| Kevin J. Harkenrider |
Kevin J. Harkenrider is currently the Chief Operating Officer & Executive Vice President at ViaSat, Inc. He is also a Member of the Union College Alumni Club. In his former positions, Mr. Harkenrider served as the VP-Operations & Material and Program Director at BAE Systems, Inc. from 1992 to 2001. He also held the position of Program Director and VP-Operations & Material at Mission Solutions Group, Inc. during the same time period. From 1991 to 1994, he worked as the Vice President-Material at General Dynamics Corp. Additionally, he was the Chief Operating Officer & Vice President at ViaSat Communications, Inc. from 2009 to 2011, and the Vice President-Operations at GDE Systems, Inc. from 1983 to 2001. He also held the position of Treasurer at Palomar Health. Mr. Harkenrider completed his MBA from the University of Pittsburgh. He also holds an undergraduate degree from Union College (New York). |
| Paul Castor |
Paul Castor has worked as Chief Corporate Counsel & Vice President at ViaSat, Inc. since an unknown date. Prior to that, he worked at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC starting in 2004. |
| Shawn Lynn Duffy |
Shawn Lynn Duffy is currently a Director at Viasat UK Ltd., Viasat Satellite Holdings Ltd., and Viasat Technologies Ltd. She also serves as the Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President at ViaSat, Inc. since 2014. Previously, she worked as a Director at RigNet, Inc. and as a Senior Manager at Ernst & Young LLP. She completed her undergraduate degree at San Diego State University. |
| Mark J. Miller |
Mark J. Miller is the founder. He founded ViaSat, Inc. in 1986 and currently holds the title of Chief Technical Officer & Executive Vice President. Mr. Miller has a graduate degree from the University of California, Los Angeles and an undergraduate degree from the University of California San Diego. |
| Krishna Nathan |
Krishna Nathan is currently the Chief Information Officer at ViaSat, Inc. He previously worked as the Vice President-Systems at International Business Machines Corp. and as the Chief Information Officer at S&P Global, Inc. Nathan holds a doctorate degree from Brown University, an undergraduate degree from George Washington University, and a graduate degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
| Girish Chandran |
Girish Chandran is currently the Chief Technical Officer & Vice President at ViaSat, Inc. He previously worked as the Vice President-Systems Engineering at Tiernan Communications, Inc. from 1995 to 2001 and as the Vice President-Engineering at Newtec America, Inc. from 2001 to 2007. Dr. Chandran holds a doctorate degree from the University of California San Diego, a graduate degree from the Indian Institute of Science, and an undergraduate degree from the University of Kerala. |
| Keven Kirk Lippert |
Keven Kirk Lippert is currently the Director at The Old Globe Theatre and the Executive Vice President at ViaSat, Inc. He previously worked as the Secretary & Director at Thames Space Ltd. and as an Associate at Latham & Watkins LLP. Mr. Lippert completed his undergraduate degree at the University of California, Berkeley and his graduate degree at the University of Michigan. |
| Kristi Jaska |
Kristi Jaska has worked as a Vice President of Engineering at ViaSat, Inc. since 1987. She is currently the Director at San Diego Venture Group. |
| Mark D. Dankberg |
Mark D. Dankberg is the founder of ViaSat, Inc. which was founded in 1986. He is currently a Director at Lytx, Inc. and a Trustee at Rice University. Mr. Dankberg has held former Director positions at REMEC, Inc., Minnetronix Medical, Inc., TrellisWare Technologies, Inc., and CommNexus San Diego. He was also a Communications Engineer at Rockwell International Corp. from 1977 to 1979 and an Assistant Vice President at M from 1979 to 1986. Mr. Dankberg received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Rice University. |
| Steven R. Hart |
Steven R. Hart is the founder of ViaSat, Inc., a company founded in 1986. He held the title of Chief Technology Officer & EVP-Engineering starting in 2013. Currently, Mr. Hart is a Strategic Advisor at Vertical Venture Partners LLC. In the past, he worked as a Director at Space Micro, Inc., an Analyst-Computer Security at The Merdan Group, Inc., an Engineering Manager & Staff Engineer at Linkabit Corp., and a Specialist-Imagery Intelligence in the US Air Force. Mr. Hart has a graduate degree from the University of California San Diego and an undergraduate degree from the University of Nevada. |
