People: Neutral Tandem Inc (IQNT.O)

Summary

Name	Age	Since	Current Position
James Hynes	65	2006	Chairman of the Board
G. Edward Evans	51	2011	Chief Executive Officer, Director
David Zwick	42	2012	Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President
Richard Monto	48		Senior Vice President - External Affairs, General Counsel, Secretary
David Lopez	48	2012	Senior Vice President - Global Sales, Voice Services
John Harrington	44	2011	Senior Vice President - Regulatory, Litigation and Human Resources
Joseph Beatty		2013	Director
Rian Wren	56	2011	Director
Edward Greenberg	61	2011	Independent Director
Lawrence Ingeneri	54	2006	Independent Director
Timothy Samples	55	2011	Independent Director

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Biographies

Name	Description
James Hynes	Mr. James P. Hynes is Chairman of the Board of Neutral Tandem Inc. Active in the telecommunications industry for over 30 years, Mr. Hynes personally directed the establishment of COLT Telecommunications in Europe as their first CEO in 1992. As Chairman of the Board, he led COLT’s initial public offering in 1996. Mr. Hynes established MetroRED Telecom in South America and Mexico, as well as KVH Telecom in Tokyo. Concurrent with taking on these operating roles, he was Group Managing Director at Fidelity Capital for 10 years. His career has included senior positions with Chase Manhattan, Continental Corporation, Bache & Co. and New York Telephone. Mr. Hynes is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Iona College and is also on the North American Board of the SMURFIT Graduate School of Business, University College Dublin in Ireland.
G. Edward Evans	Mr. G. Edward Evans is Chief Executive Officer, Director of Neutral Tandem Inc. Mr. Evans has served as a Director since November 2008 and as Chief Executive Officer since April 2011. Prior to joining the company as Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Evans served as the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Stelera Wireless, a in deploying broadband services to rural markets throughout the United States. Prior to Stelera Wireless, Mr. Evans served as the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Syniverse Holdings, Inc. Mr. Evans was elected Syniverse’s Chairman in February 2005 after having served as a director since February 2002. Mr. Evans served as the Chief Executive Officer of Syniverse from February 2002 until January 2006. Mr. Evans remained Chairman of the Board of Syniverse until January 2007. From January 1997 to January 2002, Mr. Evans held various executive positions with Dobson Communications Corporation, first as President of its cellular subsidiaries and then as President and Chief Operating Officer of the organization. Today, Mr. Evans serves on the boards of Solix, CTIA—The Wireless Association, Carolina West Wireless, and the Network Reliability and Interoperability Commission, an advisory committee to the FCC.
David Zwick	Mr. David Zwick is Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of Neutral Tandem Inc. Previously, Mr. Zwick served as Senior Vice President of Business Development since August 2011. As the Company’s Senior Vice President of Business Development, Mr. Zwick was responsible for the Company’s corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions, business development and strategic alliances. From 1998 until 2011, Mr. Zwick was an investment banker in the Global Communications & Media group at Lehman Brothers and Barclays Capital. Mr. Zwick earned a B.A. in Finance (with honors) from the University of Illinois and an M.B.A. from Northwestern University’s J.L. Kellogg School of Management and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Richard Monto	Mr. Richard Monto is Senior Vice President - External Affairs, General Counsel and Secretary of Neutral Tandem Inc. Mr. Monto has over 15 years of diversified telecommunications experience. From 2001 to 2005, Mr. Monto held senior positions, including Chief Legal Officer, with Universal Access Global Holdings Inc., a telecommunications company. From 1995 to 2000, Mr. Monto held various legal positions with MCI Telecommunications. Prior to MCI, Mr. Monto practiced for several years at private law firms, including the law firm of Sonnenschein, Nath and Rosenthal. Mr. Monto holds a B.A. degree from the University of Michigan in Russian and Eastern European Studies and a J.D. from the Boston University School of Law.
David Lopez	Mr. David Lopez is Senior Vice President - Global Sales, Voice Services of Neutral Tandem Inc. As Senior Vice President, Mr. Lopez oversees the management of voice sales. He has been with the Company since its inception and has secured agreements with nearly every national wireless carrier and over 100 other competitive carriers and service providers. Previously, Mr. Lopez provided sales management for Focal Communications Corporation, a telecommunications company, from 1997 to 2003. From 1992 to 1997, Mr. Lopez held national positions at Centel and Sprint with responsibility for local service, Centrex, and PBX equipment to Fortune 500 companies. Mr. Lopez holds a B.S. in Marketing from Illinois State University.
