______Dean Olmstead______

Professional Experience

EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ:SATS) January 2008-October 2010

President, EchoStar Satellite Services Denver, Colorado

  • Leading operations and strategic development of a newly formed satellite operating company
  • 8 satellites in orbit, 4 under construction, about $400m in revenue
  • Improving market share with creative, customer-responsive deals, and utilizing EchoStar’s unique heritage in providing video services

TerreStar Corporation (NASDAQ:TSTR) February 2008-October 2010

Director, TerreStar Board Reston, Virginia

  • Director of a start-up satellite operator offering a new generation (4G) of mobile satellite services
  • Advising on strategic developments such as attaining European spectrum, and chip set standards

Satellite Development LLC

Chairman, Satellite Development October 2004-October 2010

Chairman, BB Sat Princeton, New Jersey

  • Created new satellite broadband company, “BB Sat,” now preparing for operations in Asia
  • Advising clients on strategic growth initiatives and financing
  • Providing “angel” funding and serving as a directorof companies such as NYTOR and Core180

Loral Space and Communications, Inc.(NASDAQ:LORL) November 2005-January 2008

Director and Special Advisor, Loral Board New York, New York

  • Director of a satellite manufacturing and satellite operating company with $1 Billion revenue
  • Leading strategic development, including $3 Billion acquisition of Telesat Canada

Arrowhead Global Solutions. Inc.

Director, Arrowhead Board of Advisors March 2005-September 2006

President, Arrowhead Global Solutions Falls Church, Virginia

  • Managedgovernment services company with $100 Million revenue and 200 employees
  • Led successful transaction with ABRY/Caprock to buy out founding shareholder

SES Global, S.A. (Euronext:SESG)

Chairman, SES Global Americas November 2001-September 2004

Member, SES Global Executive Committee Princeton, New Jersey

SES Americom, Inc.

President and CEO, SES Americom, Inc.

Chairman, Americom Asia-Pacific

Director, Americom Government Services, Inc.

  • Led operating company with $600 Million revenue, $500 Million capex/year, and 450 employees
  • Conceived and created threenew market segments for growth: mobile broadband, DTH capacity outsourcing (Americom2Home), and HD ‘neighborhood’ (HD Prime), resulting in the addition of $3.2 Billion in backlog; and initiated IPTV planning

SES Astra, S.A. January 1998-November 2001

Member, SES ASTRA Management Committee Betzdorf, Luxembourg

Director, AsiaSat Board(NYSE:SAT)

  • Transformed European company from single-market/single-product to global industry leader
  • Identified and promoted GE Americom as acquisition target; led acquisition team
  • Executed acquisitions of strategic stakesin operating companies: AsiaSat, NSAB, Star One
  • Directed team that created the 2-way satellite broadband “DVB-RCS” standard

Hughes Electronics, Inc.

DirecTV Japan October 1996-December 1997

Executive VP-Engineering, IT and Operations Tokyo, Japan

  • Designed, installed and operated in Japan the world’s first all-digital satellite broadcast center
  • Completed $160Million program under budget and on time

Hughes Hong Kong, Ltd April 1994-October 1996

Managing Director Hong Kong

  • Sold four, $80 Millioneach (approx), satellites as head of Southeast Asian sales
  • Sold $120 Million Master Systems Integrator contract to Hong Kong Airport Authority
  • Initiated Mobile Satellite Service and Spaceway (broadband) initiatives in region: ACeS, APMT

JCSAT, Inc. March 1993-April 1994

Chief Engineer Tokyo, Japan

  • Assisted in profitable $150 Million sale of Hughes shares to Japanese partners
  • Initiated design effort for JCSAT’s next generation of satellites and international expansion

New Venture Organization March 1992-March 1993

Deputy Director Los Angeles, CA

  • Headed operations and built a best-in-class business development and analysis team of 22 people
  • Developed opportunities for exporting DirecTV and AMSC business models overseas
  • Designed early business models for satellite broadband (Spaceway) and satellite radio (AMSR)

NASA

Chief (Acting), Advanced Communications Branch December 1987-March 1992

Program Manager,ACTS Washington, DC

  • Led successful $500 Million flight program utilizing the most advanced technologies including

onboard digital signal processing and Ka-band frequencies

  • Established ACTS Industry Experiments Program, including development of first Ka-band mobile

broadband communications, first gigabit satellite links, first ultra-small aperture terminals

  • Inducted into the Space Technology Hall of Fame, 1997

U.S. Department of State

Bureau of Int’l Communications and Information Policy June 1984-December 1987

Deputy Director, Satellite and Cable Policy Branch Washington, DC

  • Chaired interagency COMSAT Instructional Process Working Group; promoted competition
  • Led first successful consultation process with INTELSAT for a U.S. Separate System (PanAmSat)
  • U.S. representative to ITU Legal Experts Group; drafted key sections of ITU Constitution
  • Received Meritorious Honor Award

Education

The American University Washington, DC Ph.D. studies in Economics, 1984 – 1989

StanfordUniversity, School of Engineering Palo Alto, CA

M.S. – Engineering-Economic Systems, 1983

WesternWashingtonUniversity Bellingham, WA

B.A. – Mathematics and Economics, 1979