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Atlanta, Ga, Us

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Responsible for Data Center development...including site selection, municipal relationships and approvals...as well as, data center design, engineering, and construction.

Member of a senior management start-up team helping DC BLOX develop its cutting edge approach to edge connected data centers in the southeast US.

Evaluate potential investments in telecommunications space for multiple private equity firms, studying growth strategies, infrastructure, and operations of prospective portfolio companies. In addition, provide turn key real estate and project management services to companies making acquisitions or establishing new branch/office locations. Scope of services span site evaluation and selection, lease negotiation, and all construction/build-out and move-in activities, as well as, investigating and negotiating municipal incentives.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Drove key network infrastructure programs and projects to bolster Cbeyond's service offerings and position the company for growth. Led complex, large-scale fiber optic and Ethernet-Over-Cable (EOC) initiatives that improved service quality and expanded revenue streams. Partnered with executive leadership to define business goals and steered high-impact programs from planning to an on-time and on-budget completion. Also managed real estate portfolio (500K sq. ft. across 14 cities, including 3 data centers), facilities group, and procurement/supply chain function. Administered $80M+ capital expenditures program and $120M+ COGS budget. Directed 50+ member teams. * Built fiber optic network capacity to an initial 600 buildings across 7 major cities and converted 3,000 customers to fiber generating $2M in new revenue with 100% increase in ARPU. * Converted 15,000+ customers from T1 to a higher EOC bandwidth connection, saving the company over $12M annually. * Captured $10+M in CapEx savings and $14+M in annual COGS savings.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

As co-founder of Cbeyond, created and led administrative functions for the early-stage company. Established best-practice systems and processes, studied market and industry trends, identified business opportunities, and crafted action-based growth strategies. Managed a broad range of administrative functions, including Real Estate, Business Planning, HR and Legal. * Created the initial Cbeyond business plan and model to support the company's $141M capital raise.* Established branch presence in 14 national Tier 1 markets and 8 Tier 2 locations.

Drove growth for the voice product portfolio, holding P&L responsibility. Analyzed market trends for areas of opportunity, created business case for new service offerings, and crafted Go-to-Market strategies. Translated market and customer insights into new product strategies and brought business strategy to hands-on engineering efforts. Led 50-member team. * Developed cutting-edge combined Voice and Data product offering (UnifiedVoice.net) and brought it to market in less than 6 months. * Following acquisition, served as VP & GM of Shared Technologies. Played lead role in growing business by nearly 50% in less than 2 years.

Built and directed 1,000+ member field organization in delivery of world-class service. * Led organization during period of exponential growth, driving team's development from approximately 15 people to 1,000+ following 16 acquisitions.* Built nationwide switching (DMS 500's) and Cascade frame relay network allowing growth from a $14M to over $1.2B in annual revenue

Jointly launched company to sell dedicated private line service to end-user customers in several U.S. markets; secured $3.5M in funding from local investors, including Time Warner, over $10M in vendor debt financing and grew FiberNet into a $10M company.* Built and operated competitive metropolitan fiber optic networks throughout 7 U.S. cities.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance

Bachelor'S Degree, Economics