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Backnang, Germany, October 1, 2015 – Signalhorn announced the appointment of  Alexander Mueller-Gastell as Signalhorn’s President and Chief Operating Officer. Mueller-Gastell will be reporting to Robert Kubbernus, who will continue to fill the role of CEO and Chairman of Signalhorn.

View video interviews with key executives at the IBC 2015 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands including: Kirill Filippov, CEO-SPB TV; Carmen Gonzalez-Sanfeliu, Regional VP, Latin America-Intelsat;Eyal Copitt, Chief Commercial Officer and Guy Eran, VP-Channel Distribution of DiViNetworks; Andrew Bond, Global Sales Director-ETL Systems and Amir Carmeli, VP, Africa-Amos Spacecom To view the interviews click here.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, September 28, 2015 – MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. announced the appointment of Santosh Desai as Sales Director – Africa. In his role, Desai will be responsible for opening new markets in Africa, developing sales channels, and managing customer accounts. 

London, UK, September 24, 2015--Inmarsat has announced the appointment of Sam Matar as Director of Airline Market Development, with responsibility for expanding the company’s airline customer base and revenues in the North America market.

Hamburg, Germany, September 22, 2015–Transas, a global leader in high-tech equipment, software and system integration for the maritime industry, today announces the appointment of Frank Coles as its Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors for Transas Marine.

McLean, VA, September 22, 2015--Catherine Melquist, a marketing executive with more than 20 years of experience in the satellite industry, has joined Sage Communications as senior vice president of its Satellite division.

Washington, DC, September 14, 2015 – LeoSat Enterprises, an emerging company with plans to launch a constellation of up to 108 low-earth-orbit communications satellites, has named industry veteran Mark Rigolle as the company’s new chief executive officer.  

Montreal, Canada, September 10, 2015–Advantech Wireless announced that Steve Richeson has joined the company as Senior Vice President, Global Sales and Business Development. Steve joins Advantech  from his most recent position at Harris Corporation where he was instrumental in establishing a sales pipeline for the Communications Solutions business unit of Exelis (formerly ITT Defense) prior to its US$ 4.6 billion acquisition by Harris.

Nonthaburi, Thailand, September 1, 2015--Thaicom has announced the appointment of Mr. Paiboon Panuwattanawong to take up the roles of Chief Executive Officer of Thaicom and the authorized director of Thaicom effective October 1, 2015. The previous CEO, Ms. Suphajee Suthumpun, will assume the role of Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer to support the new CEO during the leadership transition period from October 1 to December 31, 2015.

Indiana, PA.  August 25, 2015--Quintech Electronics & Communications, Inc. announced the addition of Serafin Morales as the new International Account Manager, Mexico, Central and Latin America (CALA).