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Don Hagans


Don Hagans has an extensive background in management Randall Cobb Kids Jersey , public policy, regulatory policy, and global business development; particularly in law, media, communications and technology and their related strategic, market entry, and financing activities. Mr. Hagans also has particular industry experience and expertise in television and internet programming creation Taco Charlton Kids Jersey , aggregation and distribution. He has served on public and private company boards, both as a Director and Chairman; and has various personal company interests.


Media Telecommunications Internet


Currently Mr. Hagans is Executive Chairman of LIVIA Legal, an international practice management and outsourcing platform for professionals.


Previously he was Chief Executive Officer of Akamai Asia Pacific (Akamai AAP), managing Akamai’s regional development and sales operations. Akamai owns and operates the world’s largest overlay internet content and edge computing distribution network (involving literally hundreds of telecommunications entities), and provides sophisticated delivery, streaming and computing services for companies such as Microsoft, Symantec Michael Gallup Kids Jersey , CNN, IBM, and Sony Ericsson.


For a number of years Mr. Hagans was Executive Chairman of Austar Communications, commencing at start-up. Austar is currently Australia’s largest listed satellite and microwave subscription television distribution company. Austar also locally assembles, manages andor distributes a number of international branded Australasian television channels in a venture with Foxtel (Australia’s principal cable company), such as Nickelodeon, Channel “V” and Discovery.


Mr. Hagans served as Chief Development Officer Asia Pacific for United Global Communications (UGC) Leighton Vander Esch Kids Jersey , a principal investor in Austar. He also worked for a period, on a contract basis through its then owner Cable & Wireless, as the Chief Executive of Optus Multimedia (Optus is now Australia’s second largest telecommunications company); specifically to prepare the Company’s media, cable, internet, satellite, and related customer service and provisioning operations for inclusion in a public float. This was done successfully. He has also been active with several Australia based technology and communications related ventures in a board andor executive assistance capacity Demarcus Lawrence Kids Jersey , both listed and private.


Mr. Hagans was a founder and Chairman of ASTRA, the Australia Subscription Television and Radio Association, and an advisor to the National Office of the Information Economy (NOWIE).


International Business Development


Mr Hagans has worked previously in Europe, North America, and Latin America in international business development and related commercial operational activities.


In certain of this work he was an officer of UGC establishing multi-country regional television channel assembly, aggregation and distribution, as well as telecommunications provisioning. Prior to working for UGC Amari Cooper Kids Jersey , Mr. Hagans performed services through his professional firm in international business development and legal capacities for companies as diverse as Rockefeller & Company (company acquisitions and investments), CarlsonRadisson (project development and business licensing), Brown & Root (construction and related services), Farah Manufacturing (global sourcing and exportimport quotas), Holguin & Associates (software licensing), and General Motors (in-bond contracting and manufacturing). Each of these professional services activities involved substantial international business, regulatory Dak Prescott Kids Jersey , operational, and financial elements.
NAFTA and International Trade Policy


Mr. Hagans was very active in the policy and regulatory activities comprising the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and related legislation, including border infrastructure, in-bond manufacture and foreign trade zones, communications media, and intellectual property rights.


Mr. Hagans served as Chairman of the Texas Mexico Authority of the State of Texas, Chairman of the United States Mexico Border Trade Alliance Ezekiel Elliott Kids Jersey , and as Coordinator of the Bor