Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) |
Position |
| John J. Legere |
Chief Executive Officer |
| Anthony D. Christie |
Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Officer |
| David Carey |
Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer |
| Gary Breauninger |
Chief Financial Officer, North America and Worldwide Carrier Services |
| Jean F.H.P. Mandeville |
Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President |
| John Kritzmacher |
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer |
| Robert A. Klug |
Chief Accounting Officer |
| Dan Enright |
Executive Vice President, Global Operations |
| John B. McShane |
Executive Vice President & General Counsel |
| John R. Mulhearn Jr. |
Executive Vice President, Global Access Management |
| Paul Kouroupas |
Vice President |
| Edward T. Higase |
Managing Director, EMEA |
| Hector R. Alonso |
Managing Director, Latin America |
| Neil Barua |
Managing Director, North America |
| Omar A. Altaji |
Managing Director, Worldwide Carrier Services |
| Phil Metcalf |
Managing Director |
| Gert Nieveld |
Director of Operations Service Solutions In the Naarden, Netherlands |
| Jerry Santos |
Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications |
| Laurinda Pang |
Senior Vice President, Human Resources |
Board of Directors
As chief executive officer of Global Crossing Limited since October 2001, John steered the company from its entrepreneurial roots to its current operational focus with the completion of the world's first integrated global IP-based network. He kept Global Crossing's network, customer base and employees intact through 681 days of restructuring, emerging on December 9, 2003 with a streamlined cost structure, improved customer satisfaction scores and near-perfect network operations. The company has now grown into a leading provider of IP services worldwide, with 5,000 employees and a network delivering services to 690 cities around the world.
At AT&T, where John began his telecommunications career, he rose rapidly through the ranks to become one of the telecom giant's youngest officers. He served as head of global strategy and business development and led the company's expansion in Asia as president and chief executive officer of AT&T Asia/Pacific from April 1994 to November 1997. From 1997 to 1998 he was president of worldwide outsourcing at AT&T Solutions, the unit that provided customized support to the company's largest customers.
From AT&T John moved to Dell Computer Corporation, spearheading its expansion in Asia so successfully as president of Asia-Pacific from 1998 until February 2000 that he was also named president of Dell's operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He then took on the challenge of president and chief executive officer of Asia Global Crossing from February 2000 until January 2002, building a new company from scratch, conducting its successful initial public offering and overseeing construction of its leading-edge fiber-optic network before being appointed to the top spot at Global Crossing.
A Massachusetts native, John received a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Massachusetts; a Master of Business Administration degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University, where he is currently a member of FDU’s Global Advisory Board; and a master's degree in science as an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also attended the Harvard Business School Management Development Program in 1989.
John was a nationally competitive runner in college and post college, and still competes -- and wins -- in Corporate Challenge events with fellow employees around the world to promote community and team spirit. He runs numerous well-known marathons and has raised more than half a million dollars as a member of the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge team, helping to fight cancer. John also is a former board member of the USA Track & Field Foundation.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Global Crossing Ltd. |
Chief Executive Officer |
Current |
| AT&T Inc. |
President & Chief Executive Officer, Asia/Pacific |
Former |
| Dell Inc. |
President, EMEA |
Former |
| Dell Inc. |
President, Asia/Pacific |
Former |
| AT&T Inc. |
President of Worldwide Outsourcing, Solutions |
Former |
| USA Track & Field Foundation |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| Fairleigh Dickinson University |
MBA |
Former |
| University of Massachusetts Amherst |
Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Vadium Technology |
Chief Executive Officer |
Current |
| Global Crossing Ltd. |
International President, Chairman, Global Crossing Uk |
Current |
| Global Crossing Ltd. |
Chief Administrative Officer |
Current |
| Claxson Interactive Group, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Vadium Technology |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| DIRECTV Latin America, LLC |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
Former |
| RingCentral, Inc. |
Chief Administrative Officer and International President |
Former |
| The Cisneros Group of Companies |
Chief Operating Officer |
Former |
| Hughes Electronics |
Vice President |
Former |
| The Cisneros Group of Companies |
Corporate Vice President |
Former |
| Global Com LLC. |
Chairman of the Boards |
Former |
| Claxson Interactive Group, Inc. |
Chairman |
Former |
| RingCentral, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| Global Crossing Ltd. |
Director |
Former |
As Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Officer, Anthony Christie develops, implements and operates a global technology and IT strategy in collaboration with key Global Crossing stakeholders, customers and partners. By employing this strategy, Global Crossing delivers a differentiated experience with offers that leverage its existing technology — and embraces new technology, that maximizes its own productivity and value to its customers.
