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Sao Paolo, Brazil, May 1, 2015-- Christophe Roux, currently Head of Governmental Sales Space Systems, has been appointed as the new Head of Sales Latin America within the Airbus Defence and Space Sales and Marketing organization. He is taking over of this role in addition of his current responsibility in the Space Systems business line.

Video interviews with key industry executives from Satellite 2015  in  Washington, D.C. including Dan Prushnok, CEO-Qunitech Electronics and Communications; David Myers, CEO-Datapath; David Hershberg, CEO, STS Global; Sherry Ann Supelana, Head of Global Engineering-ABS-CBN; and Grant Whipple, Director of Sales and Business Development-Winegard.  To view or download the videos, click here.

St. Louis, Mo., April 23, 2015–Boeing [NYSE: BA] has named John Shannon to be vice president and program manager for the Space Launch System (SLS), which will provide NASA with heavy-lift capability to send people and cargo into deep space.

Izegem, Belgium, April 22, 2015–Skyline Communications, a provider of  end-to-end multi-vendor network management and OSS software solutions for the broadcast, satellite, cable, telco and mobile industry, announces a reorganization of its leadership structure. Skyline’s Board of Directors appointed  Ben Vandenberghe as Chief Executive Officer, Bert Vandenberghe as Chief Technology Officer and Frederik Vandenberghe as Chief Financial Officer.

Hauppauge, N.Y. – April 14, 2015 -- Globecomm announced that Jonathan Kirchner has joined the executive team as Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy & Product Management. He will be reporting to Keith Hall, Chief Executive Office and  will lead the development of Globecomm’s long-term, global corporate and product strategy.

Redmond, Wash., April 14, 2015 – Kymeta Corporation, a Seattle-based developer of metamaterials-based antenna technology, today announced that its board of directors has appointed Dr. Nathan Kundtz as CEO and Marc Stolzman as chief financial officer (CFO). Kundtz previously held the position of president and chief technology officer at Kymeta. Stolzman previously held the position of CFO at Zulily.

Izegem, Belgium, April 10, 2015–Skyline Communications, a provider of end-to-end multi-vendor network management and OSS software solutions for the broadcast, satellite, cable, telco and mobile industry, has appointed Steven Soenens as Product Marketing Director.

Carlsbad, Calif., April 8, 2015–ViaSat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT),has appointed Frank J. Biondi Jr. to its Board of Directors. Biondi will serve as a Class I Director effective immediately, with an initial term expiring at the Company’s 2015 annual meeting of stockholders. 

Bangalore, India, April 6, 2015--Dr M Annadurai has assumed the office of Director, ISAC on April 1, 2015. He took over as Director, ISAC from Dr S K Shivakumar, who retired on March 31, 2015.