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Kurt
Van Wagenen, President and Chief Executive Officer
Kurt Van Wagenen serves as President and Chief Executive
Officer for FiberTower. Prior to FiberTower, he served as
President and CEO of NEON (formerly Globix Corporation) from
January of 2007 until November of 2007 when NEON merged with
RCN Corporation. Prior to being appointed CEO of NEON, he
served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Globix
Corporation after being promoted from his prior position as
Chief Operating Officer of Globix Corporation’s Network
Services division. Van Wagenen also served as Vice President
of Network and Operations for NEON Communications from 2001
until the merger of NEON and Globix in 2005. Before joining
NEON in 2001, Van Wagenen was employed by Verizon Communications
and its various predecessors in diverse positions of increasing
responsibility, where he commenced his employment in 1986.
Van Wagenen holds an M.B.A. from Harvard University and a
B.S. in Engineering from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst.
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Thomas Scott,
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Thomas Scott serves as Senior Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer at FiberTower. He is responsible
for finance, administration and strategic planning. Prior
to FiberTower, Scott was the CFO of First Avenue Networks,
which merged with FiberTower in August of 2006. Prior to that,
Scott had several interim senior management roles as a consultant,
including President and Chief Financial Officer at Teligent.
Scott also worked for Winstar Communications' corporate development
group and held investment-banking positions with Montgomery
Securities (Banc of America Securities), Thomas Weisel Partners
and Merrill Lynch. He holds a BA and MBA from the University
of Virginia.
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Ravi Potharlanka,
Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Ravi Potharlanka serves as Senior Vice President
and Chief Operating Officer for FiberTower. He is responsible
for day to day operations of FiberTower’s markets. Prior
to joining FiberTower, Potharlanka served as VP of International
Market Development at Teligent, where he managed the operations
of International joint ventures. Prior to that, he was Director
of Market Development for Teligent's domestic operations.
Potharlanka also worked as Director of Product and Technology
Development at Nextel Corporation as well as Manager of Technology
Development at Airtouch. He holds a BE in Electronics and
Communications Engineering from REC, Trichy (India), an MS
in Electrical Engineering from the University of California,
Davis, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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Michael
Casey, Vice President, Sales
Michael Casey joined FiberTower in 2006
and serves as Vice President of Sales heading up all sales
activities. Prior to joining FiberTower, he served as Vice
President of Sales for Flarion Technologies, a mobile broadband
technology company where he was responsible for sales of the
Flarion technology to wireless carriers. Prior to Flarion,
Casey held a number of positions with Nortel Networks, including
Vice President of IP Services running sales for the Eastern
region of the United States. He was also the southern region
district director of sales with the Enterprise Solution line
of business of Nortel Networks, formerly Bay Networks. At
Bay Networks, Casey held several sales functions, including
regional business director for channel sales and regional
sales manager. Casey holds a BA from Brigham Young University.
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Joseph M. Sandri, Jr., Senior Vice President, Regulatory and Government Affairs
Joseph Sandri serves as Senior Vice President
of Regulatory and Government Affairs for FiberTower. He is
responsible for all regulatory and business aspects related
to FiberTower’s extensive spectrum assets. Prior to
joining First Avenue, Sandri served as president of IDT Spectrum
and senior vice president and regulatory counsel for Winstar/IDT
Solutions. Prior to that, he interned in the FCC Mass Media
Enforcement and Common Carrier Policy Bureaus. He holds a
BS from the University of Maryland, a JD from the Catholic
University Columbus School of Law, and certification from
the Institute for Communications Law Studies in Washington,
D.C.
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