Dixon Doll Appointed to DIRECTV Board of Directors
July 28 2011 - 9:00PM
Business Wire
DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV), one of the world’s leading providers of
digital television entertainment services, announced that Dr. Dixon
Doll has joined its Board of Directors, effective today.
Dr. Doll is a co-founder and general partner at DCM (formerly
Doll Capital Management), an early-stage global technology venture
capital firm formed in 1996 with a focus on wireless
infrastructure, mobile applications, e-commerce, communications
services and Internet infrastructure. Prior to founding DCM, he
spent eight years at Accel Partners, where he co-founded the global
venture capital industry’s first fund focused exclusively on
telecommunications opportunities. From 1972-1980, Dr. Doll also
served as a faculty member of the IBM Systems Research
Institute.
In addition to his duties at DCM, Dr. Doll also serves as
Chairman of the Board for Network Equipment Technologies, CENX,
Inc., and Force10 Networks. In 2008-2009, he served as Chairman of
the U.S. National Venture Capital Association.
“For more than 35 years, Dr. Doll has expertly influenced and
guided entrepreneurs, investors and executives and we’re thrilled
to have him on our Board to contribute his vast amount of knowledge
in the telecommunications world,” said Mike White, chairman,
president and CEO of DIRECTV. “His well-deserved reputation as a
venture capital pioneer and telecom expert will nicely complement
the array of talents of our other DIRECTV Board members and help
the Company continue to expand.”
Dr. Doll holds a doctorate and a Master of Science in Electrical
Engineering from the University of Michigan, where he was a
National Science Foundation Scholar, and also holds a Bachelor of
Science in Electrical Engineering, cum laude, from Kansas State
University.
About DIRECTV
DIRECTV (NASDAQ: DTV) is one of the world’s leading providers of
digital television entertainment services. Through its subsidiaries
and affiliated companies in the United States, Brazil, Mexico,
Argentina, Venezuela, Colombia, and other countries in Latin
America, DIRECTV provides digital television entertainment service
to more than 19.4 million customers in the United States and more
than 10 million customers in Latin America. DIRECTV sports and
entertainment properties include three Regional Sports Networks
(Northwest, Rocky Mountain and Pittsburgh) as well as a 60 percent
interest in Game Show Network. For more information, visit
directv.com.
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