Frank Biondi Joins ViaSat Board of Directors

Carlsbad, Calif., April 8, 2015–ViaSat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT),has appointed Frank J. Biondi Jr. to its Board of Directors. Biondi will serve as a Class I Director effective immediately, with an initial term expiring at the Company’s 2015 annual meeting of stockholders. 

Frank J. Biondi

With the appointment of Biondi, the ViaSat Board now consists of eight members, seven of whom are independent directors.

Biondi is a senior managing director at WaterView Advisors LLC, a private equity fund specializing in media. Previously he held several positions in the television and entertainment industries, including top executive roles at Universal Studios, Viacom, the Entertainment Business Sector of the Coca-Cola Company, HBO, and the Children’s Television Workshop.

Biondi currently serves on a number of other corporate boards, including Amgen, Inc., Cablevision Systems Corp., Hasbro, Inc. (expected to retire in May 2015), RealD Inc., and Seagate Technology PLC. Previous board positions include Yahoo! Inc. and Harrah’s Entertainment. On the non-profit side, Mr. Biondi currently serves on the Board of Trustees for Keck Graduate Institute, which offers graduate degrees and educational programs in the life sciences field.

He holds a bachelor degree in psychology from Princeton University, and a master's degree in business administration from the Harvard Business School.

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