Reimagining Connectivity

Reimagining Connectivity

Our Vision 

Our Vision 

To change the way the world communicates.

Our Mission

Our Mission

To connect people and things.

Our Story 

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DISH has a 40-year history of innovation, from creating the first DVR which empowered our customers to view content like never before, to launching SLING TV, the world’s first live TV streaming platform. We’re now building America’s first Smart Network™, which will change the way the world communicates. 
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We’re a founder-led Fortune 200 company, which means we’ve been gaining expertise and developing talent since 1980. We’re driven by culture and purpose, not quarterly returns. We’re committed to thinking long term and doing it right the first time. After 40 years, our mission and vision remain the same. 
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Our network is the first of its kind - smarter, faster and more secure. It leverages the intelligence of the cloud to propel collaboration and innovation across industries. We’re doing what we do best: bringing revolutionary solutions to our partners, our customers and our communities.

Our Founders

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Jim DeFranco

Co-Founder and EVP, Special
Advisor to the CEO

Jim co-founded DISH Network with Charlie Ergen and Candy Ergen in 1980. Jim DeFranco is one of DISH’s Executive Vice Presidents and has been one of the company’s vice presidents and a member of the Board of Directors since DISH's formation. During the past five years he has held various executive officer and director positions with DISH's subsidiaries.

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Candy Ergen

Co-Founder and Senior Advisor

Candy co-founded DISH Network in 1980, building the company one satellite dish at a time by driving the roads of Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. Her vision, innovation and leadership helped build DISH into a household brand. In addition to starting a revolutionary media company, she serves on a variety of philanthropic boards, including the Children’s Hospital Colorado, where she is a lifetime trustee.

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Charlie Ergen

Co-Founder and Chairman

Charlie Ergen co-founded DISH and EchoStar, where he currently acts as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Charlie's proven leadership has grown the company from 3 to nearly 16,000 employees. Today, he oversees DISH's long-term strategy and is primarily focused on building America's first Smart Network™.

"What attracted me to DISH Wireless was the ambitious

nature of what we're trying to do here. It's the most 

innovative cloud project in history..." 

- Brian Mengwasser, VP Marketplace and Apps Design

Our Leaders

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Jeff Blum

EVP, External & Legislative Affairs
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Heather Campbell

SVP, National Radio Frequency Engineering
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Paul Chapple

SVP, Wireless Products
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Tom Cullen

EVP, Corporate Development
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Michael Kelly

EVP, Group President, Retail Wireless
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In-Kyung Kim

SVP, Chief Solutions Officer
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Dave Mayo

EVP, Network Development
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Jeff McSchooler

EVP, Wireless Network Operations
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Marc Rouanne

EVP, Chief Network Officer
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Satish Sharma

SVP, Wireless
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Jonathan Sipling

SVP, Chief Marketing Officer, Retail Wireless
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John Swieringa

President & COO
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Stephen Stokols

EVP, Boost Mobile
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Lisa Walker

SVP, Wholesale Business Operations

Network of the Future

 

Over the next decade, the network of the future will improve connectivity across America. From bringing world class-health care to rural America, to closing the homework gap for children across the nation, we are positioned to make a difference utilizing next-generation technology.
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Cloud-Native.

O-RAN.

Built on American innovation.