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Michael Ruley, CEO
Mike Ruley brings an impressive record of leadership, experience and accomplishment in telecom, data access and managed services to his role as Airband CEO. Prior to the merger with Airband and Sparkplug, Ruley was the CEO of Sparkplug, a fixed-wireless service provider that offered services across five states, including the metropolitan areas of Chicago, Nashville, Des Moines, Phoenix and Las Vegas. Prior to Sparkplug, Ruley served as the CEO of Hawaiian Telecom, an independent telecommunications company based in Honolulu, Hawaii, that provides wireline, wireless, long distance, data, managed services and yellow pages to all of the major Hawaiian Islands. Ruley’s in-depth industry experience includes: CEO of NextiraOne, a North American voice and data solutions business with about 3,500 employees; senior positions at XO Communications, including President of Market Sales where he managed about 1,500 people in sales, support, customer care and the indirect channel organizations that delivered nearly $1 billion in annual revenue; executive roles at Teleport Communications Group, a competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) that is now part of AT&T. Ruley currently serves on the boards of Tissue Genesis, Inc. and Allied Bioscience Services. Ruley attended the University of Kansas from 1978 to 1983.
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Timothy Kinnear, CFO
Timothy Kinnear has over 22 years of experience in technology and emerging businesses. Prior to the merger of Airband and Sparkplug, Kinnear served as the CEO and CFO of Airband, responsible for all facets of Airband’s corporate strategy and operational finances, including relationships with investors, merger-and-acquisition activities, and banking relationships. Before joining Airband, Kinnear was the CFO at WiQuest Communications, where he raised $23 million from venture capital, negotiated agreements with strategic customers and partners, and led annual strategic planning and corporate development activities. Earlier in his career, Kinnear held executive and senior management positions at InnerWireless, Intrusion, Inc., and Cyrix Corporation, where he provided financial leadership for Cyrix’s IPO. Kinnear received his Bachelor of Business Administration and Accounting at Texas Tech University.
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Daman Wood, Executive Vice President of Sales
With more than 16 years of experience driving growth in the telecommunications and technology markets, Daman Wood is responsible for Airband’s sales, channel and account management organizations; previously he was vice president of wholesale markets for Airband. Prior to Airband, Wood was an integral member of Sparkplug Communications’ senior leadership team, leading the sales, marketing, operations and engineering organizations as chief operating officer. As COO of Sparkplug, Wood helped create and execute the company’s overall strategy that guided the company’s growth. Before his role as Sparkplug’s COO, Wood was the company’s vice president of sales where he trained, mentored and managed sales personnel, fulfilling direct-sales objectives across all products and services, including high-speed Internet access, VoIP and Ethernet transport. Wood’s experience also includes various management positions with TeleSpectra, XO/Nextlink Communications and Syntellect, Inc. Wood holds a Bachelor of Science in Systems Engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point, and an MBA from Arizona State University.
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Mike Jaffe, National VP of Network Engineering
Mike Jaffe is responsible for Airband Network Engineering, including network strategy and planning, data and VoIP engineering and the Network Operations Center. Jaffe has over 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry and held executive positions at Masergy Communications where he served as the Sr. Vice President of Operations & Engineering and at Allied Riser Communications as Vice President of Operations. Jaffe’s industry experience includes solutions architect and technical operating positions at Alcatel-Lucent, EG&G Information Technologies and VaultNet. Jaffe received his Bachelor and Masters in Computer Science from Texas A&M University in College Station, TX.
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Howard Smith, VP of IT
Howard Smith brings more than 30 years of IT leadership experience to Airband. With extensive expertise in facilitating corporate growth through the implementation of technology solutions, Smith has successfully managed a broad range IT initiatives, including applications development, turnkey solutions design and implementation, infrastructure enhancements and data center operations. Smith has more than 16 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, and as Airband’s VP of IT, he leads a team of skilled professionals in back office applications, systems infrastructure and data center operations. Prior to joining Airband, Smith served as Director of IT Operations and Infrastructure at Hawaiian Telecom, where he built an effective IT Operations team from the ground-up and implemented new technology, which resulted in millions of dollars saved. Before his tenure at Hawaiian Telecom, Smith held various senior IT management roles with XO Communications, TEKsystems and several independent and public sector organizations.
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