In this role, Mr. Christie leads the Information Technology groups, Global Crossing's Customer Experience Re-Engineering (CER) team and initiatives, and the new function of Global Business Process. He is responsible for overseeing the alignment of process and systems across the entire global experience, including pricing, ordering, access, delivery, billing, and assurance to solidify and enhance the integrity of the company's global asset and value proposition to its customers.
Prior to this, Mr. Christie was managing director of Global Crossing for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, leading the company's critical UK and European businesses, with responsibility for sales, marketing and operations efforts in the regions, ensuring that Global Crossing's expanded presence is closely aligned with the global organization.
Mr. Christie also previously served as Global Crossing's chief marketing officer, overseeing the marketing organization worldwide. His responsibilities included product development, product management, pricing, strategic marketing and market development. He joined Global Crossing as senior vice president for business integration and strategic planning in November 2001, and moved to lead the offer and product management organization in February 2002.
Prior to joining Global Crossing, Mr. Christie was vice president of business development and strategic planning for Asia Global Crossing (AGC). In this position, he was accountable for all business and corporate development, joint venture P&L and M&A activities, as well as overall strategic planning for the company.
Prior to joining AGC, Mr. Christie was general manager and network vice president with AT&T Solutions, where he was the single point of accountability for account strategy, P&L, customer satisfaction, personnel and business development on one of AT&T's most complex outsourcing engagements, valued in excess of $300 million annually. While at AT&T Solutions, he also held the position of global sales and operations vice president, where he built and managed the customer-facing and service delivery team that developed, sold and implemented custom network solutions for the existing base of Solutions' clients.
Prior to joining AT&T Solutions, Mr. Christie was AT&T's 1997-1998 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) Sloan Fellow, where he earned a Master of Science degree in management and published a thesis on thin browser wireless Internet technology. Before entering M.I.T., Mr. Christie held various positions with AT&T's Asia Pacific International Operations Division and numerous positions with AT&T's international businesses, including product management, business and consumer marketing, carrier services and market development.
Mr. Christie holds a B.S. in marketing with a concentration in computer science from Drexel University, an M.B.A. from the University of New Haven and an M.S. in management from M.I.T.
David Carey was named executive vice president and chief marketing officer in January of 2009. He oversees Global Crossing's marketing organization globally, including development, positioning and management of products and services, pricing, strategic marketing, and market development.
Prior to this, Mr. Carey was executive vice president for strategy and corporate development, responsible for setting the development course for Global Crossing. Mr. Carey has also served as executive vice president of enterprise sales and served as senior vice president, global network development, in which he led the development of a fundamental network planning process for Global Crossing's worldwide, multi-layer protocol network. Previous to this position, he was senior vice president, network and business development, focused on the deployment of fiber-based local networks throughout North America.
Before joining Global Crossing, Mr. Carey served as senior vice president, marketing and chief marketing officer for Frontier Corporation's business lines. Prior to that, Mr. Carey spent seven years in the energy industry, serving as president and CEO of LG&E Natural Inc., a subsidiary of LG&E Energy Corp. based in Louisville, Kentucky. He also served in several other executive positions.
Mr. Carey began his career with AT&T. During his 15 years there, he held a wide range of executive positions in marketing, sales, operations and personnel.
Mr. Carey holds an M.S. in management science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was also appointed to a Sloan Fellowship. He also holds a B.S. in industrial distribution from Clarkson University.
Gary Breauninger is Global Crossing's Chief Financial Officer for North America and Worldwide Carrier Services. In this role, he focuses his extensive finance and customer skills on creating the capabilities and tools to manage and monitor regional accountability for profit and loss in these expansive markets. Mr. Breauninger's responsibilities include regional business planning and forecasting, sales forecasting, productivity analysis, and incentive compensation management. In addition, he manages gross margin performance analysis and optimization planning along with customer-level profitability analysis and prioritization of success-based capital expenditures.
Previously, Mr. Breauninger was Global Crossing's chief administrative officer, where he led the office of the CEO and Global Crossing's human resources department, ensuring close alignment across all functions within the company. In addition, Mr. Breauninger led the strategy and corporate development team and co-managed the Global Crossing Operational Performance (GCOP) unit, overseeing all functional reviews, planning, and performance metrics globally.
