Andrew Clark named president of ComStream Canada Inc.SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 25, 1995--Dr. Andrew S. Clark has been appointed to the newly created position of president for ComStream Canada Inc. in Montreal. Clark will report to Ronald L. Derry, president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of parent company ComStream Corp. in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. . ComStream Canada provides three key areas of service to customers of ComStream, as it leads Spar Aerospace SPAR Aerospace, a Canadian aerospace company, led the development of the Canadarm for the NASA Space shuttle program. There, employees worked on projects ranging from flying saucers to dinosaurs. Ltd.'s strategy to develop a global communications business. The first is to serve as a central location for final integration and training for time division multiple access (TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) A satellite and cellular phone technology that interleaves multiple digital signals onto a single high-speed channel. For cellular, TDMA triples the capacity of the original analog method (FDMA). ) satellite networks for voice, fax, data and video. The second is network design, installation and implementation of major ground satellite systems such as INTELSAT, EUTELSAT EUTELSAT European Telecommunications Satellite and various large Domsat projects that connect users in emerging nations to phone and fax service. And third is in maintaining relationships with ComStream customers in China, where rapid upgrades in communications are needed as the region grows into a worldwide low-cost manufacturing hub. ComStream Canada Inc. and ComStream Corp. together form ComStream Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Spar Aerospace, Toronto. Clark joined Spar in 1990 from Canadair, where he was director of engineering in Canadair's Surveillance Systems division. At Spar Space Systems, he headed Advanced Programs, a group providing leadership to Space Systems in new space-based communications and remote sensing technologies. Most recently, he has held the position of director, strategic development. Clark completed his doctorate in physics at Flinders University of South Australia and worked for the Ministry of Defense in the United Kingdom before coming to Canada in 1979. ``ComStream Canada is a key to our success in the exploding international communications markets that are the topic of so much conversation right now,'' said Derry. ``Andrew Clark obviously brings tremendous knowledge and talent to this position. He has a fine record of service to Spar and, with his experience, is the ideal candidate to run this part of our company.'' ComStream is a major international provider of satellite-based communication networks for digital voice, data, imaging and video applications, with offices in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Indonesia, the People's Republic of China and the United Kingdom. Spar is Canada's premier space company and is a leader in the space- and ground-based communications, informatics and aviation and defense industries. Spar employs 2,800 people at locations worldwide. It is listed on the Toronto and Montreal stock exchanges Montreal Stock Exchange See Bourse de Montreal, Inc. (Canadian Derivatives Exchange) under the stock symbol SPZ SPZ Schützenpanzer (German; armoured personnel carrier) SPZ spätzle (dorsoventral patterning, genetics) SPZ Simplified Planning Zone SPZ Socionet Personal Zone SPZ South Park Zone . CONTACT: ComStream Corp., San Diego Bruce Rowe, 619/657-5248 |
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