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James P. DeBlasio is President and Chief Executive Officer of Internap Network Services (NASDAQ: INAP). DeBlasio accepted the position in late 2005 determined to achieve sustained profitability and deliver long overdue value to its shareholders. He oversees all the day-to-day operations of the company including engineering operations finance marketing and sales functions. Previously DeBlasio was Chief Operating Officer for the company. He has also served since August 2003 as a member of the Internap board of directors and chairman of the audit committee.
DeBlasio brings more than 23 years of financial experience in the telecommunications industry holding key senior leadership roles in financial planning and analysis portfolio analysis and strategic planning. Before joining Internap he served as Financial Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Wireline and Wireless product portfolio for Lucent Technologies' Mobility and INS Products where he had overall financial responsibility for all infrastructure products.
From 2002 to 2003 he was Financial Vice President for Lucent Technologies' Mobility Solutions Group where he had overall financial responsibility for that business segment. He served as Financial Vice President of Corporate Planning and Analysis for that company from 2001 to 2002 as Chief Financial Officer of Lucent's Optical Networking Group from 2000 to 2001 and as Financial Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Lucent's Wireless Networks Group from 1997 to 2000. Previously DeBlasio held key management roles at Lucent AT&T Corp. and Bell Laboratories. He holds a Master of Business Administration in Finance and Financial Portfolio Analysis from Seton Hall University and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Management from Villanova University. | 