Previously, Mr. Breauninger also served as chief marketing officer, overseeing product management and development, as well as marketing and communications globally for the company. Prior to that Mr. Breauninger was senior vice president for planning and business finance at Global Crossing, with oversight of Global Crossing's financial operations. His responsibilities included financial reporting, business planning initiatives and cash management strategies. He also served as the company's financial controller and led credit and collections activities, real estate management and the procurement organization.
Mr. Breauninger's track record of success includes being part of the leadership team that developed Global Crossing's restructuring plan. He was also instrumental in recent bond offerings that raised $350 million for Global Crossing, $400 million for GCUK, as well as $384 million in convertible notes and common stock offerings for the parent company.
Prior to joining the company, Mr. Breauninger held a variety of positions in the telecommunications sector. He held several roles at AT&T, including sales, sales operations, customer care and finance. He most recently served as AT&T's senior financial director for business services. He joined Global Crossing as a leader of its global product management, product realization and business development units, taking charge of planning, costing and long-term product planning.
Mr. Breauninger holds a B.S. in industrial management and graphic communication management with a concentration in finance and operations management from Carnegie Mellon University.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Global Crossing Ltd. |
Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President |
Current |
John Kritzmacher, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Global Crossing Limited, joined Global Crossing in October 2008 and is responsible for all of the company's financial operations, including finance, accounting, treasury, tax, procurement, and investor relations.
Mr. Kritzmacher previously served as chief financial officer at Lucent Technologies, where he managed the traditional finance functions, including financial planning and performance management, mergers and acquisitions, treasury, tax, internal audit and investor relations, as well as global real estate. Before becoming chief financial officer at Lucent, Mr. Kritzmacher rose through a variety of positions with increasing responsibility during his 10 years at the company, including senior vice president and corporate controller, and vice president of planning and business analysis.
After playing a senior role in the planning and execution of Lucent's merger with Alcatel, Mr. Kritzmacher became chief operating officer of the Services Business Group at Alcatel-Lucent, a business with approximately $5 billion in annual revenues. While there, he transformed a diverse suite of existing Alcatel and Lucent service functions into a unified global services organization. Earlier in his career, Mr. Kritzmacher advanced rapidly through a series of roles at Lucent's predecessor, AT&T Network Systems
Mr. Kritzmacher earned a BA degree in mathematics and economics at Dartmouth College, and went on to earn an MBA in accounting at New York University Stern School of Business.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Alcatel-Lucent |
Chief Operating Officer, Services Business Group |
Current |
| Global Crossing Ltd. |
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer |
Current |
| InterDigital, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Alcatel Lucent Security |
Senior Vice President & Controller |
Former |
| New York University |
MBA, Accounting |
Former |
| Dartmouth College |
B.A., Mathematics & Economics |
Former |
Dan Enright is executive vice president of global operations for Global Crossing. Mr. Enright is responsible for Global Crossing's network planning, engineering and operations. He leads a worldwide team focused on delivering premier service, operational excellence and network performance. Over the past eight years, Mr. Enright also has had other operational responsibilities; including customer service, service delivery, information technology, and employee engagement.
Mr. Enright joined Global Crossing in 1999 from Frontier Communications Services, where he held various customer service, engineering and operational positions. Prior to Frontier, Mr. Enright held various staff and line operational positions at Highland Telephone and Rochester Telephone.
Mr. Enright holds an M.B.A. from the University of Rochester with concentrations in marketing, finance and organizational strategy and a B.S. from the United States Military Academy (USMA). While at the USMA, he was captain of the Army football team and played in both the Hula Bowl and Japan Bowl All Star games. During his five years with the U. S. Army, Mr. Enright reached the rank of Captain. He is a graduate of the U.S. Army Airborne and Ranger Schools.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Global Crossing Ltd. |
Executive Vice President, Global Operations |
Current |
| University of Rochester |
M.B.A. |
Former |
| United States Military Academy |
B.S. |
Former |
John McShane was named executive vice president and general counsel of Global Crossing in March 2002, and he became chairman of Global Crossing UK in June 2007. As general counsel, Mr. McShane oversees and manages all of the company's legal matters. Prior to his appointment as general counsel, Mr. McShane joined Global Crossing in February 1999, as European assistant general counsel, where he led the negotiations of network infrastructure agreements for the build-out of the Pan European Crossing (PEC) network.
