THE HAGUE, Netherlands, June 25, 2002 – New Skies Satellites N.V. (AEX, NYSE: NSK), the global satellite communications company, today announced that Robert W. Turner has joined the company as director of government services, spearheading New Skies’ government sales and marketing initiatives.
A long-time government sales and marketing executive at Equant, Global One and Sprint, Turner has nearly 20 years of experience in government communications and the information technology marketplace. In his new role, Turner will manage New Skies’ government-related sales and business development activities from the company’s Washington D.C. office.
“Robert’s appointment signals New Skies’ increased emphasis on satisfying the growing global communications needs of government agencies and government contractors,” said Scott Sprague, New Skies’ senior vice president of global sales. “These customers require highly reliable and secure communications services. New Skies’ advanced global resources and industry-leading reliability standard of 99.998 percent, bolstered by Robert’s extensive knowledge of this market segment, places New Skies in a strong position to benefit from this growth.”
The U.S. government/military satcom market is currently valued at $400 - $500 million per year and is expected to grow 15 - 20 percent over the next three years. New Skies offers government customers and contractors a high level of satellite experience, expertise, and operational insight to help meet client operational, financial, logistical, and security requirements.
While at Equant and Global One, Turner led both companies’ US-based government sales organizations, where he focused primarily on addressing the international communications needs of federal, state, and local government agencies; multilateral organizations; and systems integrators. Turner joined Sprint’s Government System’s Division in 1988 as federal account manager for the U.S. Air Force. He later became director of sales, civilian agencies and counter-intelligence programs. During his tenure at Sprint, Turner led teams that secured federal and state-level government business valued at over $1 billion.
About New Skies Satellites
New Skies Satellites (AEX, NYSE: NSK) is one of only four fixed satellite communications companies with truly global satellite coverage, offering video, voice, data and Internet communications services to a range of telecommunications carriers, broadcasters, large corporations, Internet service providers and government organizations around the world. New Skies has six satellites in orbit, ground facilities around the world and one additional spacecraft under construction. The company also has secured certain rights to make use of additional orbital positions for future growth. New Skies is headquartered in The Hague, The Netherlands, and has offices in Beijing, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, New Delhi, São Paulo, Singapore, Sydney and Washington, D.C. Additional information is available at www.newskies.com.
