Mr. Hazard has over 30 years of finance and operations experience in the telecommunications industry. Prior to joining TerreStar, he served COO and CFO of publicly-held Primus Telecommunications Group, completing the company's initial public offering and four subsequent high yield debt offerings, a secondary equity offering, and a convertible debt offering totaling over $1.5 billion. He held finance and product marketing roles with MCI Communications Corporation. Additionally, he was CFO for Overseas Telecommunications, a start-up international satellite telecommunications carrier, and Assistant Vice President, Finance, for Hughes Network Systems. Mr. Hazard received a Bachelor of Engineering Science degree from Johns Hopkins University, a Masters of Science in Computer systems Manager from the University of Maryland, and an MBA from Harvard University. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Management Accountant.