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16
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 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 ............ 57 Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
W. Erik Carlson............... 40 Executive Vice President, Operations
Thomas A. Cullen ........... 50 Executive Vice President, Programming, Sales and Marketing
James DeFranco .............. 57 Executive Vice President and Director
R. Stanton Dodge ............ 42 Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Bernard L. Han................ 45 Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Michael Kelly.................. 48 Executive Vice President, Commercial and Business Development
Roger J. Lynch ................ 47 Executive Vice President, Advanced Technologies
Robert E. Olson............... 50 Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Stephen W. Wood ........... 51 Executive Vice President, Human Resources
Charles W. Ergen. Mr. Ergen has been Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of DISH
Network since its formation and, during the past five years, has held various executive officer and director positions
with DISH Network’s subsidiaries. Mr. Ergen also serves as Chairman of EchoStar. Mr. Ergen was appointed
President of DISH Network in February 2008. Mr. Ergen, along with his spouse, Cantey Ergen, and James
DeFranco, was a co-founder of DISH Network in 1980.
W. Erik Carlson. Mr. Carlson has served as our Executive Vice President, 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 progressively larger operating roles over the years.
Thomas A. Cullen. Mr. Cullen has served as our Executive Vice President, Programming, Sales and Marketing
since April 2009. Mr. Cullen served 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.
(“Charter”), 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 Mr. Ergen’s spouse, Cantey Ergen, in 1980.
R. Stanton Dodge. Mr. Dodge has served as our Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of DISH
Network since June 2007 and is responsible for all legal and government affairs for DISH Network and its
subsidiaries. Mr. Dodge also serves as EchoStar’s Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary and is
responsible for all legal and government affairs of EchoStar and its subsidiaries pursuant to a management services
agreement between DISH Network and EchoStar that was entered into in connection with the Spin-off of EchoStar
from DISH Network. Since joining DISH Network in November 1996, he has held various positions of increasing
responsibility in DISH Network’s legal department, and assumed responsibility for Human Resources in January
2010.