MICHAEL ANTONOVICH
President and Chief Executive Officer
mike.antonovich@thespaceconnection.com

Michael "Mike" Antonovich brings over 25 years of satellite industry sales, marketing and operations experience to his new position at the SPACECONNECTION, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Telesat Canada. Founded in 1987, the SPACECONNECTION provides satellite capacity and services to broadcasters and cable program distribution clients.

Mike has opened a SPACECONNECTION East office in Norwalk, CT, and will travel extensively to foster new business for the SPACECONNECTION. He will also be keenly focused on developing new markets in enterprise and government services through a number of key sales channel partners and in marketing Telesat's managed service capabilities.

Formerly Executive Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing and corporate officer of PanAmSat, over an 18-year career at PanAmSat Mike was responsible for sales and marketing activities for PanAmSat's core customers worldwide. As a key member of PanAmSat's executive management team, he has a strong history of outstanding global sales management and is credited with building the best marketing organization in the satellite communications industry. Mike is noted as the catalyst for the launch of many of PanAmSat's innovative satellite service solutions, including:

• Successful execution of PanAmSat's HDTV "neighborhood" campaign, winning 70% of the HDTV channels launched for US cable distribution (more than 20 channels of premiere HDTV content) in the first year of this campaign.
• Business planning, partner selection and execution of PanGlobal TV; PanAmSat's ethnic DTH service for Australia, with over 30 video channels launched in the first year.
• Pioneered the launch of QuickSpot (an automatic satellite acquisition system) and PanAmSat OnDemand, the industry's first automated and instantaneous bandwidth provisioning service for broadcasters, first responders, disaster recovery and business continuity applications.
• The development of PanAmSat’s Broadcast Services business from a one satellite start-up into the industry's premiere newsgathering and special events organization, providing the world with the most innovative and customer-friendly services to support events from the Berlin Wall, Gulf War, Peru Hostage Crisis, the Millennium transmissions and virtually every major Olympic and World Cup event since 1988.

Mr. Antonovich oversaw sales activities conducted by 16 regional sales offices in 11 countries on five continents. Key customers for the company were in the program distribution, broadcast contribution, enterprise and government markets worldwide.

Prior to PanAmSat, Mike had a ten year career in a variety of operations and engineering functions with the ESPN sports network in Bristol, CT and later with Satellite News Channel and Group W Satellite Communications in Stamford, CT.

Mr. Antonovich is an active member of the Society of Satellite Professionals International, the North American Broadcasters Association, the Inter-Systems Operations Group (ISOG) and the World Teleport Association.

JONATHAN CRAWFORD
Senior Vice President, Sales and Satellite Services
j.crawford@thespaceconnection.com

Mr. Crawford joined the company in 2001 as Director of Satellite Services and was responsible for the day to day operations.   During this time he played an intricate role in strengthening customer relations, increasing occasional use sales, and enhancing the company's automation systems.   Today the company maintains an excellent reputation for outstanding service throughout the industry.  

In 2003 Mr. Crawford was promoted to Vice President of Broadcast Sales and Satellite Services and was responsible for the company's operations and broadcast sales of analog and digital satellite services.   Mr. Crawford was successful in generating new revenues, developing partnerships, nurturing vendor relationships, which contributed to the growth of SPACECONNECTION, the largest reseller of satellite capacity in the United States.  

Today, Mr. Crawford is Senior Vice President of Sales and Satellite Services and oversees the day to day operations of the company headquarters located in North Hollywood, California.   Mr. Crawford is a key member of The SPACECONNECTION executive team and serves as an officer of the company.  

Mr. Crawford started his career in 1995 with Keystone Communications as a scheduling coordinator.   Within 1-year he was promoted to supervisor of client services.   After the sale of the company to France Telecom, Mr. Crawford received numerous promotions at Globecast North America, including; Manager of Satellite Resources, Cost Control, Sports and Syndicated Services.   As former Manager of Client Services of Globecast North America, Mr. Crawford was responsible for the 24/7 scheduling center and the bookings of teleport facilities and satellite capacity for international and domestic clientele.  

Marilyn V. Huecas
Vice President, Accounting/Human Resources
mhuecas@thespaceconnection.com

Marilyn emigrated from the Philippines in 1988 and became a United State Citizen in 1994. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Education from the Eulogio Rodriguez Institute of Science and Technology, Manila. Before coming to the USA she worked as an administrator for Newsweek, Manila.  

In 1993 she was hired as a fulltime employee of The Spaceconnection, Inc., a leading reseller within the satellite communications industry, with the task of organizing and establishing an accounting system.   She is successfully managing the accounting department more than a decade later.   

Ms. Huecas was promoted to Vice President of Accounting Services and Human Resources in 2005.   She continues to manage all facets of accounting functions and human resources including office administration.