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R. Perley McBride has served as our executive vice president and CFO since December 2012. Prior to
joining us, from September 2011 to December 2012 Mr. McBride served as the executive vice president of
finance at The Weather Company, or TWC (which consists of The Weather Channel television network, The
Weather Channel digital properties (weather.com and The Weather Channel mobile), Weather Underground, and
the professional division, which includes Weather Services International and Weather Central), overseeing the
company’s accounting, tax, treasury, procurement, real estate, facilities, financial planning and analysis,
operational and strategic planning, risk and insurance, and corporate development functions. Prior to that,
Mr. McBride served in senior vice president positions at TWC from April 2010 to September 2011, overseeing
treasury, procurement, real estate, facilities, financial planning and analysis, operational and strategic planning,
and corporate development functions. From August 1999 to April 2010, Mr. McBride served in finance roles at
Frontier Communications, a provider of communication services, including as vice president of financial
planning and analysis. Prior to that, from April 1994 to August 1999 Mr. McBride held accounting and finance
roles with Sprint PCS and Citizens Communications. Mr. McBride holds a B.S. from Mount Allison University
in Canada and an M.B.A. from the University of Houston.
Robert A. Strickland has served as our executive vice president and chief technical officer since February
2012. From August 2010 to February 2012, Mr. Strickland provided strategic information technology consulting
services through his own firm. Prior to that, Mr. Strickland served as senior vice president and chief information
officer of T-Mobile USA, Inc. from December 2006 to March 2010. Prior to joining T-Mobile USA, Strickland
served as senior vice president and chief information officer at EchoStar Communications Corporation from May
2005 to November 2006. From January 2004 to April 2005, he served as president and chief operating officer of
Silas Technologies Holdings, Inc. and served as chief executive officer of Xperts, Inc. from February 2001 to
January 2004. From 1984 to 2001, Strickland held a number of IT, engineering and programing roles in the
cable, education, computer and other industries. Mr. Strickland holds a B.A. in mathematics from Brandeis
University.
Robert J. Irving, Jr. has served as our senior vice president, chief administrative officer, general counsel
and secretary since November 2012. Mr. Irving previously served as our senior vice president, general counsel
and secretary from May 2003 and November 2012, as our vice president, legal from August 2002 to May 2003,
and as our senior legal counsel from September 1998 to August 2002. Prior to that, Mr. Irving served as
administrative counsel for Rohr, Inc., a corporation that designed and manufactured aerospace products from
1991 to 1998, and prior to that served as vice president, general counsel and secretary for IRT Corporation, a
corporation that designed and manufactured x-ray inspection equipment. Before joining IRT Corporation,
Mr. Irving was an attorney at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Mr. Irving was admitted to the California Bar
Association in 1982. Mr. Irving holds a B.A. from Stanford University, an M.P.P. from The John F. Kennedy
School of Government of Harvard University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.
Anne M. Liu has served as our senior vice president and chief accounting officer since November 2012.
Ms. Liu previously served as our vice president and controller from December 2008 to November 2012 and as
our assistant controller from December 2006 to December 2008. Prior to joining us, Ms. Liu served in a number
of accounting and finance roles with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), a scientific,
engineering, and technology applications company, between March 1990 and November 2006, including as vice
president of finance. Between September 1983 and March 1990, Ms. Liu held various audit positions with
Deloitte (formerly Touche Ross). Ms. Liu holds a B.A. in government from Pomona College and is a certified
public accountant.
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