J. Timothy Bryan - Chief
Executive Officer. On November 1, 2005, Mr. Bryan became the Chief
Executive Officer of both the Company and ICO North America. Mr.
Bryan has served on our Board of Directors since October 2001. He
also served on the Boards of Open TV, Inc., a Liberty Media Corporation
affiliate, the Samaritan Institute and Clearwire Corporation. From
September 2003 until November 2005, Mr. Bryan was a private investor
in, and consultant to, the telecommunications industry and private
equity firms interested in investing in telecommunications businesses.
From May 2001 until September 2003, Mr. Bryan was the Chief Financial
Officer of Eagle River, Inc. Mr. Bryan previously served as President
of United Pan-Europe Communications NV and as Chief Financial Officer
and member of the Office of the Chairman of UnitedGlobalCom, Inc.
Prior to UnitedGlobalCom, Mr. Bryan served as Treasurer of Jones
Intercable, Inc. Mr. Bryan has previously served on the Board of
Directors of Nextel Communications and on the Board of Management
and the Supervisory Board of UPC. Mr. Bryan is a graduate of Duke
University.
Craig Jorgens - President.
Mr. Jorgens has over 16 years of experience in the telecommunications
industry and has been the Company’s President since 2002. Mr. Jorgens
also serves as the President of ICO North America. From 2000 until
joining the Company, he was a principal in the telecommunications
group at the private equity firm of Texas Pacific Group. From 1992
to 2000, he was Executive Director of Corporate Development at AirTouch
Communications, one of the world’s largest wireless operators, where
he was responsible for mergers and acquisitions and new business
development both domestically and internationally. He also has experience
in management consulting and investment banking. Mr. Jorgens is
a graduate of Harvey Mudd College and graduated from Carnegie Mellon’s
Graduate School of Industrial Administration.
John L. Flynn - Executive
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. On May
8, 2006, Mr. Flynn became the Executive Vice President, General
Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the Company and ICO North America.
From July 2003 until April 2006, Mr. Flynn was counsel to the law
firm of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, where his practice
focused primarily on communications and intellectual property law.
From November 2000 until January 2003, Mr. Flynn was Vice President
and Deputy General Counsel of Commerce One, Inc., a software company,
where he co-managed the legal department and advised the company
on corporate, regulatory and litigation matters. Mr. Flynn also
served as General Counsel and Vice President of Government Affairs
of rStar Broadband Networks, Inc. and, before that, was an associate
at Munger, Tolles & Olson. Mr. Flynn began his legal career by serving
as a law clerk to Judge Edward R. Becker on the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Third Circuit and then to Justices Byron R. White and John
Paul Stevens on the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Flynn graduated from
Stanford University with a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science,
with distinction, and a Master’s degree in International Policy
Studies, and he holds his law degree, magna cum laude, from the
Georgetown University Law Center.
Michael P. Corkery - Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ICO Global Communications
(Holdings) Limited and ICO North America, Inc. He was appointed
to this role on November 19, 2007. Mr. Corkery, age 45, served as
Chief Financial Officer of CURRENT Group, LLC from January 2006
until November 2007. From August 2002 until August 2005, Mr. Corkery
was vice president of operations finance for Nextel Communications,
Inc. where he led operations finance and was responsible for all
decision support, financial planning and analysis activities. He
previously worked for Berliner Communications, Inc., XO Communications,
Inc. and AT&T Wireless Services in similar capacities. Mr. Corkery
holds a Bachelor's degree in accounting from St. Bonaventure University
and received an Executive Leadership Development certification from
the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.
David Bagley - Senior Vice
President, Corporate Development. Mr. Bagley has been with the Company
since July 2002 and has over 18 years of experience in the telecommunications
industry. Mr. Bagley also serves as ICO North America's Senior Vice
President, Corporate Development. From June 2000 to June 2001, he
was Vice President of Business Development for IPWireless, where
he was in charge of spectrum acquisition, strategic partnering and
regulatory affairs. Mr. Bagley spent four years at AirTouch and
Vodafone, which acquired AirTouch in 1999. He held various Corporate
Development positions working on transactions throughout the world.
