Mark Guthrie Joins KVH

Middletown, R.I., August 23, 2013--KVH Industries, Inc., announced that  Mark Guthrie has joined the company as Vice President, Global Mobile Broadband Sales to manage the continuing development of the mini-VSAT Broadband network and related products and services.

Guthrie started his telecom career at BT (British Telecom), a market leader in the telecommunications and satellite communications industry in the UK, before joining Europe Star, where he was responsible for European sales and marketing strategies. He later led the VSAT managed services group for the EMEA region at Verestar. After Verestar was acquired by SES in late 2004, Mr. Guthrie served in a variety of roles in both the UK and USA offices, managing VSAT services, sales, and operations for various markets. He was also responsible for IP Prime sales at SES before returning to the UK to lead the Satellite Leasing operation.

“There are many great growth opportunities for KVH in the marine market, especially with the mini-VSAT Broadband service and TracPhone systems,” says Guthrie. “This company is full of enthusiastic people, and that’s key. Nothing is impossible here – the most typical reaction to any challenge is ‘yes, we can do that for the customer.’ From sales and marketing to engineering, KVH is full of enthusiastic people, and I feel right at home already.”

Guthrie holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering from Trent University, a Master’s degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Nottingham, and studied for his Master’s of Business Administration (MBA) at Henley Management College in the United Kingdom.