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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
(furnished in accordance with Item 401 (b) of Regulation S-K, pursuant to General Instruction G(3) of Form 10-K)
The following table and information below sets forth the name, age and position with DISH Network of each of our
executive officers, the period during which each executive officer has served as such, and each executive officer’s
business experience during the past five years:
Name Age Position
Charles W. Ergen ............ 59 Chairman
Joseph P. Clayton ............ 63 President and Chief Executive Officer and Director
W. Erik Carlson ............... 43 Executive Vice President, DNS and Service Operations
Thomas A. Cullen ........... 53 Executive Vice President, Corporate Development
James DeFranco .............. 59 Executive Vice President and Director
R. Stanton Dodge ............ 45 Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Bernard L. Han ................ 48 Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Michael Kelly .................. 51 President, Blockbuster L.L.C.
Roger J. Lynch ................ 50 Executive Vice President, Advanced Technologies
Robert E. Olson ............... 53 Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Charles W. Ergen. Mr. Ergen is our executive Chairman and has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of DISH
Network since its formation and, during the past five years, has held executive officer and director positions with
DISH Network and its subsidiaries. Mr. Ergen also serves as executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board of
Directors of EchoStar. Mr. Ergen co-founded DISH Network with his spouse, Cantey Ergen, and James DeFranco,
in 1980.
Joseph P. Clayton. Mr. Clayton has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer and has been a member of
our Board of Directors since June 2011. Mr. Clayton served as Chairman of Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. (Sirius) from
November 2004 through July 2008 and served as Chief Executive Officer of Sirius from November 2001 through
November 2004. Prior to joining Sirius, Mr. Clayton served as President of Global Crossing North America, as
President and Chief Executive Officer of Frontier Corporation and as Executive Vice President, Marketing and Sales
- Americas and Asia, of Thomson S.A. Mr. Clayton previously served on the Board of Directors of Transcend
Services, Inc. from 2001 until April 2012 and on the Board of Directors of EchoStar from October 2008 until June
2011.
W. Erik Carlson. Mr. Carlson has served as our Executive Vice President, DNS and Service Operations since
February 2008 and is responsible for overseeing our residential and commercial installations, customer billing and
equipment retrieval and refurbishment operations. Mr. Carlson previously was Senior Vice President of Retail
Services, a position he held since mid-2006. He joined DISH Network in 1995 and has held operating roles of
increasing responsibility over the years.
Thomas A. Cullen. Mr. Cullen has served as our Executive Vice President, Corporate Development since July 2011.
Mr. Cullen served as our Executive Vice President, Sales, Marketing and Programming from April 2009 until July
2011 and as our Executive Vice President, Corporate Development from December 2006 until April 2009. Before
joining DISH Network, Mr. Cullen served as President of TensorComm, a venture-backed wireless technology
company. From August 2003 to April 2005, Mr. Cullen was with Charter Communications Inc., serving as Senior
Vice President, Advanced Services and Business Development from August 2003 until he was promoted to
Executive Vice President in August 2004.
James DeFranco. Mr. DeFranco is one of our Executive Vice Presidents and has been one of our vice presidents
and a member of the Board of Directors since our formation. During the past five years he has held various
executive officer and director positions with our subsidiaries. Mr. DeFranco co-founded DISH Network with
Charles W. Ergen and Cantey Ergen, in 1980.
R. Stanton Dodge. Mr. Dodge has served as our Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since
June 2007 and is responsible for all legal and government affairs for DISH Network and its subsidiaries. Mr. Dodge
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has served on the Board of Directors of EchoStar since March 2009. Mr. Dodge also served as EchoStar’s
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary from October 2007 to November 2011 pursuant to a
management services agreement between DISH Network and EchoStar. Since joining DISH Network in November
1996, he has held various positions of increasing responsibility in DISH Network’s legal department.
Bernard L. Han. Mr. Han has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since April 2009
and is in charge of all operations and information technology functions for DISH Network. Mr. Han served as
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of DISH Network from September 2006 until April 2009. Mr.
Han also served as EchoStar’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from January 2008 to June
2010 pursuant to a management services agreement between DISH Network and EchoStar. From October 2002 to
May 2005, Mr. Han served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Northwest Airlines, Inc.
Michael Kelly. Mr. Kelly has served as the President of Blockbuster L.L.C since May 2011. Mr. Kelly served as
our Executive Vice President, Direct, Commercial and Advertising Sales from December 2005 until May 2011 and as
Executive Vice President of DISH Network Service L.L.C. and Customer Service from February 2004 until
December 2005.
Roger J. Lynch. Mr. Lynch has served as our Executive Vice President, Advanced Technologies since November
2009. Mr. Lynch also serves as EchoStar’s Executive Vice President, Advanced Technologies. In addition, in July
2012, Mr. Lynch was named Chief Executive Officer of DISH Digital Holding L.L.C., an entity which is owned
two-thirds by us and one-third by EchoStar (“DISH Digital”). Prior to joining DISH Network, Mr. Lynch served as
Chairman and CEO of Video Networks International, Ltd., an internet protocol television (“IPTV”) technology
company in the United Kingdom from 2002 until 2009.
Robert E. Olson. Mr. Olson has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since April
2009. Mr. Olson was the Chief Financial Officer of Trane Commercial Systems, the largest operating division of
American Standard, from April 2006 to August 2008. From April 2003 to January 2006, Mr. Olson served as the
Chief Financial Officer of AT&T’s Consumer Services division and later its Business Services division.
There are no arrangements or understandings between any executive officer and any other person pursuant to which
any executive officer was selected as such. Pursuant to the Bylaws of DISH Network, executive officers serve at the
discretion of the Board of Directors.