that improve efficiency and competitive advantage.
• Other Advanced Engineering Consulting Expert consulting in other advanced engineering areas to support complex technical projects for enterprise clients.

Named customers33 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature4 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Rackspace Technology: Rackspace provides multi-cloud managed services and consulting across AWS, Azure, and GCP — directly overlapping with American SkySat's multi-cloud consulting positioning and target enterprise buyer.
• Flux7: Flux7 is a boutique cloud and DevOps consultancy focused on AWS migrations and data platform modernization — a close peer in size and specialization to American SkySat's cloud/data practice.
• Slalom: Slalom is a mid-sized consulting firm specializing in cloud, data, and AI transformation for enterprise clients — closely comparable to American SkySat's cloud/big-data/AI consulting offering, though at substantially greater scale.
• Onix: Onix is a cloud-focused consulting firm delivering data, AI, and analytics solutions across hyperscaler platforms — comparable in size, positioning, and service mix to American SkySat's consulting practice.

Broad incumbents

• Cognizant: Cognizant provides digital, cloud, and AI consulting with strong healthcare and financial services verticals — directly overlapping American SkySat's customer segments of healthcare payers/banks.
• Capgemini: Capgemini delivers cloud, data, and AI engineering services globally across financial services, healthcare, and defense — comparable service portfolio to American SkySat but at global scale and with established partner ecosystems.
• Accenture: Accenture is the world's largest IT consulting firm with extensive cloud, data, and AI practices serving Fortune 500 enterprises — represents the broad incumbent American SkySat competes against for large cloud transformation deals.
• Deloitte Consulting: Deloitte is a Big Four consultancy with deep cloud, analytics, and AI advisory practices serving the same Fortune 500 enterprise buyer as American SkySat — represents a large-scale incumbent competitor.
• Booz Allen Hamilton: Booz Allen Hamilton is a large federal and defense IT consultancy with deep AI/cloud capabilities serving the DoD and intelligence community — comparable in target customer (DOD/DARPA) and service area, though at vastly greater scale.
• Genpact: Genpact is a global professional services firm with strong data, AI, and cloud practices serving financial services and healthcare enterprises — a larger incumbent operating in many of American SkySat's stated customer verticals.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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