KVH Promotes Brent Bruun to Chief Operating Officer (COO)
20 July 2016 - 8:04AM
KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq:KVHI) announced today that Brent
Bruun, currently executive vice president of mobile broadband for
the company, has been promoted to the newly created position of
chief operating officer (COO). In this position, Mr. Bruun will
assume direct responsibility for KVH’s corporate development, as
well as operational responsibility for mobile communications
products and services for maritime and land markets. His purview as
COO covers the customer lifecycle from sales and manufacturing
through customer onboarding and on into long-term services,
support, and customer retention.
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“In the eight years that Brent has been with KVH, he has
demonstrated time and again his strategic vision and commitment to
executional excellence,” says Martin Kits van Heyningen, CEO and
president of KVH. “Building from our position of market leadership,
and uniting the key portions of the customer experience, we look
forward to Brent’s further contributions to our growth and to
extending customer satisfaction and loyalty. Our solutions,
particularly in commercial maritime, are the broadest in the
industry, and we expect Brent will be instrumental in further
broadening and deepening our customer base.”
Brent Bruun joined KVH in early 2008, and has served as
executive vice president of the mobile broadband group, the
company’s largest business unit. Mr. Bruun was previously senior
vice president with satellite operator SES Americom, and gained
strong corporate financial background from positions held with GE
Capital and KPMG earlier in his career.
“I’m tremendously excited to be taking on this new role as COO,”
says Brent Bruun. “We have many opportunities to drive toward
providing the most comprehensive and seamless customer experience
in the industry, allowing us to build on our current customer base
and attract new customers as the move to VSAT accelerates. I’m
looking forward to seeing further market growth and to driving
greater shareholder value moving forward.”
Note to Editors: For further information or interview requests,
please contact Jill Connors, media relations and industry analyst
manager. For more information about KVH’s complete maritime
solution, please visit the mini-VSAT Broadbandsm website. For a KVH
company overview, please view the movie “KVH – Innovation that
Enables a Mobile World.” High-resolution images of KVH products and
its executive team are available at the KVH Press Room Image
Library.
About KVH Industries, Inc.KVH Industries, Inc.,
is a leading provider of in-motion satellite TV and communications
systems, having designed, manufactured, and sold more than 200,000
mobile satellite antennas for applications on vessels, vehicles,
and aircraft. KVH is also a leading news, music, and entertainment
content provider to many industries including maritime, retail, and
leisure. VideotelTM, a KVH company, is a market-leading provider of
training films, computer-based training and e-Learning. KVH is
based in Middletown, RI, with research, development, and
manufacturing operations in Middletown, RI, and Tinley Park, IL.
The company’s global presence includes offices in Belgium, Brazil,
Cyprus, Denmark, Hong Kong, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway,
Singapore, and the United Kingdom.
KVH and Videotel are trademarks of KVH
Industries, Inc. mini-VSAT Broadband is a service mark of KVH
Industries, Inc.
For further information, please contact:
Jill Connors, Media Relations & Industry Analyst Manager
KVH Industries, Inc.
Tel: +1 401-851-3824
jconnors@kvh.com
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