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Joe Cecin is listed as Experienced leader for private equity backed infrastructure and industrial services companies. CEO | COO | President | Public & private company board member | US Army Veteran | Stanford MBA at Self-employed, based in Pensacola, Florida, United States. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Joe Cecin.
Joe Cecin previously worked as Independent Consultant at Self-Employed and Chief Executive Officer at Ontivity. Joe Cecin holds Mba from Stanford University Graduate School Of Business.
I lead businesses through the transition to private equity platform companies, ready to scale organically and through M&A. I am a "player-coach" building and leading high performance teams.I am an experienced operating executive for privately held infrastructure, industrial services and technology companies. I focus on revenue growth, increasing Gross Margin and controlling costs to grow EBITDA to create shareholder value. Full P&L responsibility, operational improvements, organic growth, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), integration, restructuring and turnarounds, capital raising (debt and private equity), corporate development. I have overseen the implementation of new ERP, CRM, HRIS and project management tools to enhance efficiency, visibility, accountability and company performance. I have served as an operating partner for private equity and hedge funds. I am also an experienced corporate board member. I have served on the board of directors of 5 public companies (and numerous private companies), including audit, compensation and special committee positions. I have been Chairman of 2 public companies. I am currently seeking a challenging role on a Board of Directors.I am a US Army veteran, and earned an MBA from Stanford and a BS in Electrical Engineering from West Point. I am an FAA certificated private pilot.
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Advisor to private equity firms in the infrastructure and industrial services sectors on investment thesis validation/refinement, due diligence, strategic trends and human capital issues.
New Braunfels, Texas, Us
CEO and Board member of Ontivity, a private equity backed infrastructure services company. With over 900 employees in 5 operating divisions across 15 states, Ontivity’s member companies are the leading turnkey services providers in the telecom infrastructure space. The company's services include the design, construction and maintenance of macro towers, small cells, fiber, iDAS, oDAS, 5G installs, tower modifications, civil services, microwave networks, EV charging stations and more. • Assumed CEO role from founder; built out the senior team including CFO, COO, General Counsel and VP of Business Development• Completed the integration of 4 acquisitions including consolidated financial reporting, safety reporting, established KPIs, and migrated the business to a “shared services” model for common overhead functions• Refreshed the corporate strategy to focus on people, financial growth, diversification and operating as one company
Holmdel, New Jersey, Us
CEO of Hylan, a private equity backed provider of turnkey infrastructure solutions. Hylan, with over 600 employees in 4 operating divisions, provides design, construction and maintenance services for wireline, wireless, electrical and municipal “smart city” service providers across the United States, including AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, Charter, Cox, Zayo, Century Link, Extenet and Crown Castle. • Assumed the CEO role from the Founder after being promoted from COO. • Managed divisions in New York, Chicago, Arizona, California and Northern Virginia. • Completed a migration to a “shared services” model to drive efficiencies in overhead functions.• Implemented new ERP, CRM and Project Management tools to enhance productivity and visibility. • During first year as CEO, led a 270 bps improvement in gross margins and an 80%+ increase in EBITDA over 2019. SG&A reduced by $4M.
Alexandria, Virginia, Us
Trustee of the United Way of the USA, the largest privately funded charitable organization in the United States. The United Way of the USA works with more than 1,200 local United Way offices throughout the country to improve community outcomes related to education, income and health – the building blocks for a good quality of life. Also served on the Audit Committee of the Board.
Jackson, Mississippi, Us
Chief operating officer of UniTek Global Services - a diversified telecommunications engineering, construction and installation services company with 5 operating divisions and over 2,000 employees in 20 states and Canada. UniTek's customers include the largest telecom service providers in the country. UniTek is a portfolio company of private equity firms New Mountain Capital and Littlejohn & Co.
Jackson, Mississippi, Us
Pinnacle Wireless is a leader in end-to-end design, engineering, systems integration, installation and testing of wireless, wireline and fiber networks. We serve carriers, public safety agencies and enterprise customers. The company has completed an extensive portfolio of projects, including high-profile DAS deployments at the recently-completed World Trade Center Transportation Hub, the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum, and the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City. Pinnacle was acquired by ESS, Inc. in October 2017, and was a subsidiary of UniTek Global Services.
Founding investor and board member. Worked with Co-founders to capitalize and scale the business, refine revenue model and enter new vertical and geographic markets. Nervve developed a proprietary, high speed visual search engine which helps organizations seeking to exploit massive amounts of unstructured visual information (video, images and other 2 dimensional raster data). Nervve detects objects contained within images and video enabling automatic detection and analysis of the most relevant items at very high speeds for customers in the Intelligence Community, Media & Entertainment, Advertising and Social Media. Nervve is backed by private investors, HC2 Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: HCHC), Quantum Corporation (NYSE: QTM) and In-Q-Tel, the strategic investment firm that supports the missions of the U.S. Intelligence Community.
On behalf of McWane, Inc., (a family-owned business with over $1.5 billion in revenue), acquired and operated businesses in the wireless infrastructure market. Served as CEO of operating company.Also, installed as Executive Chairman of the Board by the leading investor in Vuzix Corporation (TSX: VUZI). Vuzix is a leading manufacturer of video eyewear products and tactical displays, providing solutions for mobility, thermal sighting, tactical wearable displays and virtual and augmented reality to consumer, industrial and defense customers.Served on the Board of Directors of two public companies during this period.
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Chairman of the Board of Directors of Arbinet (NASDAQ: ARBX). Arbinet is a leading provider of international voice and IP solutions to over 1,000 telecommunications carriers and service providers globally. Member of Audit committee and Compensation Committee. Worked closely with the CEO to revamp the executive team, and position the company for sale. Arbinet was acquired by Primus Telecom Group in March 2011.
Princeton, Nj, Us
Chief Operating Officer and member of the board of directors of RCN Corp (NASDAQ: RCNI). RCN is a competitive voice, data and video service provider serving over 430,000 residential, enterprise and carrier customers on a broadband, fiber-rich network. Chief executive with budgetary and P&L responsibility for the residential/SMB business unit with annual revenues approaching $600 million, EBITDA of over $160 million and a capital program of nearly $100 million. Supervised General Managers in six markets, as well as Senior Vice Presidents of sales, marketing, operations, customer care, engineering and Chief Financial Officer. Responsible for 1,200 employees. Served on the board of directors. RCN was acquired in a $1.2 billion take-private transaction by ABRY Partners in late 2010.
Lead independent director of SkyTerra (OTC: SKYT), a broadband satellite communications provider. Chairman of Audit committee and member of Compensation Committee. Chairman of Special Committee which negotiated and closed $400 million in debt financing for SKYT in 2009, and a $1.8 billion "take-private" transaction which closed in March 2010.
Richmond, Va, Us
Group Head of Telecommunications Investment Banking practice. Responsible for sourcing, negotiating and closing merger & acquisition (M&A), debt and equity financing transactions in the communications industry.
Responsible for network engineering, construction, operations, information systems and project management, and supervised the design, construction, deployment and operation of a regional fiber optic communications network.
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Joe Cecin works for Self-employed.
Joe Cecin is listed as Experienced leader for private equity backed infrastructure and industrial services companies. CEO | COO | President | Public & private company board member | US Army Veteran | Stanford MBA at Self-employed.
Joe Cecin is based in Pensacola, Florida, United States while working with Self-employed.
Joe Cecin has worked for Self-Employed, Ontivity, Hylan, United Way Of America, and Unitek Global Services.
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Joe Cecin holds Mba from Stanford University Graduate School Of Business.
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