SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SAT-GE (NYSE:GE), the newly announced satellite operator in the Pacific region, has today completed the appointment of its leadership team.
Drawing on key executives from the industry across the globe, SAT-GE will be managed by corporate executives from its holding group, GE International Holdings Inc.
SAT-GE's Management Team:
Paul Heinerscheid, President & CEO
Andrew Jordan, General Manager and VP Sales
David Crenshaw, VP Sales North America
Andy Frost, VP Marketing & Business Development
Ronny Svang, VP Finance & CFO
Jim Lynch, VP & General Counsel
Operations will be managed from Singapore and Sydney by Andrew Jordan, who joins SAT-GE after 5 years with Loft Communications, where he was founder and Managing Director. Andrew has over 16 years experience in the satellite industry and has held senior executive management positions in AsiaSat, PanAmSat and Measat.
"GE-23 is a unique asset for SAT-GE, ideally positioned between North America and East Asia. It can be used to deliver content and services in and around the Pacific basin. With the forthcoming Olympics in China it is the ideal platform on which to transport video coverage of this important event in Asia" said Andrew Jordan, General Manager and VP Sales, "I am really looking forward to the challenge of making SAT-GE a success and delivering strong growth for the business".
Andrew will be supported by David Crenshaw who has responsibility for sales in North America. David brings over 20 years of industry experience to the job having held previous senior and executive appointments in sales and business development for companies such as Intelsat, Spacenet, iBeam Broadcasting and Compression Labs.
Certain members of the team also have executive responsibilities in the management of Satlynx, the satellite managed services provider, based in Luxembourg and another business within GE International Holdings Inc. Satlynx offers corporate networking, wholesale broadband and managed services across the globe and is a customer of SAT-GE for satellite capacity over the Pacific region.
"Although there is commonality between Satlynx and SAT-GE, we are running them as separate businesses," said Paul Heinerscheid, President & CEO, SAT-GE. "For cost efficiency reasons it makes sense to subcontract organisational and support functions to Satlynx where we have a fully functional and self-contained business. Operationally, SAT-GE and Satlynx are very different and sales and accounting separation will be maintained between the businesses".
SAT-GE has offices in both Singapore and North America (Washington DC) and employs a team of talented professionals with substantial experience in the industry.
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About SAT-GE
SAT-GE provides satellite capacity on GE-23 across the Pacific basin, encompassing 6 individual beams, 5 Ku-band and 1 C-band, that give almost total coverage of both land mass and ocean from Perth in Australia to Los Angeles in the USA and from Alaska to South New Zealand. GE-23 offers Ku-band cross connectivity capability between multiple beams and, in C-band, a single trans-Pacific beam allows simultaneous uplink and downlink from anywhere within the beam. The GE-23 satellite located at 172 degrees east was manufactured by Alcatel Space, a series 4100 spacecraft, with a minimum useful life of 15 years. Launched on 29 December 2005, GE-23 delivers internet applications, VSAT, data and telecommunications services, and cable and broadcast programming.
Additional information about SAT-GE and GE-23 can be found at www.sat-ge.com
About GE
GE (NYSE: GE - News) is Imagination at Work - a diversified technology, media and financial services company focused on solving some of the world's toughest problems. GE serves customers in more than 100 countries and employs more than 300,000 people worldwide. For more information, visit www.ge.com.
Contacts
SAT-GE
Suzana Tan, +65 6339 9383
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Tibor Vorosmarty, +1 202 491 7348
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Britta Kons
GE Healthcare Global Services
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