Mark Woodhead Named KVH Senior Vice President for Training and Content
November 07 2016 - 12:00AM
KVH Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq:KVHI), announced today that Mark
Woodhead has been named to the newly created position of KVH senior
vice president for training and content, effective on the first of
January 2017. In this position, Mr. Woodhead will direct KVH’s
market-leading maritime crew welfare, safety, and productivity
services, which include VideotelTM maritime training packages –
currently in use on more than 12,000 vessels worldwide – and
numerous news and entertainment brands, such as NEWSlinkTM –
currently used by more than 9,000 vessels globally.
Mr. Woodhead has been managing director of KVH’s news and
entertainment brands since 2013 and will succeed Nigel Cleave,
following the planned decision by Videotel’s CEO to retire at the
end of the year. Mr. Woodhead’s new position will bring KVH’s
maritime training, news, and entertainment under one umbrella for
the first time.
“Mark has nearly 20 years’ experience providing commercially
licenced, industry-leading content to the commercial maritime,
retail, and hospitality sectors, and we are thrilled to have him
direct our comprehensive efforts to provide top quality maritime
training programs and tremendously popular news and entertainment
services as part of a total KVH solution,” says Martin Kits van
Heyningen, KVH’s CEO. “Using KVH’s market leading mini-VSAT
Broadbandsm service to deliver this content makes KVH a complete
provider for improving shipping industry productivity and economic
performance.” “I’d like to thank Nigel for his commitment and
enthusiasm in ensuring that Videotel integrated with the rest of
the KVH group of companies as seamlessly as possible,” says Mr.
Kits van Heyningen. Mr. Cleave’s planned decision to retire comes
after a fulfilling career spent at sea, in ship management,
consultancy, and crew training as a senior maritime industry
professional. Mr. Woodhead’s background is in content acquisition
and production; he has been in the shipping sector since 2000, when
he was commercial director of TEAMtalk Media Group, and he launched
Headland Media in 2006. He led a rollup of shipping service
businesses, including brands such as NEWSlink, Walport, and
Shipboard Video Express. He is passionate about improving the
visibility and welfare of crew and using cutting-edge technology to
deliver home comforts and training to crew in remote
locations. “The shipping industry is in an unprecedented
period of change. As technological advances continue to offer
better communications options, KVH is committed to providing
competitive solutions for our maritime clients, and making the
transition as smooth and seamless as possible,” says Mr. Woodhead.
“Nigel has presided over a very successful period of growth at
Videotel, and everyone at KVH would like to thank him for his huge
contribution to the industry and wish him all the best in his
well-earned retirement. I am very excited to be adding Videotel to
my responsibilities, and to be working with the experienced and
passionate team there to continue to improve the safety and welfare
of seafarers around the world.” Nigel Cleave’s career began with
Cunard as a navigating cadet officer and he went on to hold senior
positions within the ship management sector, including building one
business up from zero to a diverse fleet of 135 fully managed
vessels. His broad ship management experience made him aware of the
importance of having properly trained crew, and helped influence
his decision to join Videotel as CEO in 2011. KVH’s acquisition of
Videotel in July 2014 opened the way to solving a challenge Mr.
Cleave had long recognized, namely how to deliver training packages
to global fleets more efficiently. With KVH’s IP-MobileCast™
content delivery service, Videotel’s training materials can be sent
via multicasting technology, ensuring vessels’ Internet performance
isn’t affected and eliminating the cost of distribution. With
IP-MobileCast, one transmission sends files to all subscribing
vessels, caching the files to an onboard server for immediate
access by crew. “I am fortunate to have been able to work in such a
vibrant and rewarding industry as shipping, including all the many
challenges this has entailed over the years,” says Mr. Cleave. “All
my colleagues and associates in our industry will agree that the
maritime sector is not merely a job, but very definitely a way of
life. I am leaving Videotel with some truly exciting developments
in the pipeline and I congratulate Mark on his new position. I am
in no doubt that Videotel customers, today and in the future, will
be in good and capable hands.” Note to Editors: For more
information about the entire array of KVH’s maritime solutions,
please visit the mini-VSAT Broadband website, www.minivsat.com/one,
and the Videotel website, www.videotel.com. High-resolution images
of KVH products are available at the KVH Press Room Image Library,
www.kvh.com/press-room/image-library.
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 200,000
mobile satellite antennas for applications on vessels, vehicles,
and aircraft. KVH is also a leading news, music, and entertainment
content provider to many industries including maritime, retail, and
leisure. Videotel, a KVH company, is a market-leading provider of
training films, computer-based training, and eLearning. KVH is
based in Middletown, RI, with research, development, and
manufacturing operations in Middletown, RI, and Tinley Park, IL.
The company’s global presence includes offices in Belgium, Brazil,
Cyprus, Denmark, Hong Kong, India, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway,
Singapore, and the United Kingdom.
KVH, Videotel, NEWSlink, 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.
For further information, please contact:
Jill Connors
Media Relations & Industry Analyst Manager
KVH Industries, Inc.
Tel: +1 401-851-3824
jconnors@kvh.com
Sue Henney
Marketing Manager
KVH Training and Content
Tel: +44 (0) 151 236 4124
shenney@kvh.com
Phil Page, Elaborate Communications
Tel: +44 (0) 1296 682104
ppage@elabor8.co.uk
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