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Herndon, Va., November 18, 2019–ST Engineering iDirect has named Thomas Van den Driessche and Frederik Simoens to pivotal executive leadership roles following ST Engineering’s successful acquisition of Newtec Group NV. Thomas Van den Driessche has been appointed the President of the Executive Strategic Board and Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) and Frederik Simoens has been appointed to the role of Chief Technology Officer.

Centennial, Colo., Nov. 15, 2019--SEAKR^® Engineering, Inc.has appointed Kent Lietzau to lead business bevelopment for the expanding space electronics company. Lietzau will oversee growth in SEAKR's commercial, civil and government business arenas.

Ballasalla, Isle of Man, November 5, 2019 – Pascal Wauthier, Space Operations Senior Vice President at SES, has been elected as the new Chairman of the Space Data Association (SDA) an international non-profit association of satellite operators. Wauthier succeeds Inmarsat’s Mark Dickinson, who will remain a director of the SDA.

Ottawa, Canada, November 1, 2019 – Ross Video announced that Mary Jean McFall has recently joined the company in the new role of General Counsel. McFall will be based at the company’s Ottawa campus, with responsibility for all corporate and commercial legal activities including coordination with external legal counsel globally.

Paris, France, Oct. 30, 2019 — Viaccess-Orca (VO), a provider of OTT and TV platforms, content protection, and advanced data solutions, announced today the appointment of Guillaume Forbin as Chief Security Officer (CSO). Forbin will ensure that VO's content protection solutions — including CAS, DRM, and secure video player — and associated services address current and future TV piracy threats.

Broomfield, Colo., October 29,  2019-Ball Aerospace announced today that Dr. Dave Kaufman has been named chief operating officer, effective January 1, 2020. Kaufman joined Ball Aerospace in 2000 as Senior Program and Capture Manager, National Security Space. Since 2013, he has served as vice president and general manager of the National Defense Strategic Business Unit, where he has made a significant impact.

Houghton, Mich.,  October 16, 2019 - Orbion Space Technology, developer of next-generation smallsat propulsion systems, today announced the appointment of Greg Orndorff, Vice President of Business Development. Orndorff  is an aerospace industry veteran with over 30 years of experience across various leadership roles in the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors.

London, UK, October 16, 2019–SSPI UK, the UK Chapter of the Space and Satellite Professionals International organisation is pleased to announce Ian Jones, CEO of Goonhilly, as the U.K. Space & Satellite Personality of 2019. Ian has been instrumental in the revival of Goonhilly Earth station as a multi-faceted space hub. He joins past winners of the award: Catherine Mealing-Jones, Magali Vaissiere and Greg Wyler.

Palo Alto, Calif., October 15, 2019 - Communications & Power Industries (CPI) has announced that Andrew C. Ivers will join the company as its newchief operating officer, effective November 4, 2019.

 Khrunichev Space Center, Russia, October 10, 2019-Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, the majority shareholder of ILS International Launch Services, (ILS) announced the departure of Kirk Pysher as ILS President. John Palme, ILS Chief Operations Officer, will serve as interim President until a successor is appointed.