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McLean, Virginia,  June 1,  2015--Satellite operator Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I) today announced that Karen Schmidt, a veteran marketing executive with more than 25 years’ experience, has been named as the company’s Vice President of Marketing, effective immediately.

Westford, Mass.,May 28, 2015—Artel Video Systems, an employee-owned global provider of broadcast-quality video transport solutions, today announced the appointment of Mike Rizzo as president and CEO.  Rizzo joins Artel with more than 20 years in executive management positions.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa,May 14, 2015–Rockwell Collins announced today that Steve Nieuwsma has been named vice president, Corporate Strategy for the company effective immediately. In this newly created role, Nieuwsma is responsible for developing strategies to accelerate organic and inorganic growth at Rockwell Collins. He reports to Jeff MacLauchlan, senior vice president, Corporate Development.

Tempe. Ariz., May 13, 2015--Comtech EF Data has announced the promotion of Louis Dubin to Senior Vice President, Product Management. In this role, Dubin will lead the company’s Product Management organization and direct CEFD’s primary technology and marketing thrusts.

Miami, Fla. May 7, 2015--ETL Systems, a designer and manufacturer of RF signal distribution equipment for satellite communications, is adding a key hire to its Global Sales team to expand its presence in Latin America. Rafael Zamora joins ETL with a focus on expanding ETL’s footprint in Latin America.

Ottawa, Canada, May 4, 2015<–C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. (TSXV: CMI), a leading global provider of mobile auto-deploying satellite antenna systems, announced today that Dr. Arunas Slekys has joined its board of directors following his election by shareholders at the annual meeting held on April 30, 2015.

View video interviews with key executives at the NAB 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada including: Jonathan Crawford, CEO-The Spaceconnection; Olivier Barberot, CEO-Globecast; Roger Franklin, CEO-Crystal; Steven Corda, VP-Business Strategy and Planning, SES; and Peter Ostapiuk, Head of Media Services, Intelsat. To view the interviews click here.

Sao Paolo, Brazil, May 1, 2015-- Christophe Roux, currently Head of Governmental Sales Space Systems, has been appointed as the new Head of Sales Latin America within the Airbus Defence and Space Sales and Marketing organization. He is taking over of this role in addition of his current responsibility in the Space Systems business line.

Video interviews with key industry executives from Satellite 2015  in  Washington, D.C. including Dan Prushnok, CEO-Qunitech Electronics and Communications; David Myers, CEO-Datapath; David Hershberg, CEO, STS Global; Sherry Ann Supelana, Head of Global Engineering-ABS-CBN; and Grant Whipple, Director of Sales and Business Development-Winegard.  To view or download the videos, click here.

St. Louis, Mo., April 23, 2015–Boeing [NYSE: BA] has named John Shannon to be vice president and program manager for the Space Launch System (SLS), which will provide NASA with heavy-lift capability to send people and cargo into deep space.