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ORBCOMM Announces Promotion of Marc Eisenberg to Chief Operating Officer

FORT LEE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ORBCOMM (Nasdaq: ORBC - News), announced today that its board of directors has appointed Marc J Eisenberg to the position of chief operating officer, effective February 27, 2007. Eisenberg had previously served as the company's Chief Marketing Officer, a position he had held since June of 2006. Prior to this, he served as the company's Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, a position he held from March 2002 to June 2006.
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ORBCOMM's CEO, Jerry Eisenberg said, "In his role as chief marketing officer, Marc has created strong relationships with large multi-national corporations, OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) and aftermarket resellers, relationships that have greatly advanced the adoption of satellite-based M2M applications. We are looking forward to substantial contributions and continued success from him in this expanded role." He continued, "These are exciting times for ORBCOMM as many developments will be taking place. We are launching new satellites, upgrading and expanding our ground infrastructure, continuing to grow our VAR network and further expanding internationally into new markets. Marc will continue to apply his expertise to growing our customer base as well as the operational execution required to manage our expanding business."

About ORBCOMM

ORBCOMM is a global satellite data communications company that provides reliable, cost-effective data communications services to customers around the world through its unique low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite network and global ground infrastructure. A diverse customer base, including industry leaders General Electric, Caterpillar Inc., Volvo Group, XATA, Hitachi and Komatsu, uses ORBCOMM services to track, monitor and control mobile and fixed assets, including trucks, containers, marine vessels, locomotives, heavy machinery, pipelines, oil wells, utility meters and storage tanks anywhere in the world. For more information call 1-800-ORBCOMM or visit its website at www.orbcomm.com.

 

Contact:
ORBCOMM Inc.
William Molesworth, 703-433-6506
Vice President, Marketing
Molesworth.William@orbcomm.com
or
The Abernathy MacGregor Group
Jennifer Lattif, 212-371-5999
jcl@abmac.com