Officers/Directors
Mike Schroeder - President
Mike attended High School in Indianapolis and two-year trade school in Electronics in Louisville, graduating in 1968.
He founded Consumer Satellite Systems (CSS) in 1980. He, along with about 10 to 20 others created the consumer satellite TV industry with the “BIG” dishes. Today the industry serves over 45 million households through DirecTV and DISH Network.
In 1998, when CSS had over 400 employees and 10 distribution locations, he merged the company with DSI Systems in Iowa, which had 15 warehouses west of the Mississippi, and retired.
In 2002 he joined the Board of Directors of EchoStar, (SATS, NASDAQ) and was Chairman of the Audit Committee, and a member of the Compensation and Nominating Committees. In 2011 EchoStar acquired Hughes Communications for $1.3 Billion.
EchoStar flies 14 Geostationary Spacecraft, providing data services for commercial and government agencies. In 2023 EchoStar acquired DISH network. Mike retired from that position in December, 2023.
In Sedona, Mike has served as President of Back O Beyond Ranch HOA for over 15 years and is on the Board of directors for SOCAA (Sedona Oak Creek Airport Authority)
Mike is a commercial pilot with over 4,200 hours in singles, turboprops and jets. He currently owns and flies a Beechcraft B100 King Air turboprop. He does volunteer charity flights for Veterans Airlift Command (VAC), transporting vets with disabilities, as well as various environmental missions for LightHawk.
Mike is married, with five combined children, seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
