People: EarthLink Inc (ELNK.OQ)
ELNK.OQ on NASDAQ Stock Exchange Global Select Market
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Summary
| Name | Age | Since | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
Rolla Huff |
56 | 2013 | Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer |
Bradley Ferguson |
42 | 2009 | Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President |
Brian Fink |
50 | 2012 | Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer |
Samuel DeSimone |
53 | 2000 | Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary |
Michael Toplisek |
43 | 2013 | Executive Vice President - Sales and Marketing |
Kevin Brand |
54 | 2012 | Executive Vice President - Customer Delivery and Care |
Stacie Hagan |
46 | 2012 | Executive Vice President - People and Corporate Processes |
James O'Brien |
49 | 2012 | Executive Vice President - Infrastructure Engineering and Operations |
Robert Scott |
50 | 2010 | Chief Information Officer |
Marce Fuller |
52 | 2008 | Lead Independent Director |
Kathy Lane |
49 | 2013 | Director |
Julie Shimer |
60 | 2013 | Director |
Susan Bowick |
64 | 2008 | Independent Director |
David Koretz |
33 | 2008 | Independent Director |
Garry McGuire |
66 | 2011 | Independent Director |
Thomas Wheeler |
66 | 2003 | Independent Director |
Manuel Wisehart |
67 | 2008 | Independent Director |
Biographies
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
Rolla Huff |
Mr. Rolla P. Huff is Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer of Earthlink Inc., since December 31, 2012. He has served as the company Chief Executive Officer since June 2007 and served as the company President from June 2007 to May 2010 and again since January 2013. He was elected Chairman of the Board in January 2008. Mr. Huff was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Mpower Holding Corporation, a business telecommunications company, in November 1999 and as the Chairman of the Board of Mpower in July 2001 and served in both capacities until its merger with a subsidiary of U.S. TelePacific Holdings Corp. in August 2006. From March 1999 until its acquisition in September 1999, Mr. Huff served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Frontier Corporation and served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of that corporation from May 1998 to March 1999. From July 1997 to May 1998, Mr. Huff was President of AT&T Wireless for the Central U.S. region and Mr. Huff served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of that company from 1995 to 1997. From 1994 to 1995, Mr. Huff was Financial Vice President of Mergers and Acquisitions for AT&T. |
Bradley Ferguson |
Mr. Bradley A. Ferguson is Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of Earthlink Inc. He also serves as the company Principal Accounting Officer. From September 2005 to August 2009, Mr. Ferguson served as the company Vice President, Controller. From September 2002 to September 2005, Mr. Ferguson served as the company Vice President—Commercial Finance. Mr. Ferguson has been an officer of the company Company since the merger of EarthLink Network, Inc. and MindSpring Enterprises, Inc. in February 2000 and was an officer of MindSpring Enterprises, Inc. prior to that time. Prior to joining MindSpring, Mr. Ferguson was a member of the audit practice at Arthur Andersen LLP. |
Brian Fink |
Mr. Brian P. Fink is Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer of EarthLink Inc. Previously he was the company Executive Vice President, Managed Services since July 2011 and was the company Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning and Program Delivery from January 2011 to July 2011. From May 2009 to January 2011, Mr. Fink served as the Managing Partner of IntegraTouch, LLC, a company he founded which operates as a development, operations and integration solutions company; from December 2002 to May 2007, he served IntegraTouch, LLC as Chief Executive Officer, Managing Partner and member of the Board of Directors. From May 2007 to May 2009 Mr. Fink served as Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer of One Communications, a regional telecommunications provider. From 1994 to 2002, Mr. Fink served in officer positions, including Senior Vice President of Product and Systems, with Global Crossing / Frontier Communications, an IP solutions provider. Prior to 1994, Mr. Fink held the Chief Information Officer position for a regional telecommunications company, Schneider Communications, and development and strategic planning roles for AT&T Bell Labs. Mr. Fink continues to serve as a member of the Board of Directors at IntegraTouch, LLC. Previously, he served as a member of the Board of Directors of Worldgate Communications, Inc. |
