Satellite executive to join EchoStar
From Times Wire Reports
EchoStar Holding Corp. said Dean Olmstead, a recognized leader in the satellite industry, would join the company as president of satellite services.
Olmstead will report to Charles W. Ergen, chairman and chief executive of EchoStar Holding, which was recently spun off from EchoStar Communications Corp., owner of the Dish Network satellite TV service. The new company holds certain satellites, uplink and satellite transmission assets and the digital set-top box formerly held by EchoStar Communications.