Newsat Appoints Don Brown to Lead Global Expansion

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[Via Satellite 08-19-13] NewSat Limited has appointed Don Brown as senior vice president of strategic planning. The executive move follows the company’s plans to transition from a teleport operator into a global satellite operator. In this new position, Brown will be “a driving force for NewSat’s future direction and transformation into a global satellite operator,” said NewSat Founder and CEO, Adrian Ballintine.

Brown has more than 20 years of experience in satellite communications, with expertise in government solutions and defense systems. He began his satellite career in the satellite systems division of Federal Express Corporation, subsequently working for American Mobile Satellite Corporation and Quincy Jones’ Qradio, before serving as vice president of DoD systems at PanAmSat’s G2 Satellite Solutions.

More recently, Brown was the vice president of hosted payloads and business development for Intelsat General Corporation. At Intelsat General, he led the team that won the $350 million UHF hosted payload contract with the Australian Defence Force, as well as the IP Router in Space (IRIS) hosted payload contract with Cisco. Brown is co-founder of the Hosted Payload Alliance.

“It is an exciting time at NewSat. Over the years, NewSat has built a formidable teleport business with a worldwide reputation for excellence in satellite solutions. More recently the Company has successfully funded its first satellite Jabiru-1, which is scheduled to launch in 2015. With the Jabiru-2 hosted payload launching in the next six months, and a plan for more satellites utilizing the eight orbital slots, it is a pivotal time for NewSat to focus on strategy development and execution,” Brown said.