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Dr. Arunas Slekys
Vice President, Corporate Marketing and General Manager Russia & NIS Business, Hughes Network Systems, LLC

Dr.Arunas Slekys is vice president of Corporate Marketing, as well as vice president and general manager of the Russia & NIS Business for HUGHES. In these dual positions, he is responsible for  managing all of HUGHES marketing communications and advocacy initiatives worldwide, along with overall P&L responsibility for the company’s broadband satellite business in Russia, Ukraine and the NIS countries.

Previously, Dr. Slekys served as vice president of the Wireless Networks Division at HUGHES and was responsible for the TDMA networks product line business comprising the AIReach® family of digital cellular mobile, wireless loop and wireless data (CDPD) systems. During this period he was elected and served for several years on the CTIA board.

His long affiliation with the wireless industry began at NovAtel Communications, Ltd. in Calgary Alberta. There he served as senior vice president responsible from the company's inception for establishing product research and development, and spearheading the company’s success worldwide in the cellular mobile and systems marketplace.

Slekys began his telecommunications career more than 25 years ago at Caltech's Jet Propulsion Laboratory where he worked as a digital communications research engineer, developing deep space network and pulsar tracking systems. He later joined Bell Canada and subsequently Bell Northern Software Research, managing switched-network related systems development and advanced technology programs.

He holds a bachelor of applied science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Toronto, a master's degree from the University of Illinois, and a doctorate in computer and communications engineering from UCLA. He is co-author of a founding patent for CDPD (Cellular Digital Packet Data) systems and is a frequently published author on satellite and wireless communications.