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 New York City, NY, September 27, 2016- The Society of Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) today announced that it would present its 2016 Promise Awards to Dr. Jennifer Dawson of Space Systems Loral (SSL), Pascale Dumit of SES and Erin Feller of Boeing Network & Space Systems.  The Promise Awards honor three satellite executives age 35 and under for outstanding achievement in the early stages of their career. The three recipients will be honored on November 9 in New York City at SSPI’s 11^th Annual Future Leaders Dinner. On that night, SSPI will also honor its 2016 Mentor of the Year, David Myers of DataPath, for the encouragement, support, and inspiration he has provided to young professionals throughout his career.

St. Loius, Mo., Sept. 22, 2016– Boeing [NYSE: BA] veteran Jim Chilton will succeed Craig R. Cooning as president of the company’s Network & Space Systems (N&SS) businesses, effective Oct. 21.

Washington, D.C., September 15, 2016--Arianespace announced the promotion of Wiener Kernisan to President of its U.S. subsidiary, Arianespace, Inc., effective September 26, 2016. He succeeds Clayton Mowry who led the Washington office of Arianespace for 15 years and will pursue a new opportunity in the space sector.

Istanbul, Turkey, September 6, 2016--Snell Advanced Media is pleased to announce Mustafa Unsal has joined the company as Regional Sales Manager for Turkey, effective immediately. Unsal will be responsible for direct and indirect sales for key accounts, managing channel partners and developing new opportunities in the region.

Tempe, Arizona,  August 9, 2016--Comtech EF Data announced today that it expanded its executive management team with the appointment of Reza Rasoulian to Senior Vice President, Mobility Systems. In this newly created position, Rasoulian joins the senior executive leadership team to lead the market development and direction of the mobility systems. By leveraging market insight, he will direct long-term strategic initiatives and define the required solution and feature sets for the mobility vertical.

Tempe, Ariz., August 4, 2016--Comtech EF Data Corp., announced today the expansion of its vertical market focus with the creation of new executive roles. The organizational structure along key verticals was set in motion with the appointment of Richard Swardh last year for the Mobile Network Operator (MNO) market. The structure now encompasses additional verticals - Government and Premium Enterprise.

Geneva, Switzerland, July 11, 2016 – The DVB is pleased to announce that Peter MacAvock (EBU) has been elected to the role of DVB Chairman. At the 83rd meeting of the Steering Board, Peter was chosen to take over from Phil Laven who has served in the position since 2008. MacAvock, was DVB Executive Director for 14 years before taking his current position of Head of Delivery, Platforms and Services at EBU Technology & Innovation.

Hauppauge, NY, Jun 14, 2016--Globecomm announced that Bryan McGuirk has joined their executive team as Chief Commercial Officer, reporting to Jason D. Juranek, interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer.

Houston, Tex., June 1, 2016--RigNet, Inc. (NASDAQ:RNET), a leading global provider of digital technology solutions, announced today that Steven E. Pickett has been named chief executive officer and president.  He will be based in Houston and succeeds Marty Jimmerson, who has served as interim chief executive officer and president.

Las Vegas, Nevada--View video interviews with key satellite industry executivesfrom the NAB 2016 in Las Vegas.  Among the interviews conducted include: Jonathan Crawford, President and CEO, The Space Connection; Chris Walters, CEO, Encompasss Digital Media; Keith Lissak, Director of Product Marketing, Harmonic; Steve Corda, VP-Business Development-North America, SES; Paolo Bozzola, CEO, ContentWise;  and Glodina Connan-Lostanlen, Chief Marketing Officer,  Imagine Communications.  Go to: http://www.todocast.tv/eventcastlive to register for free and view the videos.