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Viasat Strengthens Management Team; Adds Three Executive Hires
- Aviation Industry Veteran, Jim Dodd, to Lead Viasat's Global Mobility Business - International Mobile Industry Leader, Peter Langkilde, Joins as Viasat's
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[{"type":"text","content":"- Aviation Industry Veteran, Jim Dodd, to Lead Viasat's Global Mobility Business\n - International Mobile Industry Leader, Peter Langkilde, Joins as Viasat's Head of Broadband Services for Europe, Middle East and Africa\n - Digital Transformation and Artificial Intelligence Expert, Dr. Krishna Nathan, Appointed as Viasat's Chief Information Officer\n\n\nCARLSBAD, Calif., March 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global communications company, today announced the expansion of its global leadership team with the addition of Jim Dodd, as president, Global Mobile Solutions; Peter Langkilde, as vice president and Head of Broadband Services for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA); and Dr. Krishna Nathan, as chief information officer (CIO).\n\"Viasat's growth and expansion into a more global company requires the ongoing addition of highly talented people to the team. The addition of Jim, Peter and Krishna represent a big step in that evolution. These are three highly-respected leaders in their fields. They are passionate visionaries with decades of experience successfully leading global organizations and programs,\" said Rick Baldridge, president and chief operating officer at Viasat. \"We're confident Jim, Peter and Krishna will complement Viasat's current management team. They are all great collaborators and will be instrumental in driving global initiatives around the ViaSat-3 constellation launch and our next phase of accelerated services growth.\"\nBaldridge continued, \"Jim will play a critical role in expanding opportunities and our customer base in domestic and international mobility markets, Peter will be responsible for growing our broadband services business throughout EMEA and Krishna will lead our platform, automation and artificial intelligence (AI) deployment efforts across engineering, business and corporate segments.\"\nAbout Jim Dodd: With more than 30-years of aviation experience, Jim Dodd joins Viasat as president, Global Mobile Solutions. In this role, Jim will broaden Viasat's mobility opportunities, strategically aligning current and future satellite capabilities with global mobility sector needs. Areas of focus under the global mobility umbrella include: business aviation, commercial aviation, connected cars, maritime and railway transportation, to name a few.Prior to Viasat, Jim held a numbe...