[SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS has named Stephen Marschilok as president of the Public Safety and Professional Communications (PSPC) business unit of Harris RF Communications and has promoted Brendan O'Connell to the position of president of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) business unit at Harris RF Communications.

PSPC provides advanced communications solutions for public safety, federal, utility, commercial and transportation markets. Previously, Marschilok was president of the U.S. Department of Defense business unit within RF Communications, where he also served as vice president and general manager. Before that, he held various leadership positions including vice president and general manager of International Government Systems, managing director of UK Operations, and director of International Sales. Marschilok began his career with Harris in 1981 as a software engineer.

Brendan O'Connell succeeds Stephen Marschilok, who has been named president of the PSPC business unit at Harris RF Communications. O'Connell has spent the last five years as vice president of U.S. DoD sales. Prior to that, he held management positions of increasing responsibility including director of European and Central Asia sales and director of Asia Pacific sales, Middle East sales and Government Programs.