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Houston, Tex., January 15, 2014-ITC Global announced today that it has named Jean-Michel Rouylou as its new Executive Vice President of Americas and Maritime Solutions. The move comes as the company expands its organization and establishes its Americas regional headquarters in Houston, Texas.  

Miramar, Fla., January 15, 2014 – MTN Communications (MTN) announces Santos Venegas has joined the company as general manager for its Oil and Gas Division.  A 35-year industry veteran and respected consultant, Santos most recently served as managing director for Latin America at Harris CapRock. 

Atlanta, Georgia,  January 14, 2014 – Encompass Government Solutions, a division of Encompass Digital Media, announced today that O’Brian McKinley has joined the company as Vice President, Business Development. McKinley will concentrate on developing and expanding the company’s relationships within the government sector. McKinley will be based in Atlanta but will primarily work in Washington, D.C. to assist senior government and DoD clients realize new opportunities and solutions.

Washington, D.C. January 14, 2014-The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) today  announced the election of its 2014 Executive Committee. The SIA Board of Directors elected  Bill Weller of Space Systems/Loral (SSL) to serve as Chairman for the coming year, joined by  Stacy Fuller of DIRECTV, as Vice Chairman, and Jennifer Manner of EchoStar, as Treasurer.  

Vaughan, Ontario, Canada, January 13, 2014 –ITS Electronics Inc., announced today it has named Edward DiCarlo as Senior Vice President, Business Development. In this role, he will oversee sales, business development and marketing worldwide.

Dubai, UAE, January 8, 2014--Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) operator Thuraya today announced the appointment of Ahmad Al Shareef as Senior Director of Human Resources and Support Operations as of January 2, 2014. As Thuraya’s new Head of Human Resources, Al Shareef is responsible for managing employee relations as well as overseeing the procurement and administration divisions. He reports to Samer Halawi, Chief Executive Officer of Thuraya and will serve as a member of the company’s leadership team.

Wilmington, Delaware, January 8, 2014 – NSR  today announced the appointment of Prashant Butani to the position of Senior Analyst. Based in Mumbai, India, Butani will serve as a regional and applications expert on satellite communications for NSR.

View a video of the The 2013 Vision Awards Ceremony and interviews with key executives at SATCON and MILCOM 2013 including: David Hershberg,, CEO, Globecomm Systems;  Mohamed Youssif, COO, ABS; David Anhalt, VP & GM, Iridium PRIME; Jamie Smith, Director of Marketing and Sales EM Solutions.  To view the videos click here.

View videos of the pre-launch briefing of the SES-8 satellite with Spacex Chief Designer and CEO Elon Musk  in Cape Canaveral, Florida as well as interviews with SES executives  Martin Halliwell, CTO;  Deepak Mathur, SVP-Asia, Pacific and the Middle East; and Elias Zaccack, SVP-Americas.  To view the videos, click here.

Herndon, VA, December 30, 2013 – Andrew Ruszkowski has been named Chief Commercial Officer at XTAR, LLC, a provider of satellite capacity to U.S. and Allied governments in the X-band frequency. In the newly created position, Ruszkowski will continue to support XTAR’s fleet development to sustain current and anticipated government and military requirements, including working with the Department of Defense to assist its acquisition and procurement of commercial satellite communications.