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Former Harris exec Steve Richeson joins Advantech Wireless

MONTREAL - Advantech Wireless has named Steve Richeson as SVP of global sales and business development.Richeson has 30 years of satellite industry experience, and has held engineering and executive roles within multiple levels of the satellite communications value chain at companies including Schlumberger, Radiation Systems SATCOM Technologies, GTE Spacenet International, Scientific-Atlanta, DISH Network and RF Solutions. He was most recently at Harris Corporation where he was instrumental in establishing a sales pipeline for the Communications Solutions business unit of Exelis (formerly ITT Defense), prior to its $4.6 billion acquisition by Harris.“We believe Steve's leadership in both defense and commercial companies at...