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Boston, Massachusetts, May 22, 2019 — Accion Systems today announced that Tom Phelps has joined the company as Vice President of Product. Phelps will lead the product strategy for Accion’s in-space propulsion system, as well as future technologies and products.

Middletown, RI, May 22, 2019 — KVH Industries has announced that Ken Loke has been named Vice President – Asia Pacific, to direct all initiatives for KVH in this important region.

San Diego, Calif., May 21, 2019 — Anokiwave has announced the latest addition to its executive leadership team with the appointment of Alastair Upton to the position of chief strategy officer, a new position within Anokiwave, effective May 2019. Upton will report directly to chief executive officer, Robert Donahue.

Cannes, France, May 21, 2019 — Pascal Homsy, 54, has been appointed executive vice president of Thales Alenia Space’s Telecommunications Business Line, effective May 13, 2019. He succeeds Bertrand Maureau, who takes on new responsibilities within the Thales Group.

May 15, 2019, New York City, NY — Space & Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) today announced the results of 2019 elections to its Board of Directors. The SSPI membership has elected six new Directors and re-elected four Directors to serve three-year terms beginning May 8.

At the NAB 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, Satellite Markets and Research interviewed key executives including Thomas van den Driessche, CEO-Newtec; Mike Antonovich, CEO-Eutelsat Americas; Jonathan Crawford, CEO-The Spaceconnection; Deepak Mathur, EVP-Global Sales, SES Video and a Demo of SES' OTT and Event Management products.  To view the videos, click on the aformentioned executive's name. 

Washington, D.C., May 8, 2019 — Via Satellite announced Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium, as the winner of the prestigious 2018 Satellite Executive of the Year Award, and Intellian’s v240MT Tri-band Antenna System as the winner of the inaugural 2018 Satellite Technology of the Year Award today at Satellite 2019 conference and exhibition.

New York, NY, April 29, 2019 — The World Teleport Association (WTA) today named Guido Neumann, CEO, CETel as the 2019 Teleport Executive of the Year. Neumann will accept the award at the 2019 Teleport Awards Luncheon, on May 7th during the SATELLITE 2019 conference in Washington, DC.

Washington DC, April 29, 2019 — The Space & Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) has announced the appointment of Thomas Van den Driessche, CEO of Newtec, as president of its board of directors through March 2020.

North Shields, UK, April 25, 2019 — Satellite communications services provider Satcom Global, has announced that James Tucker has joined the company as President of their Asia Pacific region.