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Busan, South Korea, October 23, 2014–ITU’s 19th Plenipotentiary Conference roundly endorsed Houlin Zhao of China as its next Secretary-General. Zhao will take office on 1 January 2015 for a term of four years, with the possibility of re-election for one additional four-year term. The election took place in Busan, Republic of Korea, during the Plenary session of the PP-14 conference this morning. Zhao won the position with 152 votes, from 156 ballot papers deposited. He contested the position unopposed. 

Hong Kong, October 23, 2014 – SpeedCast International Limited, today announced that Keith Johnson has joined SpeedCast as senior vice president / General Manager in charge of Energy services globally.  In this role, Johnson will oversee all of SpeedCast’s business activities for the Energy sector (Oil and Gas in particular), including strategic planning, program management, business development and global sales for SpeedCast’s worldwide operations.

Stafford, Va., October 21, 2014 –TrustComm Inc.,the small-business provider of assured satellite communications solutions to government and commercial organizations, today announced it has expanded its global sales organization with the addition of two highly experienced industry professionals – Michael Abad-Santos and Joe Apa.

San Dimas, Calif., Oct. 14, 2014--Wavestream, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. ) providing solid-state power amplifiers for mission-critical defense and broadcast satellite communications systems, announced today the appointment of Wavestream past President and co-founder James Rosenberg as CTO.

View video and audio podcasts with key satellite executives from IBC 2014, Amsterdam, The Netherlands including: Andreas Bernhardt, CEO and Petra Visuri, Head-Product Managment, ND SATCOM; Michael Ulbritcht, Managing Director, Satservice GmbH;Timofei Abramov, Commercial Director and Grigory Baitsur, Director of Technical Department, INTERSPUTNIK; Jorg Rockstroh; Senior R&D Engineer, Work Microwave; Simen K. Frostad; Chairman, Bridge Technologies.   Click here to view the videos.

Surrey, UK, October 1, 2014-- Susan Harvey, formerly CFO at Vocality, is moving to the position of CEO. Susan joined Vocality in 2009.  She replaces founding shareholder Julian Bradford, who is stepping down as CEO.

Houston, Tex., September 26, 2014--Proactive Energy, has appointed Jean-Robert Barallon, a long-time industry veteran, to the position of Chief Executive Officer. He is based in Houston, Texas. The addition of Barallon to the already strong Proactive Energy management team in Houston with Bob Pritchard as COO and Hakan Parker as CTO, is part of the company's strategic initiatives to drive growth, integration, operational best practices and industry leading customer service.

Horsham, PA, Sept. 24, 2014 – Universal Space Network (USN) and its Board of Directors today announced the promotion of Erik Eliasen to Vice President of National Security Space Programs for USN, based in Horsham, Pennsylvannia.    

McLean, Va.,Sept. 24, 2014-- Aireon LLC, developer and operator of the world's first space-based global air traffic surveillance system, announced that Vincent Capezzuto has joined Aireon as Chief Technology Officer and Vice President, Engineering for the company.

Houston, Tex., September 15, 2014--RigNet today announced that Pål Jensen has been named to the position of vice president - Energy Maritime. Initially based in Oslo, Norway, Jensen will be responsible for leading RigNet's business of providing remote communications solutions to maritime vessels operating in upstream oil and gas around the globe.