Roxanne S. Austin
Board of Directors
Management
AbbVie
United States of America
Biography
Ms. Roxanne S. Austin has been the President of Austin Investment Advisors since December 2004. Ms. Austin serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Austin Investment Advisors. She served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Move Networks, Inc. from July 2009 to July 2010. She served as an Executive Vice President of DIRECTV from May 2001 to December 2003. She served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of DIRECTV, Inc., CA, a subsidiary of DIRECTV Group, Inc. from June 2001 to December 2003. From 1997 to June 2001, she served as a Corporate Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at DirecTV Group from July 1997 to June 2001. She was also associated with Intelsat Holding Corporation. She served as a Vice President, Treasurer, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller of DirecTV Group from December 1996 to July 1997, as its Vice President, Treasurer and Controller from July 1996 to December 1996 and its Vice President and Controller from July 1993 to July 1996. Prior to DirecTV Group, Ms. Austin served as a Partner at Deloitte and Touche. She served such companies as Rockwell, Honeywell and Northrop in a variety of supervisory and consulting roles. She served as Interim Non-Executive Chair of The Board of Target Corp. from May 2014 to August 12, 2014. She serves as a Director at Competitive Edge Television, LLC. Ms. Austin has been an Independent Director of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated since October 2006. She has been an Independent Director of Target Corp. since 2002 and AbbVie Inc. since January 1, 2013. She serves as a Director at Abbott Diabetes Care, Inc. She has been Independent Director at Abbott Laboratories since 2000. She serves as a Trustee of the California Science Center. She served as a Director at DIRECTV Latin America since 1997. She served as a Director at Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) since April 2008 until April 20, 2016. She served as a Director of Move Networks, Inc. since July 2009. She served as a Director of Intelsat Corporation (formerly, PanAmSat Corporation) since May 1998. She is a Member of the Financial Executives Institute, the California State Society of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. She received a B.B.A. in Accounting, summa cum laude from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 1982 and also Business Administration.
Research Interest
Business Studies