As assistant general counsel he also had responsibility for the oversight of worldwide sales and telecommunications network outsourcing transactions for Global Crossing's Solutions business unit and of major vendor supply agreements.
Prior to joining Global Crossing, Mr. McShane spent twelve years at several international law firms, including positions as an associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett from 1987 through 1996 and as senior counsel at Shearman and Sterling, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, and Brown & Wood, where his main focus was on representing major commercial banks, financial institutions and corporations in connection with a broad range of their corporate, commercial and financing activities.
Mr. McShane holds a J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School and a B.A. in liberal arts from St. John's College. He is admitted to the New York State Bar.
John R. Mulhearn, Jr. is executive vice president, global access management for Global Crossing. He is accountable for securing agreements and managing the cost structure for all global long-haul and local access (switched and special) capabilities in support of Global Crossing's carrier and enterprise customer segments, as well as for network infrastructure requirements.
Mr. Mulhearn joined Global Crossing in 2000, after 28 years at AT&T. During his tenure at AT&T, he held positions in sales, marketing, operations, regulatory, outsourcing and human resources. In 1993, he took an assignment in Canada to work for Unitel Communications Inc. (partially owned by AT&T) as senior vice president of sales and marketing. In that role, Mr. Mulhearn was responsible for government, national and regional commercial accounts.
Mr. Mulhearn received a bachelor's degree in economics from Fordham University, and has attended executive management programs at Dartmouth College, American University and Penn State University. He resides in New Jersey with his wife, Bernadette, and three children, Aileen, Christine and Gregory.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Global Crossing Ltd. |
Executive Vice President, Global Access Management |
Current |
Paul Kouroupas is vice president in charge of regulatory affairs for Global Crossing. Global Crossing operates of one of the world's most extensive fiber optic IP backbone networks, offering a full range of telecommunications and IP-based services in more than 500 cities in 50 countries around the world. Mr. Kouroupas is responsible for obtaining and maintaining operating licenses in each country and representing Global Crossing before national regulatory authorities. Mr. Kouroupas also supports the establishment of interconnection agreements with incumbent and competitive carriers around the world. Mr. Kouroupas is also Global Crossing's security officer and is responsible for ensuring company compliance with the requirements of the company's Network Security Agreement with the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security, Defense, Justice, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Network Security Agreement establishes a set of requirements designed to protect the critical infrastructure operated by Global Crossing and to support law enforcement efforts. Prior to joining Global Crossing, Mr. Kouroupas served as vice president, regulatory and external affairs at Teleport Communications Group Inc. ("TCG") where he represented TCG before state regulatory and legislative authorities in 16 eastern region states. Mr. Kouroupas was also responsible for negotiating and managing the implementation of interconnection agreements with incumbent local exchange carriers. He negotiated the first modern interconnection agreement between an incumbent carrier and a competitive carrier in 1994, a full two years before the passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Mr. Kouroupas also represented TCG at numerous industry forums and co-chaired the Central Office Code Guideline forum, which established for the first time national standards for the assignment of central office codes to competitive carriers. Mr. Kouroupas graduated from Catholic University's Columbus School of Law and its Communications Law Institute in 1992. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar.
As Global Crossing's managing director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Ted Higase is responsible for the company's critical UK and European businesses, including sales, marketing and operations efforts in the regions, and for ensuring that Global Crossing's expanded presence is closely aligned with the global organization.
Previously, Mr. Higase was executive vice president and chief customer experience officer for Global Crossing. With almost 20 years of general management and sales operation experience in the telecommunications and personal computer industries across Asia Pacific and the United States, he oversaw the company's Customer Experience Re-engineering Team, including service delivery, which endeavors to ensure industry-leading customer service.
Mr. Higase also served as Global Crossing's executive vice president, worldwide carrier services from 2002 to 2008, in which capacity he oversaw the wholesale carrier voice and data business worldwide, serving fixed and mobile telecom carriers, cable TV, ISP, and ASP customers.
Mr. Higase served as president, carrier services for Asia Global Crossing, the separately listed subsidiary of Global Crossing, from August 2000 to December 2001. Prior to Asia Global Crossing, Mr. Higase was corporate director and general manager from November 1999 to August 2000 of the medium-size business Corporate Accounts Division for Dell Computer Corporation in Japan, where he was the business leader of a $350 million P&L business unit and achieved 60 percent year-over-year growth of Dell's corporate business in Japan. Prior to this assignment, he served as corporate director, Dell Online for Asia Pacific from August 1998 to November 1999, where he led the growth of Internet-based transactions in the region to 46 percent of Dell's revenue from the Asia Pacific region.
