Michael T. Smith

Retired Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Hughes Electronics Corporation
Director since 2001

Michael T. Smith is the retired Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Hughes Electronics Corporation, having held such positions from October 1997 until May 2001. Mr. Smith was a director of FLIR Systems, Inc., which produced infrared cameras, thermal imaging software and temperature measurement devices, from 2002 until its acquisition by Teledyne in May 2021. He is also a director of Zero Gravity Solutions, Inc., an agricultural biotechnology company, and the Livingston Group of Companies, an investment bank and broker/dealer. Mr. Smith was a director of WABCO Holdings, a supplier to the automotive industry, from 2009 to 2020, a director of Ingram Micro Corporation, a technology sales, marketing and logistics company, from 2001 until June 2014, Alliant Techsystems, Inc. (ATK), an advanced weapon and space systems company, from 1997 to 2009, and Anteon International Corporation, an information technology and systems engineering solutions company, from 2005 to 2006. Mr. Smith is a member of the Council of Chief Executives and the former chairman of the Aerospace Industries Association, an industry trade organization, and is a charter member of the Electronic Industries Foundation Leadership Council. Mr. Smith is the Chair of our Nominating and Governance Committee and a member of our Audit Committee. Mr. Smith is also our Lead Director. ​​