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20
EMPLOYEES
We had 6,048 employees at December 31, 1999, of which 5,902 worked in our domestic operations and 146
worked in our international operations. We are not a party to any collective bargaining agreement and generally
consider relations with our employees to be good.
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 sets forth the name, age and offices with EchoStar 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 ......................................... 47 Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President
James DeFranco ........................................... 47 Executive Vice President and Director
Michael T. Dugan......................................... 51 President, EchoStar Technologies Corporation
Steven B. Schaver......................................... 46 Chief Operating and Financial Officer
David K. Moskowitz.................................... 41 Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary and
Director
Mark W. Jackson.......................................... 39 Senior Vice President, Satellite Services
Soraya Hesabi-Cartwright............................ 39 Senior Vice President, Human Resources and
Customer Service
Purvish C. Kothari........................................ 39 Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Charles W. Ergen. Mr. Ergen has been Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive
Officer of EchoStar since its formation and, during the past five years, has held various executive officer positions with
EchoStar’s subsidiaries. Mr. Ergen, along with his spouse and James DeFranco, was a co-founder of EchoStar in 1980.
James DeFranco. Mr. DeFranco, currently the Executive Vice President of EchoStar, has been a Vice
President and a Director of EchoStar since its formation and, during the past five years, has held various executive
officer positions with EchoStar’s subsidiaries. Mr. DeFranco, along with Mr. Ergen and Mr. Ergen’s spouse, was a
co-founder of EchoStar in 1980.
Michael T. Dugan. Mr. Dugan is the President of EchoStar Technologies Corporation (formerly Houston
Tracker Systems, Inc). In that capacity, Mr. Dugan is responsible for, among other things, all engineering operations
at EchoStar. Previously he was the Senior Vice President of the Consumer Products Division of EchoStar. Mr. Dugan
has been with EchoStar since 1990.
Steven B. Schaver. Mr. Schaver was named EchoStar’s Chief Financial Officer in February 1996. In
November 1996, Mr. Schaver also was named Chief Operating Officer. From November 1993 to February 1996,
Mr. Schaver was the Vice President of EchoStar’s European and African operations.
David K. Moskowitz. Mr. Moskowitz is the Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of
EchoStar. Mr. Moskowitz joined EchoStar in March 1990. He was elected to our Board of Directors during 1998. Mr.
Moskowitz is responsible for all legal affairs and certain business functions for EchoStar and its subsidiaries.
Mark W. Jackson. Mr. Jackson was named Senior Vice President, Satellite Services, in December 1997.
From April 1993 until December 1997 Mr. Jackson served as Vice President, Engineering at EchoStar.
Soraya Hesabi-Cartwright. Ms. Hesabi-Cartwright was named Senior Vice President, Human Resources
and Customer Service in November 1998. Ms. Hesabi-Cartwright joined EchoStar in 1994 as Director of Human
Resources and was promoted to Vice President of Human Resources in 1996. During 1996, Ms. Hesabi-Cartwright
transferred to EchoStar’s Customer Service Center as Vice President of Customer Service, where she served until her
promotion in 1998.