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Washington, D.C., December 9, 2014–The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) today announced that SIA’s Board of Directors has appointed Tom Stroup to the position of President, effective December 15th. Stroup’s appointment follows an extensive search to replace the former President, Patricia Cooper, who departed SIA earlier this year for private industry.

Malaga, Spain December 8, 2014–Tedial, an independent MAM technology solutions specialist, has appointed Terry Spittle as its new Director of Global Operations and Support. Spittle will have oversight of Tedial’s Implementation Engineering, Installation and Service and Support teams. He will be responsible for defining and developing enhanced internal process infrastructure, enabling the company to support its growing worldwide customer base and partner network. Spittle will also provide a senior level liaison point for clients and project partners.

 Video interviews with key industry executives from Oilcomm 2014 in  Houston, Texas including JR Barallon, CEO, Proactive Energy; David Kagan, President, ITC Global  and David Sikorski, Sales Director, Energy Markets, Noarth America of SES.

Iroquois, Ontario, Canada, December 1, 2014 - Ross Video announced the appointment of Shawn Snider to Marketing Product Manager for their Inception Newsroom Computer System, Streamline Media Asset Management, and EZ Prompt Teleprompter solutions.

View video and audio podcasts with key satellite executives from MILCOM 2014,Baltimore, Maryland including: Jack Waters, CEO, Xiplink; Rick Lober, VP-Defense and Intelligence Division, Hughes Network Systems; and Andrew Ruszkowski, Chief Commercial Offier of Xtar.    Click here to view the videos.

Washington DC, November 12, 2014 – ABS announced the appointment of Dolores Martos as the Managing Director of the Americas.   In this position, Dolores is responsible for leading the sales, business development and operations for the Americas markets.  Dolores is based in Washington DC and reports directly to ABS CEO Tom Choi.

Chicago, Il., Nov. 4, 2014 – Boeing announced today that Gordon Johndroe will join the company to lead its Washington, D.C.-based Government Operations communications team, effective Nov. 7.

Busan, South Korea, October 23, 2014–ITU’s 19th Plenipotentiary Conference roundly endorsed Houlin Zhao of China as its next Secretary-General. Zhao will take office on 1 January 2015 for a term of four years, with the possibility of re-election for one additional four-year term. The election took place in Busan, Republic of Korea, during the Plenary session of the PP-14 conference this morning. Zhao won the position with 152 votes, from 156 ballot papers deposited. He contested the position unopposed. 

Hong Kong, October 23, 2014 – SpeedCast International Limited, today announced that Keith Johnson has joined SpeedCast as senior vice president / General Manager in charge of Energy services globally.  In this role, Johnson will oversee all of SpeedCast’s business activities for the Energy sector (Oil and Gas in particular), including strategic planning, program management, business development and global sales for SpeedCast’s worldwide operations.

Stafford, Va., October 21, 2014 –TrustComm Inc.,the small-business provider of assured satellite communications solutions to government and commercial organizations, today announced it has expanded its global sales organization with the addition of two highly experienced industry professionals – Michael Abad-Santos and Joe Apa.