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Executive Bios

	Download	Michael D. White, President, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer DIRECTV, Inc. Michael D. White is president, chairman 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 19.4 million customers in the United States and 9.5 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

	Download	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 world’s most popular video service. In his role, Churchill is responsible for broad oversight of the DIRECTV Latin America business encompassing activities in all the major territories in the Latin America and Caribbean region. The company’s largest operations are in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Venezuela, Peru, Puerto Rico, Chile and Colombia. Read More

	Download	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

	Download	Joe Bosch, Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer Joe Bosch is executive vice president and Chief Human Resources Officer for DIRECTV,Inc.,the world’s most popular video service. In this role, he is the key architect of creating the best employee experience with a highly engaged, winning environment, so that DIRECTV’s more than 16,000 employees in the U.S. and nearly 8,000 employees in Latin America are well-positioned to deliver the best video experience to our customers. Read More

	Download	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

	Download	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

		Susan Eid, Executive Vice President, Government and Regulatory Affairs Susan Eid oversees the company’s federal, state and local legislative and regulatory agenda. She and her six-person Government and Regulatory Affairs team are the company’s lead advocates before Congress, the Executive Branch, the FCC and other federal agencies. Additionally they are responsible for overseeing policy issues at the state and local level. Read More

	Download	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

	Download	Larry D. Hunter, Executive Vice President, General Counsel DIRECTV Larry Hunter is executive vice president and General Counsel of DIRECTV, Inc., the world’s largest pay TV provider. He has been General Counsel of DIRECTV or its predecessor, Hughes Electronics Corporation, since December 2002. He was interim chief executive officer of DIRECTV from June through December 2009 and also led the company’s Human Resources and Administration departments from January 2006 to July 2010. From 1998 through 2000, Hunter was chairman and chief executive officer of DIRECTV Japan Management, Inc., which operated the DIRECTV satellite-to-home entertainment service in Japan. Before joining DIRECTV Japan, Hunter was senior vice president, business affairs, and general counsel of DIRECTV, Inc. 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

	Download	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