Samuel DeSimone |
Mr. Samuel R. DeSimone, Jr., is Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary of Earthlink Inc. Prior to that, Mr. DeSimone served in such capacities at MindSpring Enterprises Inc. since November 1998 prior to its merger with EarthLink Network, Inc. in February 2000. From September 1995 to August 1998, Mr. DeSimone served as Vice President of Corporate Development with Merix Corporation, a printed circuit board manufacturer. From June 1990 to August 1995, he was an associate attorney and a partner with Lane Powell Spears Lubersky of Portland, Oregon. |
Michael Toplisek |
Mr. Michael D. Toplisek is Executive Vice President - Sales and Marketing of EarthLink, Inc., since January 2012. Previously he was the company Executive Vice President, Products and Marketing from August 2012 to January 2013 and the company Executive Vice President, IT Services from May 2012 to August 2012. From February 2011 until May 2012, Mr. Toplisek served as Chief Marketing Officer of XO Communications. Prior to this he served as President of Concentric Cloud Solutions, LLC, an XO Communications company and a communications service provider, from February 2009 until February 2011. From December 2006 until January 2009, Mr. Toplisek served as Senior Vice President Global Enterprise and Collaboration at Global Crossing Limited, a telecommunications company, and served in other leadership positions at Global Crossing from January 1997 until December 2006. Prior to joining Global Crossing, Mr. Toplisek held positions at Frontier Communications and MCI Telecommunications. |
Kevin Brand |
Mr. Kevin F. Brand is Executive Vice President - Customer Delivery and Care of Earthlink Inc. Mr. Brand joined the company in June 2001 and served as Vice President, Network Operations and Vice President, Products prior to his current role. Mr. Brand was Executive Vice President of Operations at CAIS Internet from November 1999 through January 2001. From June 1980 through November 1999, Mr. Brand worked in a variety of management positions at AT&T, AT&T Paradyne and AT&T Bell Laboratories in operations, customer support, product management, marketing and technical areas. |
Stacie Hagan |
Ms. Stacie S. Hagan is Executive Vice President - People and Corporate Processes of Earthlink Inc., since July 2012. Previously she was the company Executive Vice President, Chief People Officer since March 2007. Ms. Hagan joined the company in September 2002 and has served in several capacities, including Vice President, Human Resources. Prior to joining the company, Ms. Hagan served as President/Principal at SynerChange International, Inc. from 1993 until 2002. |
James O'Brien |
Mr. James P. O'Brien is Executive Vice President - Infrastructure Engineering and Operations of EarthLink Inc., since July 2012. Previously he was the company Executive Vice President, Network Services and Customer Operations since December 2010 following the company acquisition of ITC^DeltaCom. Previously, Mr. O'Brien served as Executive Vice President, Operations of ITC^DeltaCom since March 2005. He served as Senior Vice President for Engineering and Operations at ICG Communications, Inc. from December 1999 to March 2005. Prior to joining ICG Communications, Inc., Mr. O'Brien held positions at ICG/AT&T and The Associated Press. |
Robert Scott |
Mr. Robert L. Scott is Chief Information Officer of Earthlink Inc. From August 2003 to April 2008, Mr. Scott served as Chief Information Officer of BT Global Financial Services (Radianz), a connectivity services provider. Mr. Scott has held officer level positions as Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer at MPower Communications and Logix Communications, respectively. |
Marce Fuller |
Ms. Marce Fuller is Lead Independent Director of Earthlink Inc. Ms. Fuller has served on the company Board of Directors since October 2001. She was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Mirant Corporation, a U.S. marketer of power and natural gas, from July 1999 through September 2005, and served as a member of Mirant's Board of Directors until January 2006. From September 1997 to July 1999, Ms. Fuller served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Mirant Americas Energy Marketing division of Mirant. From May 1996 to September 1997, Ms. Fuller was Senior Vice President of Mirant's North American operations and business development, and from February 1994 to May 1996, she was Mirant's Vice President for domestic business development. Mirant filed a Voluntary Petition under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in July 2003 and emerged from bankruptcy protection in January 2006. Ms. Fuller serves on the Board of Directors of Curtiss-Wright Corporation, where she is the chairperson of the Executive Compensation Committee and a member of the Committee on Directors and Governance and the Audit Committee. She also serves on the Board of Directors of Benevolink, the Leadership Board of the College of Engineering, University of Alabama and the Carter Center Board of Counselors. |
