​​Michael T. Smith



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 199​7 until May 2001. Mr. Smith is also a director of FLIR Systems, Inc., which produces infrared cameras, thermal imaging software and temperature measurement devices, and Zero Gravity Solutions, Inc., an agricultural biotechnology company. Mr. Smith was a director of Wabco Holdings from 2009 to 2020 when the business was sold, he was 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. ​​​