The World Teleport Association has announced the appointment of Mary Frost, CEO of GlobeCast America, to its Board of Directors effective October 1, 2006. Ms. Frost will complete the three-year term on the Board, representing the Americas region, vacated by David Sprechman, GlobeCast America’s former chief executive, upon his departure from that company in June.
GlobeCast America is the US unit of Paris-based GlobeCast, a subsidiary of France Telecom, and a global provider of broadcast distribution and content management services. As CEO, Frost oversees GlobeCast’s strategy and operations in North and Latin America, based between the company’s sales and marketing offices in Washington D.C. and New York. She joined GlobeCast in 2003 as Sr. Vice President, Sales, and was later named Chief Commercial Officer. Her more than 25-year career in media, entertainment and communications includes key positions as Managing Director at Price WaterhouseCoopers’ Entertainment, Media and Communications practice; Vice President of Network Broadcast Operations and Engineering for Disney and ABC, managing news and technology operations during 11 years at the network in New York; General Manager of ICO Global Communications in America; as well as CEO and President of two interactive and digital asset management ventures.
WTA’s Board is made up of senior representatives of the teleport sector of the satellite industry from around the world, including Olivier Badard, Vice President, Alcatel Alenia Space France; Dr. Gerhard Bommas, CTO of ND SatCom; Gary Hatch, CEO of ATCI; Jon Kirchner, Vice President, Loral Skynet; Michael Noon, Vice President, SES AMERICOM; Nick Thompson, Managing Director of Arqiva Satellite Media Solutions; and Malcolm Warren, Director, Asia-Pacific, ViaSat.