KVH Industries, Inc. Announces Executive Appointments
November 15, 2018 at 05:00 am EST
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KVH Industries, Inc. announced that Brent Bruun has expanded his responsibilities as chief operating officer, and Mark Woodhead has been named executive vice president of mobile connectivity. The promotions leverage the business and maritime industry experience of the two leaders. In his role as chief operating officer, Mr. Bruun will now spearhead corporate business development; oversee all operational and financial aspects of KVH’s mobile connectivity and inertial navigation businesses; lead financial planning and analysis; foster investor relations; and work toward organizational excellence across the global company. Mr. Bruun joined KVH in early 2008 and served as executive vice president of the mobile broadband group. Prior to joining KVH, Mr. Bruun was senior vice president with satellite operator SES Americom, and gained his strong corporate financial background from positions held with GE Capital and KPMG earlier in his career. In Mr. Woodhead’s new role as executive vice president of mobile connectivity, he takes on leadership for EMEA, Asia, and Americas commercial sales; global leisure sales; KVH VideotelTM and KVH Media Group; global sales operations; and product line management. Mr. Woodhead previously served as KVH’s senior vice president, EMEA, overseeing mobile connectivity sales activities in the region and also overseeing KVH Videotel on a global basis.
KVH Industries, Inc. is a provider of technology-driven connectivity solutions to primarily maritime customers globally. The Company provides global high-speed Internet and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services via satellite to mobile users at sea and on land. It is also a provider of commercially licensed entertainment, including news, sports, music, and movies, to commercial customers in the maritime and hotel markets, along with supplemental value-added cybersecurity, email, and crew Internet services. It provides integrated, end-to-end services, software, and hardware that support its customersâ need for access to the Internet, VoIP, operations content, and entertainment services while on the move. The Company also manufactures in-motion, stabilized antennas that provide receive-only satellite television services. The Company also offers variety of value-added services to its maritime customers as well as news content to its hotel customers.