John has almost thirty years of experience in the telecommunications industry. He spent twenty years in the U.S. Navy, serving in many areas of communications. Upon his retirement in 1983, he worked as a technician for U.S. Tel, which eventually became Sprint. He joined American Telco in 1987 and became Switch Operations Manager. He stayed with the company until it was sold in 1998 and continued on with the new owner, LOGIX, until joining American Lightwave Communications, Inc., in August 2000 as a Vice President, then rejoined LOGIX upon its acquisition by WCI.

Leadership Bios

Ron Henriksen
Chairman of the Board

Matt Asmus
Chief Executive Officer

John Howard
Executive Vice President
& Chief Financial Officer

Ken Bonvillian
Vice President - Long Distance Network Costs

Anthony Brown
Vice President –
Local Network Costs

Terry Burnside
Vice President –
Building Access

Howard Siegel
Vice President –
External and Regulatory Affairs

John Skidmore
Vice President -
Central Office Operations

Glenn Taylor
Vice President - Service

Michael Watson
Vice President – Information Technology Services

Gayla Wicker
Vice President - PEOPLE! Department