MELBOURNE, Florida,
May 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --
Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS), an international communications
and information technology company, has named Tom Eaton president of the company's global
communications services business, Harris CapRock Communications.
Eaton will use his extensive experience within the international
satellite and telecommunications sectors to continue building
Harris as the leader in end-to-end communications for clients'
mission-critical operations.
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Eaton most recently served as Harris
CapRock's global operations officer and formerly led the
business' government division, where he tripled its annual revenue
between 2008 and 2011. Eaton transitioned the business from a
bandwidth reseller to a fully managed services and terrestrial
network provider. He led the strategic growth of a key terrestrial
program, the DISN Access Transport Services (DATS) contract, and
managed the subsequent acquisition of Core180's terrestrial
infrastructure, which was part of the DATS business. This
infrastructure now serves as the foundation of Harris CapRock's global terrestrial network.
Previously Eaton was president of G2 Satellite Solutions, a
wholly-owned subsidiary of PanAmSat, where he was responsible for
developing innovative communications solutions for the U.S. and
international government markets. While at PanAmSat he also served
as executive vice president of global sales and marketing. Prior to
that, Eaton led Intelsat's global sales and customer support
organization and also served as co-founder and vice president of
sales and marketing for Integrated Network Services, Inc. During
his career Eaton has served clients in a broad range of markets
including energy, healthcare, broadcast, enterprise, telecom, and
government.
"Tom has a remarkable track record in positioning businesses for
their next phase of growth," said Dan
Pearson, executive vice president and chief operating
officer for Harris. "In just three years Tom grew Harris CapRock's government division from
virtually a no-name brand in the marketplace to holding a
significant position in defense communications. He did this by
focusing on customer requirements and moving from vendor status to
a partner invested in customers' mission success."
Harris also announced that Peter
Shaper is retiring from the company and stepping down from
the interim position of group president.
"Peter was instrumental in bringing together the strategic
acquisitions and combining businesses to form Harris CapRock," said Pearson. "We thank him for
his dedication to making Harris
CapRock the successful business that it is today."
Under Eaton's leadership, Harris
CapRock will continue to focus on serving customers with
extreme and remote communication requirements across the energy,
government and maritime markets. Reporting to Eaton are
Keith Johnson, president of Energy
Solutions; David Myers, president of
Government Solutions; and Rick
Simonian, president of Maritime Solutions. They will remain
focused on building a portfolio that enables Harris CapRock to be customers' single source of
IT and communication requirements, including terrestrial, satellite
and hybrid solutions. Andrew Lucas
will fill Eaton's previous role overseeing the operation and
deployment of the company's global network and service delivery
infrastructure.
"Harris CapRock is a critical
component in Harris' Integrated Network Solutions business, which
is a significant growth engine for Harris," said Pearson. "The
capital, resources and focus we are investing in Harris CapRock will enable the business to
continue its worldwide expansion and be in more places, more
quickly, with more innovative solutions to meet clients' evolving
communication requirements."
Harris CapRock Communications is a premier global provider of
managed satellite and terrestrial communications solutions
specifically for remote and harsh environments including the
energy, government and maritime markets. Harris CapRock owns and operates a robust global
infrastructure that includes teleports on six continents, five 24 x
7 network operations centers, local presence in 23 countries, and
over 275 global field service personnel supporting customer
locations across North America,
Central and South America,
Europe, West Africa and Asia
Pacific.
A high resolution photo is available at the following link:
Tom Eaton
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About Harris Corporation
Harris is an international communications and information
technology company serving government and commercial markets in
more than 150 countries. Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, the company has
approximately $6 billion of annual
revenue and more than 16,000 employees - including nearly 7,000
engineers and scientists. Harris is dedicated to developing
best-in-class assured communications(R) products, systems, and
services. Additional information about Harris Corporation is
available at http://www.harris.com.