The World Teleport Association today announced that Avi Cohen, CEO of RRsat, has been named as its 2014 Teleport Executive of the Year. Mr. Cohen will be honored during WTA’s Teleport Awards for Excellence luncheon on March 11 during SATELLITE 2014. The Teleport Executive of the Year award is presented to an individual for demonstrated entrepreneurship, leadership and innovation in the development or operation of a teleport-based business.

Start-up satellite operator Kacific Broadband Satellite announced the appoinments of Jacques-Samuel Prolon as General Manager and Eley Querner as Vice President, Sales and Marketing.

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.

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 Sy

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 

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.

At SATCON 2013, Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador spoke with David Hershberg, Founder and CEO of Globecomm. David Hershberg just won the "Visionary Executive of the Year" award at SATCON.

At MILCOM 2013, Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador spoke with Jamie Smith, Director of Marketing & Sales, EM Solutions on their new products for the military market.

At SATCON 2013, Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador spoke with Mohamed Youssif, COO of satellite operator ABS on their upcoming satellite launches and their plans for the Americas.