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Board Member Biography:
Steve Hart

Steve Hart
Vice President of Engineering, CTO, Co-founder
ViaSat, Inc.
Steve Hart is CTO and co-founder of ViaSat Inc. He provides technical direction across the company in areas of networking, architectures, software and information security. He works with ViaSats diverse set of business areas to drive innovation and strategic positioning. He also supports business development activities, with technical support in product concept development, customer relations, and proposal activities. Mr. Hart has authored numerous technical papers in satellite networking and computer and communications security, and holds patents for inventions in these areas. He contributed to the growth of ViaSat from 3 people in 1986 to an international company with over 2200 employees today.

Mr. Hart has provided leadership in many of ViaSats products, helping the growth from individual black-box products to fully integrated network communications systems. He lead in the development of new satellite networking algorithms and directed the creation of ViaSat's Information Security business.

Prior to joining ViaSat, Mr. Hart was a Staff Engineer and Engineering Manager at Linkabit Corporation. Prior to that, Mr. Hart worked as a computer security analyst at the Merdan group on various projects for the National Security Agency and the Navy. He served U.S. Air Force as an imagery intelligence specialist for four years.

Mr. Hart holds a MA in mathematics from the University of California, San Diego, and a BS in mathematics from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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