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.

Inmarsat Government, a provider of secure, global, mission-critical telecommunication solutions to the U.S. public sector, announced the appointment of Susan Miller as president and chief executive officer. In this role, Miller will be responsible for the overall business strategy and direction for Inmarsat Government, a wholly-owned, independent subsidiary of Inmarsat plc, responsible for all direct U.S. government business.

Former Siemens Enterprise Communications and Gulfsat Communications executive Eric Van Hoecke has been appointed by satellite communications specialist Newtec to lead many of its sales activities in the Middle East.

NewSat Limited announced the appointment of Don Brown as Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning.  Brown was formerly Vice-President for Business Development for Intelsat General.

MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. announced today the promotion of Vishal Mathur from Director (South Asia) to Senior Director, Sales and Marketing.  In his new role, Vishal will be responsible to build the MEASAT’s customer base with a focus in the broadcasting and DTH customer segments.

Robert N. Wold, who left a successful career as an advertising executive to become a pioneer in the use of satellite technology for broadcasting, died Saturday, August 10th, 2013 in Irvine, Ca.  He was 87.

WRN Broadcast announced the appointment of Andrew Davies as the company’s Head of Sales and Business Development.  Davies joins WRN Broadcast from TSL Middle East, where he was General Manager and instrumental in winning and delivering a number of high profile projects – including the award-winning, multi-million dollar Sky News Arabia project.

Vislink announced a significant strengthening of its sales management staff with the hiring of John Dulany as Business Development Manager for the Broadcast Division and Richard Harvey as Product Line Manager for Satellite & Video Compression Solutions.

These additions are part of Vislink's ongoing strategy to enhance customer relationships and provide the best possible solutions for the future of live video collection and distribution, according to a company statement.

Iridium Communications Inc. announced the promotion of two Company executives, Thomas J. Fitzpatrick and S. Scott Smith, expanding their roles to further round out its leadership team and support the development of Iridium NEXT, Iridium's second-generation satellite constellation.

iSat  announced the appointment of Daniel Kuflom to lead iSat business development in the rapidly growing and technologically challenging Broadcast market sectors. Formerly Director of Engineering for the Eritrean Ministry of Information. Daniel is extremely knowledgeable and competent in the design, specification, system integration and operation, maintenance and support of broadcast communication systems, from studio to listener or viewer.