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Solna, Sweden, February 6, 2017-Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) today announced Daniel White has been named Executive Vice President for Satellite Management Services (SaMS) for the Americas region. In his new role, White will lead the business operations and customer relationships in North and Latin America for National Security, Civil and Commercial Space.

Backnang, Germany, January 13, 2017--Denis Arrufat will re-join Signalhorn to drive channel sales specifically with its partner Deutche Telekom.Arrufat, who worked with Signalhorn between 2002 and 2014 in a number of roles, most recently was responsible for the sales to Deutsche Telekom within Signalhorn.

Burbank, Calif., Jan. 12, 2017— Riedel Communications has hired Alfred Monterrubio as a Service and Support Engineer. Monterrubio joins Riedel with nearly a decade of experience in quality control and management for broadcast technology solutions.

San Jose, Calif., Jan. 11, 2017 — Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT)  today announced it has expanded the company's board of directors with the appointment of Dr. Tom Lookabaugh. Dr. Lookabaugh, 55, has over 30 years of experience in the semiconductor, communications equipment, and service provider industries, as well as in academia.

Sint-Niklaas, Belgium, December 21, 2016--Newtec’s Board of Directors has appointed Thomas Van den Driessche, who was named Chief Commercial Officer four years ago, to succeed Van Herck as CEO, effective from January 1, 2017. After ten years of dedicated and successful leadership CEO Serge Van Herck has decided to resign and move his career in another direction. Newtec is grateful to Van Herck for his leadership over the past decade and wishes him all the best with his new undertakings.

Paris, France, December 13,  2016 – Eutelsat Communications (NYSE Euronext Paris: ETL) announces the appointment of Sandrine Téran as Group Chief Financial Officer and member of the Executive Committee. She will join Eutelsat on 9 January 2017.

Dallas, Tex., Dec. 13, 2016 – Imagine Communications announced the appointment of several executives to head pivotal product and services initiatives that are designed to be critical contributors to the company's ongoing mission to advance the media & entertainment industry through an orderly and affordable transition to an agile and versatile technology foundation.

Houston, Tex. Nov. 7, 2016--RigNet, Inc. (NASDAQ:RNET), a provider of customized systems and solutions serving customers with complex data networking and operational requirements, announced today the appointment of Jay T. Hilbert as Chief Sales Officer.  He will be based in Houston and succeeds Hector Maytorena in taking responsibility for the global sales organization and world wide sales efforts.

Paris, France,  November 3, 2016— Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, has today announced the appointment of Neil Butterfield as Director of Sales for Latin America. Butterfield is the first of several appointments to be announced by the company in the coming weeks and reflects a refreshed approach to the Americas markets as Globecast continues to expand.

Washington, D.C., October 11, 2016--Aaron Shourie has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton as a special counsel in the Corporate & Securities Practice Group and as a member of the Communications Team.