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People DirecTV Board Goes To 11 With Saban Election The DirecTV Group elected Haim Saban, chairman and CEO of Saban Capital Group Inc., to its board of directors. The appointment is effective immediately and boosts DirecTV’s board to 11 members. In addition to his position at Saban Capital, Saban currently serves as chairman of the...

People Iridium Satellite Names New Executive Vice President For Sales, Marketing And Business Development Iridium Satellite LLC announced the appointment of Greg Ewert as executive vice president for sales, marketing and business development. Ewert comes to Iridium from COMSAT International, where he was executive vice president for marketing, sales, business development, product development and customer...

People Tachyon Names VP and GM Of Canadian Market Tachyon Networks Inc. named Reeve Martin vice president and general manager of Tachyon’s Canadian market. Martin is responsible for expanding the company’s reach into targeted vertical markets including oil, energy, mining, manufacturing, transportation and government. He will build on Tachyon’s Canadian service partner program, creating and...

People ESOA Appoints Secretary General The European Satellite Operators Association (ESOA) announced the appointment of Aarti Holla-Maini as the association’s new secretary general, in ESOA’s Brussels office. Holla- Maini will manage and represent the association on a day-to-day basis, succeeding Fulvio Sansone. Holla-Maini will work to generate and strengthen awareness of the benefits of satellite-delivered...

People AIA Appoints Assistant VP Bruce Mahone, director of space policy at the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA), has been appointed assistant vice president of technical operations at AIA. In his new position, Mahone will be responsible for coordinating the activities of the Technical Operations Council, which is responsible for technical program management, operations and industrial...

People Caprock communications Appoints New Marketing VP Houston-based CapRock Communications, a global satellite communications provider, has expanded its offerings to a variety of new vertical markets and has chosen a new vice president of marketing, David Myers, to lead the effort. Under Myers’ direction, CapRock will target other global verticals that can benefit from the...

People Idirect Appoints VP In Asia iDirect announced the appointment of KW Chan as vice president of sales for the Asia – Pacific region. The addition of Chan will help iDirect continue offering reliable bi- directional satellite-based broadband access solutions to the Pacific-Rim market with the customer-focused approach it is known for. Chan was most...

People Kingston inmedia Names Chairman Kingston inmedia appointed Richard Vos as chairman of the board. Vos was formerly chairman of Inmarsat, which he led following privatization in 1999 through a private equity buyout in 2003 for $1.5 billion. Lockheed Martin Elects Corporate Officer Lockheed Martin’s board of directors elected Joanne Maguire as its newest corporate...

People ORBITAL SCIENCES CORP. Names Key Executives Orbital Sciences Corp. appointed Brent Collins senior vice president and deputy general manager for operations in the Launch Systems Group. In this position, Collins will help lead Orbital’s efforts in providing launch vehicles for missile defense-related target programs and space launch systems for the national security, civil and...

PEOPLE Pivotal Satellite: Names Business Dev. Head Pivotal Satellite Technologies Inc. hired Keith Lippert as its manager of sales and business development. Prior to joining Pivotal, Lippert served in various sales and marketing positions in news, sports, corporate, medicine, education and Webcasting.   Wildblue: Appoints New Vice Presidents Wildblue Communications Inc. appointed Anoosh Shahidi to...