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Article: Satellite Executive of the Year 2008 Nominees.
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- February 1, 2009
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By Jason Bates, Mark Holmes, Jeff Hill
The field for the Satellite Executive of the Year award is one of the deepest in recent memory, as seven worthy executives guided their respective companies to new levels of success and achievement in 2008.
Masanori Akiyama, President and CEO, Sky Perfect JSAT
Masanori Akiyama has been instrumental in the satellite business in Japan since its inception and helped sell the first commercial satellite ever launched for Japan - JCSat-1 in 1989. Today, he leads the largest satellite operator in the Asia-Pacific region - and the fifth largest fixed satellite services (FSS) provider in the world - a company ...