Mr. Higase began his career with AT&T in Japan. During his nine years with the company, he held a wide range of senior and executive positions in marketing, sales and business management across AT&T's business markets division, consumer markets division, outsourcing unit, and the international business unit. He spent most of his AT&T career in assignments in Japan, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and the United States, and has done business extensively across Asia Pacific and the United States. He last served as service line director for networked voice premises management at AT&T Solutions' world headquarters in New Jersey, U.S.
Mr. Higase holds an M.B.A. from Drake University and a B.A. in international relations from the University of California, Davis. He has also attended the Executive Development Program at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
As managing director for Global Crossing's Latin American region, Hector R. Alonso brings nearly 30 years of international experience to his role overseeing Global Crossing's strategy and operations across Latin America. His responsibilities include leading the region in achieving its business goals and ensuring that Global Crossing's newly expanded presence in Latin America is closely aligned with the global organization.
Mr. Alonso was named managing director in May 2007, after Global Crossing's acquisition of Impsat Fiber Networks. Mr. Alonso, who has an extensive background in the telecommunications industry, previously served as chief financial officer of Impsat, in which capacity he was responsible for finance, administration, planning, human resources and information management systems. During 2002, Mr. Alonso was pivotal in guiding the company through a successful and speedy restructuring process, following which the company increased EBITDA from $40 million to more than $65 million.
Prior to becoming chief financial officer, Mr. Alonso served as chief operating officer for Impsat in Latin America and the U.S. and as president of its Colombian operations. Under his watch as COO, revenue increased by more than 250 percent. Mr. Alonso also played a critical role in the issuance of $650 million in high-yield bonds, as well as a successful initial public offering of $240 million.
While president of Impsat Colombia, Mr. Alonso was responsible for a major turnaround in the business, bringing EBITDA from negative levels in 1993 to more than $16 million in positive EBITDA by 1996. He also negotiated critical long-term contracts with the major incumbent carrier, paving the way to Impsat Colombia's growth from 8 percent market share to more than 35 percent during the same period.
Prior to his tenure at Impsat, Mr. Alonso was managing director of Lime S.A., a waste management company in Colombia, and held other key positions in the Pescarmona group of companies.
Mr. Alonso holds a masters degree in international business from the Universidad Argentina de la Empresa, in Buenos Aires. He is fluent in English, Portuguese and Spanish.
Neil Barua is Global Crossing's managing director of North America. He is responsible for focusing on the full scope of managing a profitable and growing business for the region.
Prior to this position, Mr. Barua was executive vice president for North American enterprise sales and collaboration services responsible for growing the company's North American enterprise and collaboration businesses, specifically focusing on the sale of converged IP services to companies, governments, and other organizations around the world.
Mr. Barua also has served as chief administrative officer managing the office of the CEO and Global Crossing's human resources department. He also co-managed the Global Crossing Operational Performance (GCOP) unit overseeing all functional reviews, planning, and performance metrics globally.
Mr. Barua previously led the significant turnarounds of Global Crossing's enterprise sales for the eastern region of North America, as well as its worldwide collaboration services business that focuses on the video, audio, Web and collaboration needs of conferencing customers globally.
Mr. Barua began his career with Global Crossing in 2000 at Asia Global Crossing based in Hong Kong, where he was responsible for strategic development and corporate finance. He then served as chief of staff, playing an integral part in Global Crossing's restructuring efforts by providing critical policy decision-making and support for Global Crossing's CEO and leadership team. He then quickly moved to managing director of conferencing services for Europe and Asia based in London, England, bringing in several high-profile international videoconferencing customers.
Prior to joining Global Crossing, Mr. Barua was a New York City-based investment banker at Merrill Lynch in the firm's global telecommunications group. Mr. Barua holds a B.S. in economics and finance with a minor in political science from Stern School of Business at New York University.
Mr. Barua is an avid runner, participating in the NYC and Boston Marathons to support the Livestrong Foundation and Dana Farber Institute.
Omar Altaji is managing director of worldwide carrier services at Global Crossing. In this capacity, Mr. Altaji provides overall leadership and strategic direction for the voice, data, and infrastructure services business globally.
