Bruun Takes the Helm at KVH Industries
first joined KVH in 2008 and has served as KVH’s Interim President and Chief Executive Officer since March 2022. He also served as Chief Operating Officer of KVH beginning in 2016, as well as Interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Prior to that, he was executive vice president of mobile broadband, senior vice president of global sales and business development, and vice president of global sales and business development. He previously served as senior vice president of strategic initiatives for SES AMERICOM, a satellite operator providing services via its fleet of 16 geosynchronous satellites
Sea Machines Hires Trevor Vieweg for New CTO Position
on the development of advanced marine technology. Vieweg will also work closely with key regulators help shape the industry’s evolving rules and governance surrounding autonomous marine and advanced perception technologies.Vieweg joins Sea Machines from Viasat, a provider of high-speed satellite broadband services and secure networking systems covering military and commercial markets. Having supported Viasat for more than a decade, he most recently served as the head of product development, overseeing the technology teams focused on Viasat’s high-growth mobility business.“Trevor is a
KVH Intros Digital Crew Welfare Solution
package incurring no data delivery charge.In developing the KVH Link service, KVH built on its experience with the IP-MobileCast content delivery service it introduced in 2014, which features patented technology for delivering cybersecure, encrypted multimedia content to vessels with mini-VSAT BroadbandTM connectivity.KVH also announced KVH linkHUB, a new service that provides entertainment content via secure, encrypted content drives to vessels that do not have KVH mini-VSAT Broadband connectivity, or to mixed fleets with a variety of satellite providers.“Today, all vessels in a fleet need
KVH Promotes Bruun to COO
KVH Industries has announced that Brent Bruun, currently executive vice president of mobile broadband for the company, has been promoted to the newly created position of chief operating officer (COO). In this position, Bruun will assume direct responsibility for KVH’s corporate development, as well as operational responsibility for mobile communications products and services for maritime and land markets. His purview as COO covers the customer lifecycle from sales and manufacturing through customer onboarding and on into long-term services, support, and customer retention.
Palladium Announces VP of Business Development
for the company and also developed and managed all B2B relationships in the International markets. Those markets included Australia, New Zealand, ASIA, EMEA, Russia, South America, Central America /Caribbean and Canada. In his early career, Arnold was a co-founder of Atlas Broadband, one of the Southeast's first DSL providers as well as the Director of Business for DirecNet a pioneering company in the high-speed wireless sector and ISP provider. During that time he was also instrumental in the development, design and sales of several turnkey wireless ISP's to the U.S. Virgins
Butler Joins BSS as Nonexecutive Chairman
Michael Butler, former Chief Operating Officer of Inmarsat and current board member at Thuraya, has joined Satcom Global and AND Group’s parent company, Broadband Satellite Services Ltd (BSS) as Non-Executive Chairman. Butler brings with him senior level insight and operational experience in the Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) market, following a successful career spanning over 20 years in world class technology based companies. This new appointment will bring extensive market knowledge and expertise to the Senior Management team at BSS, said the company, which also recently welcomed Matt
Speedcast Announces Buyout
widely recognized for his achievements in the industry. Malone is based in Perth, Australia. John Mackay AM, has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of two major utilities based in Canberra for 15 years, and was Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of TransACT Communications Pty Ltd, a leading broadband communications company in Australia. He serves on the Board of Directors of various organizations including: the Canberra Investment Corp. Ltd., the Little Company of Mary Health Care, and the Canberra Raiders. Mackay recently retired as the Chancellor of the University of Canberra. He has been
