ViaSat Inc.
6155 El Camino Real
Carlsbad, California 92009-1699
USA
760-476-2200
ViaSat Management Biography
Daryl Hunter is Senior Director of Regulatory
Affairs at ViaSat Inc.
Mr. Hunter is a leader in the legal regulatory
group, which manages the licensing of satellites
and earth stations for ViaSat worldwide, as well as
participating in national, regional, and
international radio regulatory groups.
Prior to forming the regulatory role, Mr. Hunter
served ViaSat in a number of roles after joining
the company in 1995. He managed the product
support and training for StarWire, ViaSat’s first
commercial VSAT product, and also provided
applications engineering and project engineering
support for several key customers.
As Network Operations director for ViaSat
Network Systems he led the consolidation of the
former Scientific Atlanta and ViaSat network
operation centers and managed 14 different
satellite networks, providing worldwide customer
service to 85 additional networks.
As a systems engineer he performed the initial link
budgets and helped develop the prototypes for
ViaSat’s spread spectrum mobility products, and
also worked closely with legal staff to secure the
first-of-its-kind earth station licenses in the U.S.
and internationally.
Mr. Hunter expanded the radio regulatory role
with the licensing of ViaSat-1 and ViaSat-2
satellites as well as key international rule changes
supporting earth stations on moving platforms
(ESOMPs).
Before joining ViaSat, Mr. Hunter worked for
GTE Spacenet, Satellite Business System, and the
U.S. Army. Roles included system engineering,
product development, product management, and
application sales support.
Mr. Hunter has been working in the radio and
satellite communications field for 40 years, holds
U.S. and International patents and is a licensed
Professional Engineer.