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Intelsat General Names Mark Daniels Vice-President, Engineering & Operations
Bethesda, Md., February 19, 2008 – Mark Daniels, an executive with 24 years of broad experience managing engineering and operations groups in the satellite communication and aerospace industries, has been named Vice President, Engineering & Operations, of Intelsat General Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Intelsat Ltd.
Mr. Daniels will serve as the lead technical and program management executive reporting to Intelsat General President, William Shernit. Mr. Daniels will be responsible for all engineering and operations activities including managing the Intelsat General Secure Operations Center (ISOC), Intelsat General operations in Paumalu, HI and Pt. Magu, CA, and liaison activities with the Intelsat Ltd. engineering and operations management staff.
“We are pleased to have someone with Mark’s broad experience join us at such an important time,” Shernit said. “He will play a key role in the development and implementation of responsive solutions to meet our customer’s needs.”
During the last 10 years, Mr. Daniels served in senior program management, engineering management, and operations management positions at Verestar Government Services, PanAmSat, and ORBCOMM where he was responsible for the design, integration, implementation, operation, and maintenance of complex hybrid satellite & terrestrial communication solutions in the fixed satellite service (FSS) and mobile satellite service (MSS) industries.
Prior to that he served in group management, program management and engineering management positions at EER Systems where he was responsible for aerospace flight and ground system design, development, integration, test, launch, and profit/loss performance for many government and commercial programs including development and flight of launch vehicles and payloads. Mr. Daniels also has extensive experience with business process development and government proposal generation.
Mr. Daniels received a BS in Aerospace Engineering and a MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. He is also an instrument-rated private pilot.
About Intelsat General Corp.
Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Intelsat General Corporation provides leading-edge communications solutions to commercial, government, and military customers through fixed and mobile satellite systems and associated terrestrial communications services. Intelsat General incorporates flexible and robust ground and space infrastructure and technical expertise to deliver reliable, quickly deployable and secure network solutions anywhere around the globe. Intelsat General is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Intelsat, Ltd.
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