Mr. Altaji joined Global Crossing in 2000 as vice president, responsible for Latin America and Caribbean region carrier sales in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. His role then expanded to include the entire Latin America and Caribbean region as senior vice president of carrier services, managing and overseeing all aspects of sales, marketing, and business development.
In his next assignment, Mr. Altaji led the effort to develop a strategic initiative and a new line of business focused on outsourcing, which resulted in the creation of Global Crossing's Global Partner Program (GPP). GPP has grown into a thriving business and an industry-leading program critical to the company's goal of maximizing opportunities for offering seamless IP-based global solutions in the enterprise market.
Mr. Altaji has more than 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry across numerous functional areas that include research and development, product management and marketing, business development, technology planning and sales, and executive management.
Prior to joining Global Crossing, he held leadership positions with Lucent Technologies and AT&T where he dealt with customers in Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
Mr. Altaji is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Phil Metcalf is managing director of Global Crossing UK (GCUK) and is responsible for providing additional focus and management to the GCUK business and all its operations in the UK. Mr. Metcalf was previously the chief executive officer of Global Marine Systems, the former Global Crossing subsidiary that was sold in August 2004. Mr. Metcalf joined Global Crossing in 1999, initially to create the operational platform for the 45-city pan-European network that was being built at the time. Based in The Netherlands, he directed early construction work before returning to the UK to establish operational and network management facilities at the Global Crossing Network Operations Centre at Docklands in London - a multimillion dollar facility that manages many of the subsea and terrestrial networks that comprise the core of the company's global network, which delivers services to more than 600 cities in 60 countries and six continents. Subsequently, he held senior posts in the UK and the U.S., including management of global construction and global service delivery. During the last two years, Mr. Metcalf has had the dual role of building Global Crossing's pan-European leadership team and leading the restructuring effort in Europe, creating a business that today is significantly more efficient and is generating cash. Mr. Metcalf sits on the boards of all the legal entities in Europe, including GCUK Telecommunications, and is head of security and safety in the UK. An engineer by education and training, Mr. Metcalf's early career was dominated by the design, installation and commissioning of telecom systems for offshore oil and gas platforms, predominantly in the North Sea. He then progressed to a business development role at Stone and Webster Engineering (now part of the Shaw Group), overseeing major power generation projects in various parts of the world. During his eight-year tenure there, he held the posts of head of engineering, IT and ultimately operations director. Mr. Metcalf holds an honors degree in engineering from Durham University and became a chartered engineer in 1984. He is a member of the Institute of Directors.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Global Crossing Ltd. |
Managing Director |
Current |
| The Shaw Group Inc. |
|
Current |
| Global Marine Systems Limited |
Chief Executive Officer |
Former |
| Durham University |
Degree, Engineering |
Former |
Gert Nieveld, Director of Operations Service Solutions in the Naarden, Netherlands, offices of Global Crossing, has been with the company since 1999. Besides setting up the European PM organization, Mr. Nieveld created the world's first global optical wavelength product, established sales with key incumbent carriers, and performed M&A activities. Over the past three years, Gert created and established indirect channel sales and other outsourcing solutions enabling partners to benefit from GC's worldwide presence and services. Mr. Nieveld holds an MSC from Delft University of Technology, Netherlands. He brings two decades of expertise in Telecom and IT in the field of business development, sales & marketing, operations, and product development. Gert has held leadership positions with service providers as well as with software and equipment suppliers in Europe and the USA.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Global Crossing Ltd. |
Director of Operations Service Solutions In the Naarden, Netherlands |
Current |
| Delft University of Technology |
Msc |
Former |
Jerry Santos is Global Crossing's senior vice president of corporate communications, managing all aspects of external and internal communications efforts, including public relations, media relations, employee communications, and executive communications.
Mr. Santos has extensive experience in both Fortune 20 and startup settings, and is well-versed in the communications demands of highly competitive global organizations. Prior to joining Global Crossing, Mr. Santos was vice president of worldwide public relations and communications with Concert Communications. When Concert was a newly formed company, Mr. Santos created a worldwide communications strategy and organization to position it as a leader in the global communications market.
Prior to his role at Concert, Mr. Santos held several senior leadership positions in the communications organization within AT&T, including vice president of global communications for AT&T Asia Pacific.
Mr. Santos received an M.S. degree in Educational Technology from California State University of San Francisco. In addition, he was graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.S. degree.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Global Crossing Ltd. |
Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications |
Current |
Laurinda Pang is senior vice president of Human Resources at Global Crossing. In this role, she leads the company's Human Resources program, supporting the firm's Strategic Imperative to focus on its people as the drivers of its future growth.
