BNET Industries
Market Cap:$37.5M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$5.5M
- Public
- US
Dow Jones Description
ERF Wireless, Inc. is a fully reporting public corporation located in League City, Texas. The company specializes in providing broadband wireless product and service solutions to commercial and residential clients on a national basis. The founders of ERF Wireless, Inc. have extensive experience in the conduct of private and public companies, having founded more than twenty companies over the past thirty years and raised more than sixty million dollars of private and public operating capital for these companies. Their most recent experience was the formation of a company named Eagle Telecom International, Inc. in 1996 which ultimately was taken public and renamed Eagle Broadband, Inc. Eagle Broadband started in 1996 with a base of seven employees and subsequently grew to a peak employee count in 2002 of approximately 375 employees. More recently Eagle Broadband has more than 37,000 public stockholders and trades on the American Stock Exchange with a market capitalization of between .15 and .35 billion dollars. ERF Wireless, Inc. has assembled some of this same group of investors and has combined them with a select group of experienced wireless business professionals with over 100 years of combined experience in the wireless industry and is using this expertise and experience to quickly build or buy the broadband wireless recurring revenue customer base needed to make ERF Wireless, Inc. a market leader in this exciting new twenty-first century growth industry.
Chief Executive Officer
R. Greg SmithContact Information
2911 South Shore Blvd
Suite 100
League City, Texas 77573
281-538-2101
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing: 334290
Recent Events
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ERF Wireless and Southwestern Wireless Strategic Agreement Adds Extensive Wireless Broadband Coverage in New Mexico...
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ERF Wireless and Computer Works Partner to Deploy Wireless Broadband to Oil-and-Gas-Rich North Central Arkansas
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ERF Partners with Broadband Provider for Natural Gas in Texas (10/21/09)
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to resell ERF Wireless WiMAX service
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Platinum Communications and ERF Wireless Enter into a Strategic Agreement for Deployment of Wireless Broadband...
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Mithra Research Initiates Independent Research Coverage of ERF
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ERF Wireless Reports Second Quarter 2009 Results
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ERF Wireless Identified as a Strong Candidate for Broadband Stimulus Funding
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| R. Greg Smith | Chief Executive Officer |
| Michael R. Jones | Chief Technology Officer |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| H. Dean Cubley | Chairman |
Mr. Smith is the chief financial officer, chief executive officer of ERF Wireless, Inc., as well as a member of the company's Board of Directors. His professional background includes 26 years of executive management experience, including 11 years as CFO of publicly traded companies. He joined ERF Wireless in August 2004 as chief financial officer and is currently serving as chief executive officer until the Board of Directors elects to fill the position of CEO. Prior to joining ERF Wireless, Mr. Smith was employed by Eagle Broadband Inc., where he was recruited to assist in the restructuring of numerous Eagle subsidiaries. He served in dual roles as CFO and CEO of certain Eagle subsidiaries from early 2002. Prior to Eagle, Mr. Smith spent 13 years in various corporate finance functions, including CFO in the healthcare informatics market with ADAC Healthcare Information Systems Inc. and its predecessor entities. While at ADAC, he gained extensive experience in directing restructurings and turnarounds, as well as completing numerous mergers and acquisitions. From 1994 to 1998, Mr. Smith assumed the lead role in completing the acquisition of DuPont's radiology information systems business and integrating ADAC's other radiology business units, resulting in a market leadership position. While he served as CFO of ADAC Healthcare Information Systems Inc., ADAC was selected in 1996 as the first healthcare company to achieve the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. ADAC was publicly traded under the symbol "ADAC" on the Nasdaq National Market Exchange until being acquired by Royal Phillips Electronics in a transaction valued at approximately $426 million in December 2000. Following his successful career at ADAC and prior to joining Eagle Broadband Inc., Mr. Smith was retained to restructure a privately-held electronic messaging company. His primary role was completing a complex SEC-registered rescission offering to overcome a $16 million SEC rescission liability that had been created by the founder of the business and prior management.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| ERF Wireless, Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| ERF Wireless, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Eagle Broadband, Inc. | Cfo and CEO | Former |
| ERF Wireless, Inc. | Cfo | Former |
| ERF Wireless, Inc. | Member | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| ERF Wireless, Inc. | Chief Technology Officer | Current |
| The Community Foundation Serving Richmond & Central | Grants Management Associate | Current |
| ERF Wireless, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Broadwing Corporation | Chief Technology Officer | Former |
| Broadwing Corporation | Senior Vice President of Engineering | Former |
| Broadwing Corporation | Vice President | Former |
| Broadwing Corporation | 28-Year Veteran of the Telecommunications Industry | Former |
| The Virginia League for Planned Parenthood | Education and Development Executive Assistant | Former |
| Douglas Publications, LLC | Production, Administrative Assistant | Former |
| Lci Corporation | Former | |
| Nortel | Former | |
| George Mason University | Bachelor of Science, Computer Science and Mathematics | Former |
Dr. Cubley has served as director and chairman of ERF Wireless since May 2004. He has also served as a director of Eagle Broadband Inc. (f/k/a Eagle Wireless International Inc.) since March of 1996, as well as that company's chairman of the board from March 1996 to April 2004, chief executive officer from March 1996 to October 2003 and president from March 1996 until September 2001. Prior to his service with Eagle Broadband, Dr. Cubley served as vice-president of Eagle Telecom Inc. from 1993 to March 1996. From 1984 until 1993, he was active in the telecommunications industry serving as a principal in numerous high-technology companies, including Metrocast, Microlink, TI-IN and Paging Products International. Dr. Cubley has over 40 years experience in the telecommunications industry. From 1965 to 1984, he worked for the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center as a senior engineer or manager on all Gemini, Apollo and Shuttle programs. He was the antenna subsystems manager on all manned spacecraft programs for seven years during the Apollo Program with full project control for over $200 million of equipment for each Apollo flight. Additionally, he was the NASA project manager on the $500 million Apollo 17 Surface Electrical Properties Experiment which searched for water on the surface of the moon in 1972. During his career, Dr. Cubley has authored or co-authored over fifty published articles. In addition, he is named on 15 patents and pending patent applications. Dr. Cubley received a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Texas in 1964 and an M.S. degree from the University of Texas in 1965. In 1970, he received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Houston. Since 1977, Dr. Cubley has been actively engaged in the commercial telecommunications industry and has been instrumental in many of its technological advancements. He is an active member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). Dr. Cubley has also been a founding partner in 23 new high-technology companies subsequent to his employment with NASA. Many of these companies have been acquired by larger companies and are currently operating in the telecommunications industry.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| ERF Wireless, Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| Eagle Broadband, Inc. | Director | Current |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Project Manager | Former |
| Microlink, LLC | Former | |
| ERF Wireless, Inc. | Director | Former |
| The University of Houston | Ph.D. In Electrical Engineering | Former |
| The University of Texas | M.S. Degree | Former |
| The University of Texas | B.S. Degree In Electrical Engineering | Former |
Executive News
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ERF Wireless Issues 2Q Results
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ERF Wireless Reports Second Quarter 2009 Results
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