EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TEAM
Broadview's Executive Management Team is comprised of successful and determined leaders with extensive telecommunications and Internet experience. With varied backgrounds in Engineering, Finance, Marketing and Sales, this team serves as a critical advantage in the marketplace and will continue to differentiate InfoHighway from our competitors.
Meet the members of our executive team:
Michael Robinson - Chief Executive Officer
Brian Crotty - President and Chief Operating Officer
Corey Rinker - Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Assistant Secretary
Charles C. Hunter - Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary
Kenneth A. Shulman - Chief Technology Officer, Chief Information Officer
Terrence J. Anderson - Executive Vice President – Corporate Development
Michael Robinson, Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Robinson joined the company as the CEO in March 2005. Prior to this,
Mr. Robinson had been with US LEC as Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer since July 1998, responsible for financial operations, investor relations, billing and information systems development, information technology, human resources and real estate. Prior to joining US LEC, Mr. Robinson spent
10 years in various management positions with the telecommunications division
of Alcatel, including Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Alcatel
Data Networks and the worldwide financial operations of the enterprise and
data networking division of Alcatel. Prior to these roles, Mr. Robinson was Chief Financial Officer of Alcatel Network Systems. Before joining Alcatel, Mr. Robinson
held various management positions with Windward International and Siecor Corp. (now Corning). Mr. Robinson holds a masters degree in business administration
from Wake Forest University.
Brian Crotty, President and Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Crotty, President and Chief Operating Officer, brings to Broadview over thirteen years of senior management experience in the telecom industry. In his role with Broadview Networks, he is responsible for all operational aspects of the company including sales, provisioning, billing, network operations, repair, field services and customer service.
Mr. Crotty formerly served as Bridgecom’s Chief Operating Officer responsible for all divisions of the company except Finance, whereby he lead the company’s exponential three year period of growth from developmental stage to maturity of over $86 million in profitable and free cash-flowing revenues until the time of its merger with Broadview. He then oversaw the successful integration of Broadview and Bridgecom and assumed his current role at the time of the merger.
Prior to joining Bridgecom in 2000, he held a succession of positions with CoreComm, a publicly traded integrated communications provider with facilities throughout the Northeast and Midwest, most recently acting as Director of Operations. Mr. Crotty joined CoreComm through the acquisition of USN Communications where he held a succession of senior management roles in both sales and operations, most recently as Vice President of Operations. Prior to that, Mr. Crotty was the co-founder and served as Executive Vice President of The Millennium Group, one of the first competitive local exchange carriers in the state of Wisconsin. In addition, Mr. Crotty has also served in managerial positions with CEI Communications, which he founded, and AT&T Corp. Mr. Crotty obtained a degree in Business Administration from St. Norbert College.
Corey Rinker, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Assistant Secretary
Mr. Rinker, a certified public accountant and attorney, joined the Company
(with Bridgecom) as Chief Financial Officer in January, 2001 following seven years experience serving in a similar position with both privately-held and publicly traded corporations including The Intellisource Group, a Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. partnership company (NYSE:SFE). Mr. Rinker exercised significant responsibility and oversight of financial, legal and regulatory operations for these corporations with respect to public and private financial reporting, compliance and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Rinker also possesses nearly a decade of cumulative experience with predecessors of the Big Four accounting firms of Deloitte & Touche and Ernst & Young, serving in increasingly senior managerial positions in the tax and consulting areas.
Mr. Rinker also serves as the Assistant Secretary and Treasurer of Broadview. He has an accounting degree, with honors, from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and a J.D. degree from Yeshiva University’s Cardozo School of Law.
Charles C. Hunter, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary
Mr. Hunter has served as Vice President and General Counsel of Broadview since 2003 (with Bridgecom), where he continues to be responsible for the corporate and legal affairs of the Company, including federal and state public policy advocacy.
He is a 25-year veteran of telecommunications law and policy who has represented competitive providers of telecommunications services for well over a decade.
Prior to joining Broadview, Mr. Hunter headed the Hunter Communications Law Group, a Washington, D.C.-based boutique telecommunications law firm with a nationwide clientele. He began his legal career as a trial attorney with the Federal Maritime Commission and afterwards was a partner specializing in telecommunications matters at the Chicago-based law firm of Gardner, Carton and Douglas and the Washington, D.C.-based law firm of Herron, Burchette, Ruckert and Rothwell.
Mr. Hunter received his J.D. from the Duke University School of Law and his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. He is a member of the bars of the District of Columbia, the U.S. Supreme Court and numerous Federal Appellate Courts.
Kenneth A. Shulman, Chief Technology Officer, Chief Information Officer
Mr. Shulman joined Broadview Networks in 1999 as Chief Technology Officer.
In this role, he is responsible for the architecture, technology, standards and evolution plans for the company’s integrated communications networks and services. As Chief Information Officer, Mr. Shulman is also responsible for the company’s industry leading patented integrated provisioning, billing and CRM systems, software and IT infrastructure. Mr. Shulman has nearly 30 years of leadership experience in communications technology. He previously served as Vice President of Local Network Technology for AT&T, a position he assumed when AT&T acquired Teleport Communications Group (TCG) in 1998. From 1987 to 1998, Mr. Shulman held officer positions with TCG, including Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. Earlier, he was Director of Systems Engineering for MCI International. Before that,
Mr. Shulman specialized in network planning with Bell Communications Research (Bellcore) and Bell Laboratories. He holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, an M.S. in electrical engineering from
the University of Rochester, and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School. Mr. Shulman
has served on many technical advisory boards, and currently serves on advisory boards of Baker Capital and Baypackets.
Terrence J. Anderson, Executive Vice President – Corporate Development
Mr. Anderson was a co-founder of Broadview Networks in 1996 and served as Executive Vice President, Finance, since the company’s inception. He has led efforts
to raise startup capital, offered financial direction, and secured subsequent financing to sustain Broadview Networks’ operations. Previously, as a Vice President in the media and telecommunications finance group of Chemical Bank from 1988 to 1995,
Mr. Anderson was responsible for originating and executing transactions and financing for diverse customers, including several large cable operators.
Mr. Anderson holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Princeton University
and an M.B.A. with honors from Columbia University.
ROBERT WESTERVELT – Vice President, Indirect Sales
Mr. Westervelt is responsible for managing the Indirect/Agent and Wholesale channels including the support staff. Prior to joining InfoHighway Communications in 2005, Mr. Westervelt was the President of Indirect Sales at XO Communications where he oversaw the company ’s sales efforts through its national network of agents and indirect channel partners. Prior to XO, from 1994 to 1998, Mr. Westervelt was Vice President of Sales for Teleport Communications Group. Mr. Westervelt has a Bachelor degree in management from Bryant University in Smithfield, RI.
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