Previously, she was vice president of Customer Experience Re-engineering, where she was responsible for business transformation initiatives affecting customer experience across the global business; redefining customer experience to create a differentiated, best-in-class experience; designing processes and systems to scale business operations and enable significant revenue growth; and setting corporate strategy for the future operating model.
Prior to that, as vice president for investor relations, she was responsible for communicating Global Crossing's story to the financial community, including shareholders, bondholders and financial analysts. She re-introduced the company to the investment community following its successful restructuring, created the communications strategy for two global acquisitions and secured increased analyst coverage of the company by financial institutions including Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank Securities.
As the CEO's chief of staff and vice president of operations, she was a member of the executive team that restructured Global Crossing during a critical phase in its history. Prior positions included leadership roles in product management, sales and sales operations, including full P&L responsibility for activities with 250 staff and $350 million in revenues. In addition to restoring Global Crossing's reputation in the financial markets, her track record of success includes developing operations for its business in the UK, cutting customer churn in its small-and-medium-enterprise business by half, redesigning the company's customer support infrastructure for North America and deploying Global Crossing's first global, direct-dial voice product for enterprises.
She holds a B.A. in political science from Pennsylvania State University.
Mr. Van Wachem has served as a director of Global Crossing since December 2003. He is currently a member of the board of directors of ATCO (Canada) Ltd. (energy, logistics) and of the executive board of Rand Europe (policy think tank). He was chairman of the board of directors of Zurich Financial Services from 1993 through April 2005 and was chairman of the supervisory board of Royal Philips Electronics N.V. from 1993 through March 2005. He became a director of Royal Dutch Shell Group in 1977, president in 1982 and chairman of the committee of managing directors in 1985. He served in that capacity until 1992, when he was appointed chairman of the supervisory board of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company, a position he held through July 2002. Until 2002 he also served on the supervisory boards of Akzo Nobel, BMW and Bayer as well as on the board of directors of International Business Machines Corp.
Mr. Clemins has served as a director of Global Crossing since December 2003. He has been, since January 2000, the owner and president of Caribou Technologies, Inc., and, since November 2001, co-owner of TableRock International LLC, both international consulting firms, and concentrates on the transition of commercial technology to the government sectors, both in the United States and Asia. In addition to serving on the boards of other technology and venture capital concerns, including Extended Systems, Mr. Clemins is the vice chairman of Advanced Electron Beams, Inc., which focuses on low energy electron beam technology, and vice chairman of Positron Systems, Inc., a company whose intellectual property determines the fatigue levels of metals. As an officer of the United States Navy from 1966 through December 1999, Mr. Clemins' active duty service included tours on several attack submarines and command of the USS Pogy. Promoted to Flag (General Officer) rank in 1991, he had five follow-on assignments, including Commander, Pacific Fleet Training Command in San Diego, California and Commander, Seventh Fleet, headquartered in Yokosuka, Japan. Mr. Clemins concluded his military career in Hawaii as an Admiral and the 28th Commander of the U. S. Pacific Fleet.
Mr. Macaluso has served as a director of Global Crossing since December 2003. He is a founding principal and the chief executive officer of Dorchester Capital Advisors (formerly East Ridge Consulting, Inc.), a management consulting and corporate advisory firm founded in 1996. From March 1996 to June 1998, Mr. Macaluso was a partner at Miller Associates, Inc., a company principally involved in corporate workouts. From 1989 to 1996, Mr. Macaluso was a partner at The Airlie Group, LLP, a fund specializing in leveraged buyout, mezzanine and equity investments. Mr. Macaluso currently serves as chairman of the board of Lazy Days, RV, is the lead director of Darling International and Geo Specialty Chemical and a member of the audit committee of O'Sullivan Industries. He also serves on the board of directors of RBX Industries.
Mr. Cromer has served as a director of Global Crossing since December 2003. He currently acts as a consultant to the U.S. Department of Defense, the United States Air Force and the following companies: The Boeing Company, Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. (a strategy and technology consulting firm) and the Institute for Defense Analysis. He has been a trustee of Aerospace Corporation since January 2002 and a board member of Draper Laboratory, Inc. (a not-for-profit laboratory for applied research, engineering development, education, and technology transfer). He also serves on the boards of the following private companies: Universal Space Network, Vadium, Inc., and Innovative Intelcom Industries. He is also affiliated with the California Space Authority and serves as a member of Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board of the National Research Council. General Cromer's military career in the Air Force spanned 32 years. He retired in 1991 as the Commander of Space Division, Los Angeles, CA (the satellite, missile and launch vehicle acquisition center for the Air Force). Subsequent to his retirement, he joined Hughes Space and Communications Company and served as president from 1993 to 1998.
