Alan B. Howe joined the board of directors in August 2005. Mr. Howe previously served as vice president of wireless business development for Covad Communications Group, Inc., a public provider of integrated voice and data communications. From 2004 to May 2005, Mr. Howe served as the managing partner of Broadband Initiatives LLC, a privately held company that assesses and develops broadband access strategies and network implementation. From April 2001 to December 2003, Mr. Howe served as a partner at Viseon Partners, a private corporate advisory and M&A firm. From April 1995 to April 2001, Mr. Howe served as the vice president of finance and corporate development and chief financial officer of Teletrac, Inc., a mobile data and vocation solutions for metropolitan mobile workforces company, which is now a private wholly-owned subsidiary of Trafficmaster, PLC. From December 1991 to April 1995, Mr. Howe worked in several positions with Sprint Corporation, including as director of corporate development at WirelessCo., L.P. Mr. Howe holds a B.S. in Business Administration and Marketing from the University of Illinois, and an MBA in Finance from Indiana University. |