He is President of Robert E. La Blanc Associates, Inc., an information technologies consulting and investment banking firm, and is active in the field of venture capital. Prior to founding La Blanc Associates, in 1981, Mr. La Blanc was Vice Chairman of Continental Telecom, Inc., a diversified telecommunications company providing service to over three million customers in 2,000 communities in 37 states and the Caribbean. Prior to joining Continental, La Blanc, spent ten years with the major investment banking firm of Salomon Brothers Inc. where he was a General Partner and the founder of the firm's telecommunications team. Mr. La Blanc is currently a director of the following public companies: Computer Associates International, Inc., Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd., Salient 3 Communications, Inc., Storage Technology Corp., Titan Corp., and two families of Prudential Mutual Funds. Mr. La Blanc holds the degrees of Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from Manhattan College and Master in Business Administration from New York University. He is also a graduate of an extensive technical training program at the Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Richard E. Sayers
Mr. Richard Sayers was appointed as Vice Chairman of our Board of Directors in July 2004. He has served as one of our directors since 1999.

Since 1996, he has served as President of Taurus Telecommunications, Inc., a private consulting company in the telecommunications industry. From 1994 to 1996, Mr. Sayers was the Vice Chairman of ACC Corp. and President of its International Group, serving as Chairman of ACC Telenterprises (ACC-Canada) and Chairman of ACC Long Distance, United Kingdom. Mr. Sayers has nearly 40 years of executive-level experience in the telecommunications industry. He has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a B.A. in English from Union College.

Timothy P. Bradley
Mr. Timothy Bradley has served as one of our directors since 1999.

From 1996 to the present, Mr. Bradley has been a managing partner of Signal Equity Partners, a private equity investment fund focused on the telecommunications and information technology industries. From 1992 to 1996, Mr. Bradley was a general partner at the Exeter Group of Funds, a private equity investment firm. Prior to that, Mr. Bradley was a practicing attorney in New York City. Mr. Bradley currently serves as director of Georgetown Telephone, Inc. and Oceanic Digital Communications, Inc. He has a B.A. from Yale University, a J.D. from New York University School of Law, and an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School.

Oskar Brecher
Mr. Oskar Brecher has served as one of our directors since January 2004.

Since 1998, he has been the managing member of gateway.realty.new jersey.llc, a company offering colocation services to telecom and internet service providers. From 1981 to 2002, he was the founder and sole owner of American Landmark Developments, Inc., which, in partnership with affiliates of Olympia & York and others, developed high rise residential properties and was involved in condominium conversions and syndications to investors. In the late 1970's, Mr. Brecher was a senior executive at the Cadillac Fairview Corp. He has an M.B.A. from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Architecture and Bachelor of Science from McGill University.

Adam M. Brodsky
Mr. Adam M. Brodsky has served as one of our directors since March 2006.

He was the Director of Development and General Counsel for Gateway Colocation, a company offering services to telecom and internet service providers prior to its sale to Fibernet Telecom Group, Inc. in 2004. Prior to that, Mr. Brodsky was a real estate attorney with the firm of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver and Jacobsen. He is currently Director of Commercial Properties and General Counsel for the Hakim Organization, a national owner of shopping centers, apartment buildings and office properties. Mr. Brodsky serves on the Board of Trustees of Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He has a B.A. from Muhlenberg College and a J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.

Michael S. Liss
Mr. Liss has served as one of our directors since 1999.  From January 2004 to June 2008, Mr. Liss served as Chairman of the Board. 

From 1994 to 1999, he was a Managing Director of Lazard Freres & Co. LLC, and prior to that he was Senior Managing Director of Bear, Stearns, & Co. Inc. Mr. Liss has a B.A. from Columbia University, a J.D. from Yale Law School, and a M.P.P.M. from the Yale School of Management.

Charles J. Mahoney
Mr. Charles Mahoney has served as one of our directors since 1999.

Previously, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Arcade Building Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tishman Speyer Properties, L.P. From 1990 to 2000, he was Senior Managing Director and Managing Director with Tishman Speyer Properties. Prior to his employment at Tishman Speyer Properties, Mr. Mahoney was Senior Vice President, Director of Engineering and Construction at the Helmsley Organization and General Manager of Operations at Consolidated Edison Inc. He holds a B.S. from C.W. Post College.