Kathy Lane |
Ms. Kathy S. Lane has been appointed as Director of EarthLink, Inc., effective July 16, 2013. Ms. Lane has 30 years of IT experience, including CIO roles in the Consumer Products, financial services, utilities and retail industries. Most recently she was EVP/CIO of TJX Companies, Inc., a specialty apparel retailer, from October 2008 until her retirement in March of this year. Previously she was Group CIO at National Grid USA and SVP/CIO of Gillette Company and before that she held positions of increasing responsibility in IT at General Electric, Pepsi-Cola International and Procter & Gamble. Ms. Lane has been active in many industry groups, including Oracle's President's Council. From 2002-2013 she was a member of the CIO Strategy Exchange, a forum sponsored by Kleiner Perkins Caulfield Byers and Ostriker von Simson to evaluate emerging, innovative technologies. |
Julie Shimer |
Dr. Julie A. Shimer, Ph.D., has been appointed as Director of EarthLink, Inc., effective July 16, 2013. Dr. Shimer is currently a private investor and has 30 years of product development experience, including many years with communications companies. From March 2007 to April 2012 she served as Chief Executive Officer of Welch Allyn, Inc., a manufacturer of frontline medical products and solutions, having served on the board of directors beginning in July 2002. Previously Dr. Shimer was President and Chief Executive Officer of Vocera Communications, Inc., a provider of wireless communications systems, also serving on the board of directors. She also has served as general manager at 3Com Corporation and Motorola and has been a product development leader at Motorola and AT&T Bell Laboratories. Since March 2007, Dr. Shimer has been a director of Netgear, Inc., a home and small business network solutions provider. She also has served as the Chairwoman of Empire State Development Corp., the State of New York's economic development organization. |
Susan Bowick |
Ms. Susan D. Bowick is Independent Director of Earthlink Inc. Currently, Ms. Bowick also serves on the Board of Directors of Comverse Network Systems, Inc. and is chairperson of that company's Compensation and Leadership Committee. Previously, Ms. Bowick was a member of the Boards of Directors of Comverse Technology, Inc. and Verint Systems Inc. She served as the chairperson of the Leadership and Compensation Committee of both of these companies. Ms. Bowick has served as a consultant to several global technology companies, including IBM, SAP, Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks. From 1977 to 2004, Ms. Bowick served in various executive positions with Hewlett-Packard Company, most recently as Executive Vice President, Human Resources and Workforce Development and as a member of the management executive committee. |
David Koretz |
Mr. David A. Koretz is Independent Director of Earthlink Inc. Since February 2012 Mr. Koretz has been a Vice President and General Manager at Juniper Networks, Inc., a networking and security company, and currently is Vice President and General Manager for Juniper Networks' Counter Security business. Previously Mr. Koretz was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Mykonos Software, Inc., a web application security software company from December 2009 until February 2012 when Mykonos Software was acquired by Juniper Networks. From 1999 to December 2009 he was President and Chief Executive Officer of BlueTie Inc., a SaaS provider with more than 1.5 million users. Mr. Koretz is a member of the Board of Directors of BlueTie Inc. and the Executive Chairman of Adventive, Inc., an online advertising software provider. Mr. Koretz also is a member of the Dean's Council at the Golisano School of Computing at the Rochester Institute of Technology. |
Garry McGuire |
