David E. Hershberg 69 founded the Company in 1994 and has served as its Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors since its inception. From 1976 to 1994 Mr. Hershberg was the President of Satellite Transmission Systems Inc. or STS a provider of satellite ground segment systems and networks which he founded and which became a subsidiary of California Microwave Inc. or CMI and is currently a subsidiary of L3 Communications Corporation. From 1990 to 1994 Mr. Hershberg also served as Group President of the Satellite Communications Group of CMI where he also had responsibility for EFData Inc. a manufacturer of satellite communications modems and for Viasat Technology Corp. a manufacturer of communications systems which specialized in portable and mobile satellite communications equipment. Mr. Hershberg is a director of Primus Telecommunications Group Inc. a telecommunications company providing long distance services. Mr. Hershberg holds a B.S.E.E. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute an M.S.E.E. from Columbia University and an M.S. in Management Science from Stevens Institute of Technology. |