His most recent position was head of Corporate Development for the
Americas for Vodafone. Prior to AirTouch, Mr. Bagley spent eight
years at SBC Communications in finance and Corporate Development
positions. Mr. Bagley holds a Bachelor's degree in Accounting and
Economics from Pacific University and a Master's degree in International
Management from Thunderbird Graduate School of International Management.
Robert S. Day Jr. - Senior
Vice President, Space Systems. Mr. Day has been with the Company
for over six years and has over 25 years of telecommunications industry
experience. Mr. Day serves as Senior Vice President, Space Systems
for both the Company and ICO North America and is responsible for
the design, procurement, deployment, and operation of the ICO North
America space segment. The space segment includes the ICO North
America satellite, launch vehicle, gateway, satellite control center,
and satellite operations. His areas of expertise include satellite
design, integration, test, launch, operations, and system engineering.
Prior to joining the Company, he was the Vice President of Space
Technology for Teledesic LLC. Mr. Day also spent 19 years at Hughes
Space and Communications where he provided system engineering leadership
or served as program manager for several major geosynchronous satellite
programs. He led the integration, test, and launch team for the
first HS601 satellite, and served as the Deputy Business Unit Leader
for Spacecraft Design and Production at Hughes. Mr. Day holds a
Bachelor’s degree in General Engineering from the University of
Illinois, a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from UCLA,
and a certificate in Astronautical Engineering from UCLA.
Suzanne Hutchings Malloy
- Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs. Ms. Hutchings Malloy
has over 15 years of experience in the telecommunications industry.
Prior to joining the Company in 2000 and until 2002, Ms. Malloy
served as Senior Regulatory Counsel for Teledesic LLC, where she
directed the company’s licensing and regulatory efforts among various
industry and regulatory constituencies, including the FCC, the U.S.
State Department, and the International Telecommunication Union.
At the Company and ICO North America (serving in a similar capacity),
in addition to general regulatory activities, her work has included
filing a major satellite application, helping maintain and monitor
global spectrum assets, and advocating for the companies and their
subsidiaries in major rulemaking and adjudicatory proceedings before
the FCC. She has also served on numerous U.S. delegations to regional
and international spectrum management treaty conferences. She has
also worked as an Attorney-Advisor at the FCC, where she participated
in country-to-country treaty negotiations, World Trade Organization
multilateral negotiations, and rulemaking proceedings before the
Federal Communications Commission as a satellite industry expert,
focusing primarily on licensing direct-to-home satellite operators.
Ms. Malloy holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Davidson
College and graduated from Harvard Law School in 1986.
Dennis Schmitt - Senior
Vice President, Finance. Mr. Schmitt has been with the Company for
over three years and Senior Vice President, Finance since April
2005, having previously served as the Company's Controller. Mr.
Schmitt serves in a similar capacity for ICO North America and is
responsible for all accounting and financial aspects of each company.
Prior to joining the Company, he was the Assistant Controller for
drugstore.com from January 2001 to July 2002, managing the SEC reporting
group and all the company's daily accounting responsibilities. His
background also includes expertise in the wireless industry acquired
through his time spent at Nextel International where he was responsible
for the accounting of its global subsidiaries and Western Wireless
where he was a member of the SEC reporting group. Mr. Schmitt holds
a Bachelor's degree in accounting from Fort Hays State University
and is a Certified Public Accountant.
David Zufall - Senior Vice
President, Network Systems. Mr. Zufall has been Senior Vice President,
Network Systems since January 2, 2006. During the twelve years prior
to joining the Company, Mr. Zufall served in a number of technical
and operational capacities at Nextel Communications, Inc., including
Vice President, Infrastructure Technology Development and Vice President,
Network Architecture/Chief Architect. Nextel operated a nationwide
digital cellular network in the United States. Mr. Zufall had responsibility
for working with partners in Nextel’s strategy and marketing divisions
to establish Nextel’s long-term network and technology roadmap.
Mr. Zufall holds a Bachelor of Sciences degree in Electrical Engineering
and an M.B.A. in Finance and International Business, both from Columbia
University.