Media Industry Leader Joins SES AMERICOM; McGuirk To Lead Domestic Entertainment & Enterprise Business.Business Editors PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 30, 2003 Dean Olmstead, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of SES AMERICOM SES Americom is a major commercial satellite operator based in the United States. Formerly RCA Americom and GE Americom the company is now (with SES Astra and SES New Skies) one of the principal parts of SES S.A.. , an SES GLOBAL Company (SESG SESG Systems Engineering Steering Group SESG Software Engineering Support Group SESG System Engineering Sub-Group in Frankfurt and Luxembourg) announced today that Bryan A. McGuirk has been appointed as Senior Vice President of Domestic Satellite Services. In this role McGuirk is responsible for building the company's core entertainment and enterprise businesses throughout the U.S. McGuirk has extensive experience with business and sales issues associated with developing media-based businesses. As the President, Programming and Advertising of California-based OpenTV, he was at the forefront of many interactive programming developments for both advertisers and programmers. Added to that are executive and management responsibilities at TViFusion, a digital cable network development and operations company; NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. Television Network, in both affiliate relations and NBC Asia; and Turner International, launching CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. , TNT TNT: see trinitrotoluene. TNT in full trinitrotoluene Pale yellow, solid organic compound made by adding nitrate (−NO2) groups to toluene. and Cartoon Network in Asian markets. McGuirk received his BA in Managerial Economics from Union College in Schenectady, and his MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration from Emory University in Atlanta. He is active in many industry associations including serving as a board member of the Interactive Television Alliance. "We are thrilled to have Bryan leading our U.S. sales team; his experience with leading media companies and new technologies will help AMERICOM continue to innovate and grow our core business. In our 30 plus year history, the media and data customer has been at the heart of our business development and growth - the continuous enhancements and expansion of the AMERICOM satellite fleet reflects our commitment to the quality critical for the distribution of our customers' content as well as to the reach and coverage of these enterprises. Bryan joins a leadership team that is the best in the business, delivering industry-leading quality of service." The AMERICOM leadership team is organized around market-facing units, technical services, and organizational support. The team of twelve executives has superior industry knowledge and combines more than fifteen decades of telecommunications and satellite industry experience. The market-facing executives are Brent Bruun, Vice President, Product Management & Lead Generation; Andreas Georghiou, Senior Vice President, International Satellite Services; David Helfgott, President & CEO, AMERICOM Government Services; Bryan McGuirk, Senior Vice President, Domestic Satellite Services; and Kevin Smyth, Senior Vice President, Residential Satellite Services. This team addresses customer requirements with effective distribution and network solutions for broadcasters, programmers, enterprises, government agencies and consumers. AMERICOM's technical services leaders are Dany Harel, Vice President, Space Systems and Operations, and Mike Noon, Vice President, Terrestrial Systems and Operations. These two experts have a combined history of more than four decades in the satellite industry; they manage AMERICOM's fleet of 16 satellites, with five additional spacecraft to be launched before year-end 2004; plus an intricate network of TT&C and transmission facilities stretching from Gibraltar to Hawaii. Organizational support for the AMERICOM enterprise is led by Paula Fairley, Senior Vice President, Human Resources & Operational Excellence; Anders Johnson, Senior Vice President, Risk Management; Robert Kisilywicz, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; Monica Morgan, Vice President, Corporate Communications; and Scott Tollefsen, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. About SES AMERICOM The largest supplier of satellite services in the U.S., SES AMERICOM, Inc. is recognized as a pioneer of global satellite communications services. Established in 1973 with its first satellite circuit for the U.S. Armed Forces, the company currently operates a fleet of 16 spacecraft in orbital positions providing service throughout the Americas, across Europe, over the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and throughout Asia. As a member of the SES GLOBAL family, AMERICOM is able to provide end-to-end telecommunications solutions to any region in the world. SES AMERICOM key customers include ABC Radio Networks, AT&T Alascom, British Telecom, Deutsche Welle, Discovery, EchoStar, Fox, Gannett, Gemstar/TV Guide, HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy , Hughes Network Systems Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HNS), is a provider of broadband satellite network products for businesses and consumers. HNS pioneered the development of high-speed satellite Internet access services and IP-based networks with its original DirecPC service but which it now markets , NBC, The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times, NHK NHK Nippon Hoso Kyokai (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) NHK Nihon Hoso Kyokai (Japanese Broadcasting Association) NHK Nihon Hikikomori Kyokai (anime) , PaxNet, PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, , TELE Greenland, TimeWarner, TV Europa, Verestar, Viacom and, through AMERICOM Government Services, various agencies of the U.S. government. |
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