Executive Leadership
Thomas Stingley, president, oversees SENCORE’s operations and is responsible for Sencore’s strategic vision and execution worldwide. Most recently, Thomas served as Sencore’s executive vice president of sales and marketing. Prior to joining SENCORE, Stingley was at DISH Network for 13 years, ultimately as executive vice president and member of the executive team. Mr. Stingley holds a bachelor of arts degree in mathematics and Spanish from the University of Wisconsin, and a master of business administration degree from the Garvin School of International Management (Thunderbird.)
As vice president of operations, Dana Nachreiner leads the company’s Sioux Falls-based engineers and technology experts. His responsibilities include the New Products Committee and New Product Development process. In his 24 years at SENCORE, Mr. Nachreiner has managed patents and trademarks in addition to being the company’s point person for critical and strategic relationships. He holds a bachelor of science in business administration and a master of business administration degree from the University of South Dakota.
During more than 18 years at SENCORE, Jeff Briden has helped move the company into new technologies and markets such as HDTV, 8-VSB, advance digital modulation, MPEG-2, and H.264 video delivery. Known for his innovative thinking, he holds a patent for the method of 8-VSB signal generation used in the world’s first portable HDTV RF stream player. He was instrumental in developing SENCORE’s MRD-3187 series professional IRD, which has been widely adopted by broadcasters, satellite providers and cable MSOs. Mr. Briden earned his bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering with emphasis on fiber optic communications from Texas A&M University.
Joe Sucharda joined Sencore in 2009 and is responsible for the company's worldwide marketing efforts. Sucharda provides leadership and insight for new business and sales initiatives, product launches and campaigns, as well as corporate positioning and communications. Prior to joining Sencore, Sucharda provided strategic consulting and marketing services to several large telecommunications and video services companies. Sucharda additionally served as vice president of marketing for Denver-based Echostar/ DISH Network for nearly five years, where he was responsible for consumer marketing, subscriber acquisition tactics, product marketing, corporate promotions, retail marketing, merchandising and specialized distribution programs. Mr. Sucharda holds a Bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin - Madison.