| James Dodd |
James Dodd's career history includes current and former positions as well as education. Currently, he is the President-Global Enterprise & Mobility, SVP at ViaSat, Inc. Previously, he worked at The Boeing Co. as the Vice President & Program Manager-Mobility from 2015 to 2016. Mr. Dodd has an undergraduate degree from Arkansas State University and an MBA from Seattle University. |
| K. Guru Gowrappan |
K. Guru Gowrappan currently works at The Bank of New York Mellon Corp., as Independent Director from 2021, Water.org, Inc., as Director, Tech:Nyc, as Director, and ViaSat, Inc., as President from 2023. Mr. Gowrappan also formerly worked at Verizon Communications, Inc., as Group CEO-Verizon Media & Executive VP from 2018 to 2021, Oath, Inc., as President, CEO & Chief Operating Officer in 2018, One 97 Communications Ltd., as Director, Paytm Mobile Solutions Pvt Ltd., as Director, Alibaba Group (U.S.), Inc., as Global Managing Director, Yahoo!, Inc., as Global Head-Operations & Products from 2009 to 2010, Zynga, Inc., as COO-Growth & Emerging Initiatives from 2011 to 2012, Quixey, Inc., as Chief Operating Officer from 2013 to 2015, and Overture Corp., as Principal. Mr. Gowrappan received his graduate degree from the University of Southern California and undergraduate degree from the University of Madras. |
| Theresa M. H. Wise |
Theresa M. H. Wise is currently the Chief Executive Officer & Principal at Utaza LLC, an Independent Director at ViaSat, Inc., Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc., IBS Software Pvt Ltd., and Acropolis Infrastructure Acquisition Corp. She is also a Director at CWT Travel Group, Inc. and a Member-Regents Board at St. Olaf College. In the past, she served as Vice Chairman at The Science Museum of Minnesota, Director at TCF Financial Corp., Independent Director at Impinj, Inc., and Chief Information Officer & Senior Vice President at Delta Air Lines, Inc. and Northwest Airlines LLC. She also served as a Director at Minnesota Orchestral Association, The Children's Theatre Co., and St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. Dr. Wise received her undergraduate degree from St. Olaf College and her graduate and doctorate degrees from Cornell University. |
| Robert W. Johnson |
Robert W. Johnson is an Independent Director at ViaSat, Inc. since 1986. He was a Director at Hi from 1998 to 2009. Johnson received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Stanford University and his MBA and doctorate from Harvard Business School. |
| John P. Stenbit |
John P. Stenbit currently holds director positions at ViaSat, Inc., Maxar Space LLC, BioWarn LLC, SSL Holdings, Inc., Suntiva LLC, Defense Group, Inc. (Virginia), Scriberule, Inc., United States Defense Science Board, and The Tau Beta Pi Association. He previously served as Chairman of DGI Holdings, Inc. and held director positions at Loral Space & Communications, Inc., SM&A, Inc., Serco Services, Inc., Gemalto Cogent, Inc., McDonald Bradley, Inc., SM&A Corp., Cognet, Inc., The MITRE Corp., Cryptek, Inc., and the Central Intelligence Agency (United States). Stenbit was also an Executive Vice President at Northrop Grumman Space & Mission Systems Corp. and TRW, Inc. He served as Assistant Secretary at C3i, Inc. and the US Department of Defense (District of Columbia). Stenbit received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from the California Institute of Technology. |
| Varsha R. Rao |
Varsha is an Executive Partner at Flare Capital Partners.
Varsha Rao most recently was the CEO of Nurx (acquired by Thirty Madison), the leading direct-to-consumer telehealth platform for women 18 to 50+ that is redefining healthcare across women’s Reproductive health services, Diagnostics, Dermatology, Mental Health and Migraine via its online platform. Varsha was the COO of Clover Health (CLOV), a technology-based Medicare Advantage company. Prior to working in Healthcare, from 2013 to the end of 2016, Varsha was the Head of Global Operations at Airbnb, reporting to the CEO and on the Executive Staff. Varsha started her entrepreneurial career as the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Eve.com which she sold in early 2000 and she was an engagement manager at McKinsey. She has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA/BS from the University of Pennsylvania. Varsha sits on the Board of Viasat (VSAT) and Callaway Golf (MODG). |
