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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 and serves on the Board of Directors of Comptel.
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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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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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Dave Jones, Senior Vice President, Network Services
Dave Jones is SVP of Network Services at FiberTower Corporation, where he is responsible
for the design and deployment of high capacity backhaul solutions for the wireless industry. Dave has 23
years experience in the wireless and broadband industries. His responsibilities have included network design,
implementation, operations, technology assessment, and strategy and business development. Prior to joining
FiberTower, Dave was CTO at International Mobile Communications. Dave has also held senior management
and technical positions with Formus Communications Europe, Sprint PCS, U S WEST and the U. S. National
Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). Mr. Jones holds a Bachelor of Science degree
in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Science degree in Telecommunications, both from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
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