Dan White has been named president of COM DEV International Ltd.'s US operations with the primary responsibility to establish establishing a source in the area of the company's core competency and to oversee the construction of COM DEV's Los Angeles manufacturing facility. White joined COM DEV USA earlier this year with more than 20 years of experience in the satellite industry. Prior to joining COM DEV, he was VP of engineering at Datapath, a Duluth GA firm, where he played a key role in doubling the size of the technical staff and adding critical design and analytical skills to the organization. Previously, he spent 16 years at Hughes Space and Communications, which was acquired by Boeing in 2000.

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Jim Patrick, formerly VP of research and policy at the Canadian Association of Broadcasters, has joined the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association as VP of government relations. 

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Shawn Redmond has been named VP, marketing at TSN, effective immediately. In his new position Redmond will oversee the overall consumer marketing strategy for TSN as well as digital sports networks NHL Network and ESPN Classic. Redmond joined TSN in 2005 as senior marketing manager and over the past two years he has collaborated on co-branded campaigns with high-profile sports properties including the NHL, CFL, Hockey Canada, NFL and NBA. Prior to joining the sports broadcaster he spent four years as the sponsorship marketing manager at RBC Financial Group. His career began at Molson Canada where he spent four years working on sales and marketing programs. In addition to graduating from Saint Mary's University in Halifax with a bachelor of commerce, Redmond played semi-professional hockey in Europe and the US.   

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The Canadian Association of Broadcasters has named Susan Tolusso director, communications, and Glenda Cardinal director, finance and administration. Tolusso joins the CAB from Playback/First Take and Playback International where she was most recently an editor. Cardinal brings more than 15 years of experience in financial and administrative management to the association. Her career includes time at the Federation of Law Societies of Canada, the United Way and Nortel.
The CAB has also confirmed Devon Jacobs in the position of senior director, government relations. Jacobs has been the CAB's director of government relations since August. Before that he was a government relations manager with a national association, following a decade on Parliament Hill as a senior advisor to current minister of human resources and social development Monte Solberg.

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