Richard P. Schmerbeck, retired as Manager of the Global Operations Division of ExxonMobil, which has responsibility for the computer center and network services for the Company, in June 2006.

Mr. Schmerbeck received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Houston in 1968.  Prior to beginning his career with the Company in 1983, he had various assignments in the oil and refining industry.

In 1983, Mr. Schmerbeck joined Mobil Corporation as a System Manager.  In 1986, he occupied the position of Administration Manager, for US Marketing & Refining in Chalmette, Louisiana.  Over the next several years he held positions of increasing responsibility with Mobil in the Marketing & Refining Department.  From there he was named in 1996, Manager Mobil Global Data Services in Dallas, Texas.  He moved to Singapore in 1997 as Manager of Mobil Asia Pacific IT Operations.  He returned to Fairfax, Virginia in 1997 as Global System Manager.  In 1999 he served on the merger and transition team for ExxonMobil.  At the completion of the merger in 2000, Mr. Schmerbeck was named America Operations Manager, Global Information Systems, Infrastructure & Regional Services, in Houston, Texas.   In 2001, he became Manager, Global Infrastructure Operations.  In 2003, with restructuring within the organization, Richard became Manager of the Global Operations Division.

Since 2003, Mr. Schmerbeck has been serving on the Hughes Network Services Executive Advisory Council.

Richard lives in Austin, Texas and is married with two children both of whom are University of Texas graduates.  In his spare time, Richard enjoys reading, golf and is an amateur economist.