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People AGI: Names Regional Sales Director Jeffrey McCrindle is now eastern regional sales director for AGI. In this new position, he will manage all field teams serving the eastern United States and all of Canada as they support sales of AGI’s aerospace analysis and visualization software, STK. McCrindle joined AGI in 2002 as the business...

People ANDREW CORP. Fills New Position Andrew Corp. named J.C. Huang new chief technology and strategy officer. In this position, Huang will provide overall technology leadership for the company and oversee the development of corporate strategy. Most recently, he was a managing director and general partner of Ericsson Venture Partners. ASCENT MEDIA Names VP Sales,...

People GILAT: Names New Spacenet CEO Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. named Bill Gerety as the new CEO of its Spacenet subsidiary. Prior to joining Spacenet, Gerety served as acting CEO and COO for Astrolink International. GLOBECAST: Appoints Broadcast Sales Director Globecast appointed Mary Salih as director of broadcast sales for Globecast America. She is responsible...

People BALL AEROSPACE: Welcomes Legislative Liaison Erin Hatch was hired as the legislative liaison for civil and commercial space government relations for Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. Prior to joining Ball Aerospace, she worked as a legislative assistant to Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), supporting him in his activities in science and technology, and in commercial...

People BOEING: Pioneer Inducted To Hall Of Fame Harold Rosen, a consultant and former 37-year employee of The Boeing Co., was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in Akron, OH. Rosen was selected for his pioneering work developing the world’s first commercial communications satellite and his subsequent contributions to satellite communications.   DNE:...

People ERI Names Development Director Electro-Radiation Inc.(ERI) named John Thoma to the position of director of business development. His responsibilities include all sales and marketing activities. Prior to joining ERI, Thoma held key roles in product management, business development and program management at Axonlink, OnePath Networks, Tellium Inc., and ADC Broadband Communications. GLOBECAST Appoints CEOs...

People NEW SKIES: Appoints Sales Director New Skies Satellites N.V. appointed Jurandir Pitsch sales director for the company’s commercial activities in Brazil and the Mercosur region of Latin America. He is responsible for driving sales of New Skies’ satellite services to broadcasters, cable programmers, telecommunications companies and Internet service providers in Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and...

People BOEING: Selects Head Of Satellite Manufacturing Business Boeing selected Dave Ryan to lead Boeing Satellite Systems as the vice president and general manager. Ryan succeeds Randy Brinkley, who announced his intent to leave the company on June 1, 2003. Ryan was most recently vice president and deputy general manager of Space Intelligence Systems.  ...

People Spectrum Astro Promotes New Executives Spectrum Astro promoted Daren Iverson to vice president of contracts and finance and CFO. His new duties include the oversight and management of Spectrum’s financial and contractual affairs involving approval of customer contracts and procurements, cost analysis, corporate/program finance and accounting operations. Iverson joined the company in 1996 and...