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Executive Bios

		Michael D. White, President and Chief Executive Officer DIRECTV, Inc. Michael D. White is president and chief executive officer of DIRECTV, a world-leading provider of digital television entertainment services. Through its subsidiaries and affiliated companies in the United States, Brazil, Mexico and other countries in Latin America, DIRECTV provides digital television service to more than 18.56 million customers in the United States and over 6.5 million customers in Latin America. White joined DIRECTV in January 2010 and is also a member of the company’s Board of Directors. Read More

		Bruce B. Churchill, President, DIRECTV Latin America and New Enterprises Bruce Churchill is president of DIRECTV Latin America and New Enterprises for DIRECTV, Inc., the nation’s leading satellite television service provider. He is also an Executive Vice President of the DIRECTV Group.Bruce Churchill is president of DIRECTV Latin America and New Enterprises for DIRECTV, Inc., the nation’s leading satellite television service provider. Read More

		Derek Chang, Executive Vice President, Content Strategy and Development Derek Chang is executive vice president of Content Strategy and Development for DIRECTV, Inc., the nation’s leading satellite television provider. DIRECTV presents the best television experience available to its customers through exclusive content, industry-leading customer service and superior technologies. Chang oversees all programming strategy, development and acquisition for DIRECTV. Chang joined DIRECTV in March 2006 as senior vice president of Strategy and Development for DIRECTV Entertainment. Read More

		Larry D. Hunter, Executive Vice President, Legal and Human Resources General Counsel DIRECTV Larry Hunter is executive vice president, Legal and Human Resources, and general counsel DIRECTV, the nation’s leading digital television provider. He is also secretary of The DIRECTV board of directors. Hunter has held the role of corporate senior vice president and general counsel since December 2002. Previously, he served as associate general counsel from 2001-2002, having been named corporate vice president in 1998. In addition to his corporate legal duties, Hunter also oversees DIRECTV’s Human Resources and Communications department. Read More

		Michael W. Palkovic, Executive Vice President, Operations Mike Palkovic is executive vice president, Operations for DIRECTV, Inc., the nation's leading satellite television service provider. In his role, Palkovic oversees primary contacts with customers, from the initial point of sale through the life of the customer’s programming service, including customer service, field services and supply chain management. Prior to his current role, Palkovic was executive vice president and chief financial officer of DIRECTV, a role that he had held since July 2001. Read More

		Mike Benson, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer Mike Benson is the executive vice president and Chief Information Officer for DIRECTV, Inc. He is responsible for creating and maintaining information technology solutions for DIRECTV’s business operations nationwide and oversees reporting, analysis and infrastructure requirements, customer billing and payment systems, as well as customer care systems and financial, marketing, sales and decision support. Before joining DIRECTV, Benson held a variety of executive level positions at AT&T Wireless where he had crossenterprise responsibility for the company’s information technology and national real-estate organizations. Read More

		Pat Doyle, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Pat Doyle is executive vice president and Chief Financial Officer of DIRECTV, Inc., the nation’s leading digital television provider. In his role, Doyle is responsible for all internal and external financial affairs within the Finance organization, including accounting, financial planning, treasury, business management, investor relations, audit, and tax. Prior to his current role, Doyle was senior vice president, treasurer, controller of the company. Read More

		Paul Guyardo, Executive Vice President and Chief Sales and Marketing Officer Paul Guyardo is executive vice president and Chief Sales and Marketing Officer for DIRECTV, Inc., the nation's number one satellite television service. In this role, he is responsible for Advertising, Public Relations, Acquisition Marketing, Upgrade and Retention Marketing, all Sales channels, directv.com, Consumer Research, Business Analytics, broadband, WorldDirect™ and Creative Services. Since joining DIRECTV in 2005, Guyardo and his team have developed numerous programs to drive profitable growth, including re-branding DIRECTV as the premier television service, doubling direct sales, lowering churn, re-launching directv.com, revitalizing the Spanish-language business, and implementing local marketing campaigns to compete with cable on a market-by-market basis. Prior to joining DIRECTV, Guyardo was senior vice president and Chief Marketing Officer for Kmart Corporation. Read More

		Rômulo Pontual, Executive Vice President, Engineering and Chief Technology Officer Rômulo Pontual is executive vice president, Engineering and chief technology officer of DIRECTV, Inc. the nation’s number one satellite television service. In his role, Pontual oversees technology strategy, from DIRECTV’s satellite fleet to consumer equipment, including new service technologies to enhance the DIRECTV customer experience. Pontual joined DIRECTV in 2004 as executive vice president, Engineering and chief technology officer. Read More