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Mr. Watson brings over 20 years of operations leadership experience in the cable, satellite and high-speed internet industries to the Ygnition team. Prior to joining Ygnition in 2005 Mr. Watson served as the Managing Director for HomeSmart from Xcel Energy, an unregulated, subscriber based service of Xcel Energy, one of the nations largest utility companies. Mr. Watson began his career in the communications industry in 1980 as Director of Programming for Time Warner Cable in San Diego. After holding positions with Time Warner Cable as a General Manager, Regional Director and Regional Vice President he left Time Warner to become Regional Vice President for Primestar, where he was accountable for managing the operations of the countries 2nd largest provider of satellite television to more than 750,000 customers in the eastern half of the U.S. After Primestar was acquired by DirecTV in 1999 Mr. Watson joined DirecTV as Vice President DirecTV Home Services, where he was charged with leading national field operations for the countries largest provider of satellite television. Mr. Watson earned a bachelor of arts degree, magna cum laude, in Communications from the University of California, San Diego | 