[SatNews] An 11-year SATCOM vet will be heading up Asia-Pacific sales efforts.

KVH Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq:KVHI) has named Mr. Vivian Quenet as its new vice president of sales, Asia-Pacific. Mr. Quenet, an 11-year veteran of the maritime satellite communications industry, will be based in KVH's Singapore office and lead the company's expansion efforts throughout Asia, focusing on the global mini-VSAT Broadband(SM) network and KVH's TracPhone® V7 and V3 antennas. Before joining KVH, Mr. Quenet served as director, Asia-Pacific for mobile satellite communications provider Vizada, where he oversaw all operations for the company's office in southeast Asia. Over the course of 10 years with that company, Mr. Quenet worked to bring satellite communications services to commercial mariners in several regions,including France, Africa, the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Norway, and Sweden, as well as southeast Asia. Prior to his tenure at Vizada, he worked as a corporate sales manager for Bouygues Telecom Enterprises, a GSM carrier.