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Tucker, GA, Aug. 4, 2015—WORK Microwave, a manufacturer of advanced satellite communications, today announced that it has opened a new office in Tucker, Georgia to broaden the company's market reach across the Americas. Waylon Sun has been appointed as vice president, business development and sales, at this location. 

Hong Kong, August 3, 2015– Satellite operator Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (AsiaSat) has formed a Sales Solutions team has that will provide focused and solutions-driven support to the company's sales and business development activities.  Led by Alan Wong, Manager, Sales Solutions, this team will have an increased focus of identifying and implementing the best solution for each customer's requirements.

Video interviews with key industry executives from CommunicAsia 2015 in Singapore including: Andreas Bernhardt, CEO of ND SATCOM; Mario Querner VP, Asia-Pacific of Newtec;  Deepak Mathur, SVP- Asia-Pacific and Middle East of SES; Rash Jhanjee, Head-Global Xpress Strategy and Business Development Inmarsat; and Alvaro Sanchez, Sales Manager-Integrasys. To view the videos click here.

Video interviews with key industry executives from the Latin American Satellite Communications and Broadcasting Summit  (LATSAT) 2015 in Mexico City organized by Euroconsult, including: Dolores Martos, MD-Americas and Erwin Mercado, VP-Sales-Latin America of ABS; Ignacio Sanchis, Chief Commercial Officer-HISPASAT; Omar Trujillo, VP-Sales, Latin America and Africa-O3B Networks;  and Julio Villafañe,  VP-Commercial, Latin America-North of SES. To view the videos click here.

Tel Aviv, Israel, July 22, 2015–DiViNetworks, the provider of network optimization solutions for the Internet and telecom markets, today announced that Eyal Copitt has assumed the CCO (Chief Commercial Officer) position where he is responsible for operating the global sales, business development, marketing and channel development teams. He reports to CEO Barak Avitbul. The company also expanded its sales team by appointing Guy Eran VP Channels and Global Accounts; Udi Frohman VP Sales Asia & Pacific; Sharon Ruso Director, Pre-Sales; and Vadim Arman VP Sales Russia. They join veteran Sales VPs, Daniel Najman for Latin America and Tsahie Lavi for Africa.

Dallas, Tex., July 22, 2015 – Imagine Communications, a global leader in video and advertising solutions serving the media and entertainment, multichannel video programming distributors and enterprise markets, today announced the promotion of Ramnik Kamo to the position of Chief Marketing Officer. In addition to overseeing Imagine Communications’ overall marketing strategy, Kamo will be responsible for business development, partnerships and merger and acquisition activities.

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.

Seattle, Wash.,  July 20, 2015 – BlackSky Global, a satellite imaging-as-a-service company, announced today that it has tapped software and services veteran Rakesh Narasimhan as its executive vice president and general manager to lead engineering, sales, marketing and operations for its web scale satellite imagery data platform, effective immediately.

Tempe, Ariz. July 8,2015--Comtech EF Data announced the appointment of Marcos Jannuzzi to Vice President Sales, Latin America..In this role, Jannuzzi will direct sales and business development operations for Latin America. He will develop and implement the region’s sales strategy, oversee the region’s channel and distribution programs, build customer relationships to expand the company’s customer base and meet its revenue goals, and direct the Latin American pre-sales team.

Houston, Tex., July 2, 2015--RigNet, Inc. (NASDAQ:RNET), al provider of digital technology solutions to the oil and gas industry, announced today that Marty Jimmerson has informed the Company of his intention to step down as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) by the end of the year. Jimmerson has indicated that he will remain to assist in the search for a new CFO and to assure an orderly transition.