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People CSR Appoints Senior VP, Marketing And Sales Canadian Satellite Radio (CSR) announced that Colin Bettam was appointed senior vice president of marketing and sales. Bettam will be responsible for overseeing all sales and marketing functions of CSR, including retail and automotive distribution channels. He also will lead marketing, promotion and advertising strategy for CSR’s...

People Boeing Space And Intelligence Systems Appoints Vice President/General Manager Boeing announced that Howard Chambers was named vice president and general manager of Space And Intelligence Systems (S&IS), an operating division of Integrated Defense Systems. Chambers is responsible for leading the people, programs and assets of the company’s intelligence and space programs, including Boeing’s Satellite...

People Astrotech Spacehab Subsidiary Announces Management Changes Spacehab Inc. said that John Satrom, senior vice president and general manager of its Astrotech Space Operations subsidiary, decided to leave the company to pursue other interests. Jim Royston will take on the role of deputy general manager and until a new general manager is selected, he will...

People EMS SATCOM Appoints Account Manager EMS Satcom, a division of EMS Technologies Inc., appointed Tony Caruso as account manager of EMS Satcom’s Commercial and Corporate Aviation Sales division. Caruso will be responsible for all sales activities with EMS Satcom’s dealers and commercial and corporate aircraft operators located throughout Canada. Caruso comes to EMS Satcom...

People CASBAA Appoints New Vice President The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) appointed John Medeiros as vice president for government relations and regulatory affairs. Medeiros will be responsible for oversight of the association’s anti-piracy and regulatory activities across an Asia-Pacific footprint covering 14 markets. This new post is part of an expansion...

People GLOBALSTAR Names New General Manager Globalstar LLC named Greg Tees the new general manager of Globalstar Europe Satellite Services. Tees will oversee Globalstar’s European business operations from the company’s Dublin office. He will work to sharpen Globalstar’s European focus on marine markets and applications, expanding Globalstar points of presence and launch remote asset-tracking applications....

People Eagle Broadband Appoints David Micek President And CEO Eagle Broadband said its board of directors promoted David Micek to the position of president and CEO from his position as COO. Micek succeeds Dave Weisman, who will remain on the company’s board of directors. Jim Reinhartsen will replace Weisman as chairman of Eagle’s board of...

People Convergent Media Systems Names CEO Convergent Media Systems, a provider of digital media platforms, announced that President and Chief Operating Officer Bryan Allen has been promoted to the position of President and Chief Executive Officer. Murray Holland, who has been at the helm for the past 12 years, steps down as CEO but continues...

People BTV+ Names VP Finance And Administration BTV+, provider of digital signage networks, interactive distance learning, studios and related secure, IP satellite-based services, announced the appointment of Robert Caputo as vice president of finance and administration. Prior to joining BTV+ Caputo has provided capital structuring expertise and, as a commercial lender from 1997 to 2002,...

People Andrew Names New Satcom Group President Andrew Corp. named Jude Panetta the president of the company’s satellite communications group. Panetta was formerly the vice president and general manager for Andrew’s base station subsystems group and he replaces Paul Cox, who resigned from his position at Andrew to become the president of Smiths Interconnect. Panetta...