Mr. Garry K. McGuire is Independent Director of EarthLink Inc. From September 2000 until his retirement in December 2006, Mr. McGuire served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, Corporate Development of Avaya, Inc., a provider of unified communications, contact centers, data solutions and related services. From January 2007 until March 2007, Mr. McGuire served as a consultant to Avaya, Inc. Previously, he was president and chief executive officer of Williams Communications Solutions LLC and President of NORTEL Communications Systems, Inc. Mr. McGuire had been a member of the Board of Directors of Telcordia Technologies Inc., a developer of IP, wireline and mobile communications software and services, from December 2006 until January 2012 when Telcordia was acquired by Ericsson AB. He was the Chairman of Telcordia's Board from November 2010 until January 2012. |
Thomas Wheeler |
Mr. Thomas E. Wheeler is Independent Director of Earthlink Inc. Mr. Wheeler has served as a managing director of Core Capital Partners, a venture capital fund, since 2005 and President and Chief Executive Officer of Shiloh Group, LLC, a strategy development and private investment company specializing in telecommunications services, since 2003. From 1992 through October 2003, Mr. Wheeler served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association. Mr. Wheeler serves on the Board of Directors of TNS, Inc., a provider of data communications and transaction payment services. |
Manuel Wisehart |
Mr. Manuel Wayne Wisehart is Independent Director of Earthlink Inc. Mr. Wisehart is also a member of the Boards of Directors of Marchex, Inc., a mobile technology and advertising company, and Centri Technology, Inc., a wireless service technologies company focusing on advanced data acceleration. He serves as the chairman of the Audit Committee of both companies. Mr. Wisehart served as the Consulting Chief Financial Officer of All Star Directories, Inc., an education lead generation company, from February 2010 to November 2010. Mr. Wisehart served as Chief Financial Officer of aQuantive, Inc., a digital marketing services company, from March 2006 until September 2007. aQuantive was acquired by Microsoft in August 2007. Prior to this position, Mr. Wisehart served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Western Wireless Corporation, a cellular phone service provider, from January 2003 until September 2005. Western Wireless was acquired by Alltel in August 2005. Prior to that time, Mr. Wisehart served as Chief Financial Officer of iNNERHOST, Inc., a web hosting services company, from October 2000 through February 2002, and as President and Chief Executive Officer for Teledirect International, Inc., a marketing automation software company, from February 1999 through October 2000. |
Basic Compensation
| Name | Fiscal Year Total |
|---|---|
Rolla Huff |
4,024,100 |
Bradley Ferguson |
943,470 |
Brian Fink |
1,076,850 |
Samuel DeSimone |
876,936 |
Michael Toplisek |
-- |
Kevin Brand |
899,242 |
Stacie Hagan |
895,894 |
James O'Brien |
-- |
Robert Scott |
-- |
Marce Fuller |
-- |
Kathy Lane |
-- |
Julie Shimer |
-- |
Susan Bowick |
-- |
David Koretz |
-- |
Garry McGuire |
-- |
Thomas Wheeler |
-- |
Manuel Wisehart |
-- |
As Of 30 Dec 2012
Options Compensation
| Name | Options | Value |
|---|---|---|
Rolla Huff |
150,000 | 162,001 |
Bradley Ferguson |
4,922 | 8,515 |
Brian Fink |
0 | 0 |
Samuel DeSimone |
5,625 | 8,156 |
Michael Toplisek |
0 | 0 |
Kevin Brand |
10,313 | 20,492 |
Stacie Hagan |
0 | 0 |
James O'Brien |
0 | 0 |
Robert Scott |
0 | 0 |
Marce Fuller |
0 | 0 |
Kathy Lane |
0 | 0 |
Julie Shimer |
0 | 0 |
Susan Bowick |
0 | 0 |
David Koretz |
0 | 0 |
Garry McGuire |
0 | 0 |
Thomas Wheeler |
0 | 0 |
Manuel Wisehart |
0 | 0 |
| Name | Shares Traded | Price |
|---|---|---|
WHEELER THOMAS E |
6,944 | $0.00 |
KORETZ DAVID A |
6,944 | $0.00 |
BOWICK SUSAN D |
6,944 | $0.00 |
WISEHART MANUEL WAYNE |
6,944 | $0.00 |
FULLER S MARCE |
6,944 | $0.00 |
MCGUIRE GARRY K SR |
6,944 | $0.00 |
KORETZ DAVID A |
9,547 | $0.00 |
WISEHART MANUEL WAYNE |
9,547 | $0.00 |
FULLER S MARCE |
9,547 | $0.00 |
MCGUIRE GARRY K SR |
9,547 | $0.00 |
BOWICK SUSAN D |
9,547 | $0.00 |
WHEELER THOMAS E |
9,547 | $0.00 |
O BRIEN JAMES P |
5,833 | $0.00 |
DESIMONE SAMUEL R JR |
6,333 | $0.00 |
FERGUSON BRADLEY A |
8,125 | $0.00 |
DESIMONE SAMUEL R JR |
2,447 | $0.00 |
HUFF ROLLA P |
35,076 | $0.00 |
O BRIEN JAMES P |
2,196 | $0.00 |
FINK BRIAN P |
12,571 | $0.00 |
SCOTT ROBERT L |
5,875 | $0.00 |
BRAND KEVIN F |
7,541 | $0.00 |
HAGAN STACIE S |
2,898 | $0.00 |
FINK BRIAN P |
5,332 | $0.00 |
HUFF ROLLA P |
42,857 | $0.00 |
FERGUSON BRADLEY A |
3,952 | $0.00 |

