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McLean, Va., May 24, 2021 – SpaceLink, a company that is building an information superhighway for the space economy, welcomed two industry experts to its team. Robert Conrad joined the company as Vice President of NASA and Civil Space business development, and Phil Robinson is Vice President and Chief Security Officer. 

Moscow, Russia, May 23, 2021--Ksenia Drozdova, Deputy Director General for Business Development of Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC), was elected Director General of the Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communications (IOSC). The decision was passed at the joint 49th session of the Board and 23rd session of the Operations Committee of the Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communications (Intersputnik IOSC), held from April 5 to May 14, 2021 in a remote format.

Westminister, Colo., May 3, 2021--Maxar Technologies today announced that Chris Johnson will join the company as Senior Vice President of Space Programs Delivery (SPD), effective May 24. Johnson most recently served as president of Boeing Satellite Systems International, Inc., where he was responsible for strategy, capture, development and manufacturing of Boeing’s commercial satellite business.

Singapore, April 30, 2021–The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) has appointed a new Chief Policy Officer to be based in its Singapore office, a first for the role. Celeste Campbell-Pitt joins AVIA on Monday 3rd May, initially joining Chief Policy Officer John Medeiros, who will be retiring after a transition period. 

Raleigh, NC, April 29, 2021-- Microspace Communications, a  satellite services provider owned by Capitol Broadcasting Company, has appointed Cyrus Wilson as  Vice President and General Manager. Wilson brings more than 20 years of experience in satellite communications, operations and customer management, and defense business management.

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Paris, France, April 29, 2021--Globecast has announced that Denis Genevois has been promoted to Marketing and Communications VP with Valéry Bonneau promoted to Internal and External Communications Director. Genevois also sits on the Executive Committee and reports directly to Globecast CEO Philippe Bernard. Bonneau reports to Genevois in his new role. Previous Communications Group VP, Olivier Zankel, has left to take up another position within Orange Group. 

McLean, Va., April 20, 2021 – SpaceLink, a company that is building an information superhighway for the space economy, today announced that it added three top space industry executives to its team. They bring deep expertise in finance, program management, and the U.S. government intelligence community, to drive forward the relay service that provides secure, continuous, high-capacity communications between LEO spacecraft and the ground.

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Alpharetta, GA, April 15, 2021--Steve Shelby announced his retirement effective April 27, 2021, after 17 years as VP of Sales and Marketing at Cross Technologies, Inc. "Steve has always done an excellent job providing quotations and technical support to customers world-wide over his 17-year career at Cross, and sales increased substantially as a result of his sales and marketing efforts," said a company statement. 

Paris, France, April 14, 2021- -At its cabinet meeting on Wednesday 14 April, the French government appointed Philippe Baptiste as President of the French space agency, Centre National d'ètudes Spaciales (CNES).

Washington, D.C. April 12, 2021--Sheppard Mullin announced that Steve Chernow has joined its Telecom team as Special Counsel, based in their Washington, D.C. office. Chernow joins Sheppard Mullin following a distinguished career serving in senior roles for satellite communications companies, including as General Counsel at OneWeb and Deputy General Counsel at Intelsat.