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Melville, NY, July 20, 2015-- John Branscum, President of Comtech Xicom Technology, Inc., will succeed Robert McCollum, President of Comtech EF Data Corp., who will be retiring on July 31, 2015. Branscum, who has more than 30 years of industry experience, joined Comtech in 2008.

Paris, France, July 1, 2015--Johann-Dietrich Wörner has assumed the postion of Director-General of the European Space Agency (ESA) effective today. He is based at ESA Headquarters in Paris, France.

Houston, Tex. , June 23, 2015--Keith Stewart has been promoted to the new position of Vice President – Global Operations of RigNet TSI, based in Aberdeen, Scotland.  Stewart is responsible for managing RigNet’s technical resources assigned to Telecommunications Systems Integration (TSI) projects, and for leading RigNet’s related Technical Services and MetOcean businesses.

Luxembourg, June 3, 2015 – SES (NYSE Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) announced today that Patrick Biewer has been appointed by the LuxGovSat S.A. Board of Directors as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective 1 July 2015. Jointly held by SES and the Luxembourg Government, the company’s objectives are the acquisition, the launch and the operation of a satellite for the provision of governmental and military communication services.

Paris, France, June 2, 2015—Effective June 15, Paul Molinier will be appointed as CEO of Viaccess-Orca, a provider content protection and delivery solutions, and a subsidiary of the Orange Group. Paul Molinier will take over responsibilities from François Moreau de Saint Martin, who has joined Orange Business Services as vice president of industry and IT large accounts. 

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.

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.

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.