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New York City, Sept. 14, 2018 ― The Space & Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) today announced that it will present its 2018 Promise Awards to Jillian Gorsuch of SSL, a Maxar Technologies company, Theodore McDonald of SpaceX and Mike Safyan of Planet. The Promise Awards honor three space & satellite employees or entrepreneurs age 35 and under for outstanding achievement in the early stages of their career.

Singapore, Sept. 12, 2018 ― Kacific Broadband Satellites has appointed Matteo Catanuto as Vice President Sales, New Zealand and the Pacific Region.

Nashua, New Hampshire, Sept. 10, 2018 — AQYR Technologies has announced the appointment of Virgil Russell as their new Director of Sales and Marketing.  He will succeed Rory Eddings who is taking over as AQYR’s Manager of Commercial Sales.

McLean, VA, Sept. 7, 2018 ― OneWeb, which is building the world’s highest throughput satellite system to enable affordable, high-speed, low latency broadband access for all has  announced the appointment of Adrian Steckel as Chief Executive Officer and Eric Béranger as President and Chief Operating Officer.

Moscow, Russia, September 7, 2018--To give us an overview of Russia-based satellite operator Gazprom Space Systems (GSS) current position in the global marketplace, Satellite Markets and Research spoke  with Igor Kot, Deputy Director General, Business Development, GSS just before the IBC2018 show in Amsterdam.

Washington DC, Sept. 4, 2018 – ABS announced new appointments and changes of its executive management team to reflect its transition into the next phase of company growth and its ongoing commitment to customer service. These leadership changes include the following appointments and promotions:

Malaga, Spain, September 3, 2018 — Tedial, the independent MAM technology solutions specialist, has named Antonio Robles as Operations Director, effective immediately. He will lead the company’s project design and implementation teams as well as the support team. He brings with him almost 20 years of experience in the audiovisual industry.

Paris, France, Sept. 3, 2018 —  Philippe Oliva has been appointed as executive vice president of sales and products as of September 3, 2018. He will report to Michel Azibert, deputy CEO and chief commercial & development officer, with a view to succeeding him as commercial director during the course of 2019. Michel Azibert will continue to serve as deputy CEO.

Los Angeles, Calif., August 28, 2018 — Globecast has named Gerry McAree as VP of Sales, East Region, effective August 27. In his new role, McAree will lead the sales efforts on the east coast to promote an innovative, fresh approach to client relationships and further drive Globecast’s revenue and growth priorities in the US.

Washington, D.C. , August 27, 2018  ̶  The Global VSAT Forum (GVF) announced today the appointment of David Meltzer to serve as its Secretary General effective 27 August 2018. Meltzer brings over twenty five years of experience in the satellite industry, including serving as a board member for both a regional satellite operator and for a mobile satellite operator.