Anneley Pickles Joins KVH to Advance Crewtoo Business Development Efforts
April 22 2014 - 6:30AM
KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq:KVHI) announced today that Ms.
Anneley Pickles has joined the company as Head of Business
Development for the Crewtoo social network, the world's largest
online network dedicated to seafarers. One of her first priorities
is overseeing Crewtoo Jobs, the online maritime jobs board that was
launched last month to help match the right companies with the best
seafarers.
"Anneley is well known and highly regarded in the maritime
industry and we are extremely pleased to have her join our efforts
at a time when Crewtoo is seeing terrific membership growth," says
Mark Woodhead, managing director of KVH Media Group. "With her
expertise, we expect to see many initiatives that address mariners'
needs whilst continuing to grow Crewtoo." In February, Crewtoo
announced it had exceeded 100,000 members, just 16 months after it
was created.
Ms. Pickles, who is based in Liverpool, U.K., has worked in the
maritime industry for nearly 20 years as a sales executive with
some of the industry's most prestigious companies, including
Lloyd's of London. She was also director of a leading recruiting
company focused on maritime professionals both at sea and onshore.
She is the founder of the First Thursday Maritime Networking event
in Liverpool, and an active member of the Women's International
Shipping and Trading Association.
"The Crewtoo community started with just one seafarer and an
email, and now it is the largest online seafarer network," says Ms.
Pickles. "My aim is to bring great services to these hard-working
and dedicated mariners. I look forward to building strong and
long-lasting business relationships for Crewtoo and KVH."
Ms. Pickles holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Public
Administration from Sheffield Hallam University, in South
Yorkshire, and an Associate's degree in Business & Finance from
Nelson and Colne College, in Lancashire.
In addition to Crewtoo, KVH and its KVH Media Group provide many
maritime industry services, including NEWSlinkTM, a daily news and
information service with more than 75 publications in 17 languages
delivered by email to vessels around the world; and TRAININGlinkTM,
which provides training videos for onboard viewing by seafarers,
delivered in a range of formats from hard-copy DVDs delivered
directly to ship agents throughout the world to fully digital
services.
KVH provides maritime broadband connectivity to vessels
worldwide through its TracPhone® V-IP series terminals and
mini-VSAT Broadbandsm network. In addition, KVH is introducing
IP-MobileCastTM, a content delivery service that is designed to
enable entertainment and operations content to be delivered via
multicasting technology to subscribing vessels, over the top of the
mini-VSAT Broadband network.
Note to Editors: For more information about Crewtoo, visit
www.crewtoo.com. For more information about KVH Media Group's many
maritime services, visit www.kvhmediagroup.com. To learn more about
KVH's connectivity solution, visit www.minivsat.com/vip.
About KVH Industries, Inc.
KVH Industries is a leading provider of in-motion satellite TV
and communications systems, having designed, manufactured, and sold
more than 175,000 mobile satellite antennas for applications on
vessels, vehicles, and aircraft. KVH is also one of the world's top
maritime VSAT services suppliers, and a leading news, music, and
entertainment content provider to many industries including
maritime, retail, and leisure. KVH is based in Middletown, RI,
U.S.A., with facilities in Illinois, Denmark, Norway, the U.K.,
Singapore, the Philippines, Cyprus, and Japan.
This release may contain certain forward-looking statements that
involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements
include, for example, the timing and occurrence of KVH's new
service rollout plans, the functionality, characteristics, quality,
cost, and performance of KVH products and technology, as well as
customer demand, preferences, requirements, and expectations. The
actual results could differ materially from those expressed in the
forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such
differences include, among others: Potential unanticipated
technical or legal impediments that could delay or impede new
service rollout plans or expected strategic relationships;
unanticipated increases in media costs or loss of distribution
rights; risks associated with the delivery or performance of
critical hardware; uncertainty about the scope of customer demand;
and changes in the costs and capabilities of competing offerings.
These and other risk factors are discussed in more detail in KVH's
most recent Form 10-K filed with the SEC. KVH does not assume any
obligation to update its forward-looking statements to reflect new
information or developments.
KVH, Crewtoo, NEWSlink, TRAININGlink, TracPhone, and
IP-MobileCast are trademarks of KVH Industries, Inc. mini-VSAT
Broadband is a service mark of KVH Industries, Inc. All other
trademarks are the property of their respective companies.
CONTACT: Sue Henney
Marketing Manager
KVH Media Group
+44 151 236 4124
shenney@kvh.com
Jill Connors
Media & Communications Manager
KVH Industries, Inc.
+1 401-851-3824
jconnors@kvh.com
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