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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).

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.