Joel Susel joined Eagle:XM in 1991 as Vice President of Marketing. In 1997, he was promoted to his current position of Senior Vice President of the Broadband Marketing Division. Mr. Susel's leadership has helped Eagle:XM grow into one of the national leaders in the cable industry, specializing in customer level marketing databases, integrated direct marketing and strategic/analytical services.

Prior to joining Eagle:XM, Mr. Susel spent five years with United Artists Cable where he was responsible for national direct marketing, advertising and consumer research from 1985 to 1990. Prior to that, Mr. Susel spent three years with Pepsi USA where he helped develop information-based marketing strategies that utilized scanner-tracking information. Previously, Mr. Susel spent two years in general management consulting with Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Inc.

Mr. Susel holds a Masters of Business Administration from the Harvard Business School and Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Claremont McKenna College.