Chyron has named Michael Wellesley-Wesley as president and CEO of the company as of Feb. 21. He is replacing Roger Henderson, who ran the company for more than three years and will remain as a director of Chyron. Mr. Wellesley-Wesley served as Chyron's chairman and CEO from July 1995 to June 1997 and chairman from Jun

Steven D. Merrifield has been appointed as the new president and CEO.

Canon U.S.A. has selected Yoroku Adachi as its new president/CEO and managing director of the company's board of directors. Outgoing President/CEO Kinya Uchida will return to the company's Tokyo headquarters where he will serve as advisor. Uchida has been the president since 1999 and during his leadership the com

Ciprico Inc. , a data storage provider based in Plymouth, Minn., has appointed Steven D. Merrifield as its new president and CEO. Merrifield replaces James W. Hansen, Ciprico's chairman of the board of directors who has served as CEO since September 2004. Hansen will remain chairman. Merrifield most recently held t

The National Cable & Telecommunications Association has named Kyle McSlarrow, a deputy Secretary of Energy, as its new president and CEO

Pinnacle Systems has appointed J. Kim Fennell as the new president and CEO, replacing Mark Sanders, who will become chairman of the board. Fennell was previously the president and CEO of StorageWay, a storage service provider in Fremont, Calif. Before that he was a vice president and officer of Lucent Technologies and

Fast Forward Video, a digital video recorder provider headquartered in Irvine, Calif., has appointed Hal J. Reisiger its new president and CEO.

The board of directors at satellite operator SES Global have appointed Edward D. Horowitz as its new president and CEO of SES Americom and to the executive committee of SES Global. Throughout his extensive career, Horowitz has worked in the media, telecommunication and financial industries. He recently founded Eds