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Denver, Colorado, United States

Greater Denver Area

Greater Denver Area

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Greater Denver Area

Greater Denver Area

Part of the founding team that created, built and successfully sold OnFiber, a $60M/year telecom services business ranked 41 on Inc. 500 list of fastest-growing private companies. OnFiber built, protected and managed private, fiber optic networks which connects businesses to their various locations and to their customers. Kleiner Perkins led the seed round. Successful exit through sale to Century Link with a 4x increase in shareholder value from its last financing round. MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS. Created and led OnFiber’s strategy to consolidate its industry sector resulting in the acquisition of 5 private telecom companies, tripling the size of the company. Led due diligence, negotiations, post-merger integration plans and a bankruptcy asset purchase.BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. Negotiated strategic relationships including with all of OnFiber’s initial, marquis customers including AT&T and a $50M purchase commitment by Qwest.FINANCE. Led equity fund raising and OnFiber’s exit through its sale to CenturyLink.

San Francisco Bay Area

Siros developed next generation optical data storage technologies.BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. Negotiated strategic partnerships and equity investments. Developed relationships with potential suppliers. STRATEGY. Developed strategic options and business models.INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. Directed patent applications, IP agreements, IP strategy.

San Francisco Bay Area

Founded and successfully sold N-Light, a venture to commercialize Bell Labs' optics technology for data storage. Negotiated $5M seed round from and strategic relationship with EMC. Led all business aspects including: creating the business case, recruiting a senior management team, developing strategic partnerships and directing product development direction.

Greater New York City Area

Founded and successfully developed Lucent’s startup which was focused on holographic storage. Led all business aspects through the early stages of its development. Shortly after Will left Lucent, the startup was spun out as InPhase Technologies with a $14M seed round.

Greater New York City Area

Co-founded Lucent's internal venture capital organization focused on creating, incubating, managing and spinning out internal ventures. The New Ventures Group created 28 companies with $350M of external funding. Rated #1 globally by an Ernst & Young benchmarking study for internal corporate venture creation.

Greater New York City Area

STRATEGY. Will was a member of the senior management team which created Lucent’s short and long term strategies in conjunction with its spin out from AT&T.ALLIANCES & ACQUISITIONS. Identified new business opportunities, managed strategic relationships, and led negotiations for JVs and equity transactions.• Created and implemented Lucent’s business development process for M&A. Partnered with HR in the development of Lucent's strategy for managing post-deal integration activities.• Negotiated alliances in such areas as video servers (JV with SGI), application software (OEM license), set top boxes (joint development).• Led evaluation of acquisitions and equity investments including those relating to ATM switches, application software, networking software, set top box multimedia processor.

Greater New York City Area

NEW BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. Identified and evaluated new business opportunities in emerging industries. Businesses include:• MULTIMEDIA. Directed AT&T’s business analysis for interactive consumer services such as interactive TV, video on demand, home shopping, advertising and games. Developed strategy for AT&T evolution from narrowband/internet to full broadband services.• VOICE OVER CABLE. Evaluated economics, regulations, market strategies, etc. using cable TV networks to compete with and bypass local phone companies for voice and data services. Negotiated a deal with a leading cable company to provide AT&T branded services over their network.• PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES (PCS). Evaluated potential of low power wireless communications both as a supplement to AT&T's cellular service and as an alternative access to local phone companies.STRATEGIC PLANNING. Led the development of cable industry and new business strategies, including local services, to aggressively position AT&T as a full service provider. Scope of activities included: entry into new businesses, telecom/cable acquisitions, regulatory/legislative initiatives.

Greater Atlanta Area

New Business Development. Directed Cox’s entry into telecommunications. Businesses developed include:• Personal Communication Services. Managed Cox's entry into wireless telephone services resulting in the company's reputation as an industry leader and its being awarded a Pioneer Preference by the FCC for its innovations. Developed strategy for entering PCS. Evaluated strategic partnerships. Managed complex relationships with large and entrepreneurial organizations, regulatory agencies, consultants and divisions within Cox. Negotiated development deals with equipment companies. Coordinated press activities and conducted presentations. Developed regulatory and public policy positions for submission to the FCC.• Competitive Local Exchange. Created and led the initial stages of Cox's entry. Set direction for the cable industry in leveraging its existing infrastructure into new businesses, Evaluated competitive and regulatory issues in Cox's top 10 cable markets. Conducted market research. Activities resulted in acquisition of Teleport; partnering with TCI, Time Warner & Comcast; Cox's forming an organization for implementation.Acquisitions & Divestitures. Conducted due diligence, performed valuations, negotiated terms and reviewed contracts. Acquisition targets included Teleport (largest CAP in the US), TV and radio stations, and programming companies.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Completed GTE’s fast-track management development program. Developed business plans for new services including the next generation of telecom services and videoconferencing.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Activities and Societies: National leadership honorary Omicron Delta Kappa Scholastic honoraries Eta Kappa Nu (President) and Tau Beta Pi.