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Middletown, R.I./February 24, 2004/Satnews/
KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI) has
named two new vice presidents to oversee its mobile satellite
communications and defense product operations. Jeff Brunner, formerly
KVH's Director of Operations for Fiber Optic Products, has been
promoted to Vice President of Operations, Military and Fiber Optic
Products, and will oversee KVH's consolidated defense product
manufacturing at the company's Tinley Park, Illinois, facility. KVH
has also named Jeff Greer to the position of Vice President of
Operations, Satellite Products. Mr. Greer will be responsible for
manufacturing and operations at the company's two facilities in
Middletown, Rhode Island.
Mr. Brunner joined KVH Industries when
KVH acquired Andrew Corporation's Fiber Optic Group in 1997. Most
recently, Mr. Brunner has overseen the transition of KVH's military
navigation products from its Rhode Island facilities to the company's
Tinley Park location.
From 1992 to the acquisition in 1997,
Mr. Brunner served as Andrew Corporation's Operations Manager, Fiber
Optics. In that role, he oversaw all aspects of fiber optic
manufacturing as well as participated in the mechanical design of new
products and their transfer from development into manufacturing. In
1997, he was named KVH's Director of Operations, Fiber Optics. He has
a BSIE from Purdue University and an MBA from Lewis University.
Mr. Greer joins KVH with 26 years of
domestic and international experience in manufacturing of
performance-engineered products as well as supply chain management and
quality assurance. Most recently, he served as the President and Chief
Operating Officer of Alden Products Company, a Massachusetts-based
manufacturer of high-voltage components for OEM devices, from 1996 to
2003, and Vice President of Manufacturing from 1995 to 1996. While
with Alden, he oversaw a period of continuous growth in both sales and
profits. Mr. Greer has a BA from Grove City College and a MA from
Boston University.
Mr. Brunner and Mr. Greer have assumed
many of the responsibilities previously held by Mr. S. Joseph
Bookataub, KVH's former chief operating officer, who resigned
for personal reasons in December 2003.
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