VIASAT INC (VSAT)
Sector: Information Technology
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
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Sector: Information Technology
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
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Director information for VSAT
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VSAT | Director | 62 | ["Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Arrcus, Inc.","Executive Vice President and General Manager of VMware’s Telco and Edge Cloud business","Executive Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development at VMware","Board member of Altair Engineering"] | [] | 2026 |
Biography sourced from the proxy statement filing.
Shekar Ayyar has been a director of Viasat since 2026. Mr. Ayyar has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Arrcus, Inc., a networking software company focused on AI infrastructure, data centers and communications networks, since September 2021. He is a seasoned technology executive with significant experience leading growth businesses and strategic initiatives across cloud, networking and communications infrastructure. He previously held senior leadership roles at VMware, including as Executive Vice President and General Manager of the company s Telco and Edge Cloud business and as Executive Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development. He also served on the board of Altair Engineering, seeing it through its $10+ billion sale to Siemens. Mr. Ayyar holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University, an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and a bachelor s degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. Mr. Ayyar provides our Board with cloud, networking and communications infrastructure experience based on his senior leadership roles at several technology companies.