Mr. Aldridge has served as a director of Global Crossing since December 2003. He currently serves on the boards of Lockheed Martin Corporation (systems integrator, information technology) and Alion Science and Technology Corporation (technology). From May 2001 until May 2003, Mr. Aldridge served as Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics. In this position, he was responsible for all matters relating to U.S. Department of Defense acquisition, research and development, advanced technology, international programs, and the industrial base. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Aldridge served as chief executive officer of Aerospace Corporation from March 1992 through May 2001; president of McDonnell Douglas Electronic Systems from December 1988 through March 1992; and Secretary of the Air Force from June 1986 through December 1998. Mr. Aldridge has also held numerous other senior positions within the Department of Defense.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Singapore Technologies Telemedia Pte Ltd |
President & Chief Executive Officer |
Current |
| Global Crossing Ltd. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
Mr. Seah has served as a director of Global Crossing since December 2003. Since January 2005 he has been a member of the Temasek Advisory Panel of Temasek Holdings (Pte) Ltd (investment company) and Deputy Chairman on ST Telemedia's Board of Directors. From December 2001 until December 2004 he was president and chief executive officer of Singapore Technologies Pte Ltd (former Temasek holding company for technology and communications investments) ("ST") and also a member of its board of directors. Before joining ST in December 2001, he was a banker for the prior 33 years, retiring as vice chairman and chief executive officer of Overseas Union Bank in September 2001. Mr. Seah is chairman of SembCorp Industries (engineering) and Singapore Technologies Engineering. Presently, he also sits on the boards of CapitaLand Limited, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd, Asia Mobil Holdings Pte. Ltd., StarHub Ltd. and STATS Chip PAC Ltd. Mr. Seah also serves on the boards of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, EDB Investments Pte Ltd, and Siam Commercial Bank Public Company Limited. His other appointments include being a member of the Economic Review Committee's Sub-committee on Policies Related to Taxation, the CPF System, Wages and Land. He is also the vice president of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the honorary treasurer of Singapore Business Federation Council.
Mr. Erkeneff has served as a director of Global Crossing since December 2003. He was, from October 1995 until August 2003, president and chief executive officer of United Industrial Corporation ("UIC"), a company focused on the design and production of defense, training, transportation and energy systems. Mr. Erkeneff also served as a director of UIC from October 1995 to May 2005. In addition, Mr. Erkeneff was chief executive officer of AAI Corporation ("AAI"), a wholly owned subsidiary of UIC responsible for the design, manufacture, testing and support of advanced Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, from November 1993 until August 2003, and president of AAI from November 1993 to January 2003. Prior to joining AAI, Mr. Erkeneff held positions as senior vice president of the Aerospace Group at McDonnell Douglas Corporation, and president and executive vice president of McDonnell Douglas Electronics Systems Company. Mr. Erkeneff continues to serve as a consultant to UIC's board of directors.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Global Crossing Ltd. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Kenai River Sportfishing Association, Inc |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| AAI Corporation |
Chief Executive Officer |
Former |
| United Industrial Corporation |
Chief Executive Officer |
Former |
| United Industrial Corporation |
President |
Former |
| University of Minnesota |
Bachelor's Degree In Electrical Engineering |
Former |
Mr. Sachs has served as a director of Global Crossing since December 2003. He has been a principal of Continental Consulting Group, LLC, a Boston, Massachusetts based consulting firm serving the cable television industry, since February 2005, having previously held that same position from January 1998 through July 1999. From August 1999 through February 2005, Mr. Sachs was president and chief executive officer of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA), the principal trade association of the cable industry in the United States, representing cable television operators, program services, and equipment and service providers. Prior to co-founding Continental Consulting Group in 1998, Mr. Sachs served in various legal and executive capacities for Continental Cablevision, Inc. and its successor, MediaOne, for 18 years. Mr. Sachs serves as a trustee of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Wang Center for the Performing Arts and is vice-chair of the national Coalition for Cancer Survivorship.
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