ORBIMAGE Promotes Two Senior Staff to Vice President Positions
Orbital Imaging Corporation (ORBIMAGE)
announced today the promotion of two senior executives. Mr. Gary Adkins has
been appointed Vice President of Federal Sales and National Security Programs,
and Mr. Tony Anzilotti has been appointed Vice President, Finance and
Controller.
Mr. Adkins joined ORBIMAGE in April of 2002 as the Senior Director for
Federal Sales. An experienced veteran with a proven track record in the
geospatial information industry, Mr. Adkins joins ORBIMAGE’s executive team to
lead the company’s marketing efforts and sales of its satellite imagery
products and value-added services to the Federal and National Security
government sectors.
“We are pleased to appoint Gary to our executive team.” said Timothy J.
Puckorius, Senior Vice President for Worldwide Marketing and Sales. “Gary’s
impressive track record and extensive background in marketing geospatial
information products and services to Federal and National Security customers
will significantly help ORBIMAGE to further expand its existing sales and
market share.”
Prior to joining ORBIMAGE, Mr. Adkins built a strong record of success
serving as the Director of Federal Sales for Space Imaging Corporation and in
senior business development and executive management positions at Laser-Scan
Inc. and Geodynamics Corporation after completing a distinguished 20-year
career with the United States Air Force.
Mr. Anzilotti joined ORBIMAGE in June 2000 as Corporate Controller.
Previously, he worked for over 10 years with Lockheed Martin Corporation in
the Corporate Accounting division of its headquarters in Bethesda, MD. As Vice
President of Finance and Controller, Tony will be responsible for finance and
administration for ORBIMAGE, including oversight and management of ORBIMAGE’s
accounting, human resources, and contract administration functions and will
continue to report to Armand Mancini, ORBIMAGE’s Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer.
“We are very pleased to announce the promotions of two very talented and
dedicated members of the ORBIMAGE team and welcome the added contributions
their positions will bring,” said Matt O’Connell, ORBIMAGE’s CEO. “As our
company continues to prepare for the launch of OrbView-3 in late April and our
emergence from bankruptcy this spring, Gary and Tony both will play
instrumental roles in our expansion and success.”
About ORBIMAGE:
ORBIMAGE is a leading global provider of Earth imagery products and
services, with a planned constellation of four digital remote sensing
satellites. The company currently provides mapping and related geospatial
production services to the National Imagery Mapping Agency (NIMA) and operates
the OrbView-1 atmospheric imaging satellite launched in 1995, the OrbView-2
ocean and land multispectral imaging satellite launched in 1997, and a
worldwide integrated image receiving, processing and distribution network.
Currently under development, ORBIMAGE’s OrbView-3 high-resolution satellite
will offer one-meter panchromatic and four-meter multispectral digital imagery
on a global basis. ORBIMAGE is also the exclusive U.S. distributor of
worldwide imagery from the Canadian RADARSAT-2 satellite.
More information about ORBIMAGE can be found at http://www.orbimage.com .
