[SatNews] A newly created executive position at the Company has now been filled...

DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI) has appointed Amy Shapero to the newly created position of Vice President, Corporate Development. In the role, Shapero is responsible for identifying and managing acquisition and partnership activities worldwide to accelerate DigitalGlobe’s growth in the imagery-based information services market. She reports to Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Yancey Spruill. Before joining DigitalGlobe, Shapero was Chief Financial Officer of Spot Trading, a financial services firm using advanced technologies and proprietary software to price, trade and manage millions of options contracts. Shapero has held senior finance roles at The McGraw-Hill Companies, where she completed $1.5 billion in strategic transactions for the information services leader, and at Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse, where she executed a number of merger and acquisition and financing transactions. Shapero began her career at Ernst & Young as a manager in the audit practice.