John Harrington	Mr. John Harrington is Senior Vice President - Regulatory, Litigation and Human Resources of Neutral Tandem Inc. Mr. Harrington is responsible for all of litigation and regulatory advocacy, and recently became responsible for Human Resources function. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Harrington was a partner at Jenner & Block in Chicago, where he practiced law beginning in 1997. While at Jenner & Block, Mr. Harrington co-chaired the firm’s Communications Law practice and served as primary outside litigation and regulatory counsel. Mr. Harrington received his undergraduate degree from Northwestern University and received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law.
Joseph Beatty	Mr. Joseph A. Beatty has been appointed as Director of Neutral Tandem Inc., effective April 4, 2013. Mr. Beatty has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Telular Corporation (NASDAQ: WRLS) since 2008. Mr. Beatty also serves as a member of the board of directors of Telular Corporation. Mr. Beatty intends to step down from his responsibilities with Telular Corporation on May 2, 2013. Prior to serving as its President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Beatty served as Telular Corporation’s Executive Vice President (beginning in April 2007) and Chief Financial Officer and Secretary (beginning in May 2007). From June 2003 until June 2006, Mr. Beatty was President and Chief Executive Officer of Concourse Communications Group, a privately held developer and operator of distributed antenna systems and airport wi-fi networks. In June 2006, Concourse was sold to Boingo Wireless. From March 2001 until June 2003, Mr. Beatty worked with private equity firm Cardinal Growth L.P. on various acquisition projects and also acted as part-time Interim Chief Financial Officer for Novaxess B.V., a privately held telecom services provider based in the Netherlands. From November 1996 until February 2001, Mr. Beatty was a co-founder and the Chief Financial Officer of Focal Communications Corporation, a publicly held telecom services provider. Earlier in his career, Mr. Beatty was a securities analyst and also held numerous technical management positions for a local telecom services provider. Mr. Beatty is a former Chairman and continues to serve on the board of trustees of Edward Health Services Corporation, a not-for-profit healthcare provider located in Naperville, Illinois. He is also a director of EHSC Cayman Segregated Portfolio, its captive insurance subsidiary, domiciled in the Cayman Islands. Mr. Beatty earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois and an MBA from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst.
Rian Wren	Mr. Rian J. Wren is Director of Neutral Tandem Inc. Mr. Wren served as Chief Executive Officer from February 2006 until April 2011 and as President from February 2006 until November 2010. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Wren was the Senior Vice President and General Manager of Telephony for Comcast Cable from November 1999 to August 2005. Mr. Wren joined Comcast in 1999 and was named CEO of Broadnet, Comcast’s international wireless company located in Brussels, Belgium in 2000. After returning to the United States, he served as the Senior Vice President and General Manager of Telephony for Comcast Cable Division. Prior to joining Comcast, Mr. Wren held several senior management positions at AT&T from 1978 to 1999, including President of the Southwest Region, and worked in the Consumer, Business, Network Services, and Network Systems Manufacturing divisions for more than 20 years. Mr. Wren holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology and an M.S. in Management from Stanford University, which he attended as a Sloan Fellow.
Edward Greenberg	Mr. Edward M. Greenberg is Independent Director of Neutral Tandem Inc. Mr. Greenberg is currently a partner at RIME Communications Capital (RIME Communications), an investment partnership focusing on the telecommunications, media and internet sectors. Mr. Greenberg founded RIME Communications in 2008. Prior to RIME Communications, Mr. Greenberg served in various roles at Morgan Stanley, which he joined in 1985. These roles included serving as a global telecommunications strategist and senior investment banker from 1998 to 2007, and as head of Morgan Stanley’s global telecommunications and media research team from 1994 to 1998. Prior to Morgan Stanley, Mr. Greenberg worked at Sanford C. Bernstein in investment research. Mr. Greenberg began his career as a regulator, working at the Federal Communications Commission and the National Telecommunications and Information Agency. Mr. Greenberg served as a director of Teleglobe from 2002 to 2005, and graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1972.
Lawrence Ingeneri	Mr. Lawrence M. Ingeneri is Independent Director of Neutral Tandem Inc. Mr. Ingeneri is currently the Chief Financial Officer of mindSHIFT Technologies, Inc., an IT managed services provider which he joined in October 2003 and which was acquired in December 2011 by Best Buy, Inc. (NYSE: BBY). Prior to that time, Mr. Ingeneri was employed by COLT Telecom Group plc, or COLT, a European telecommunications services company from July 1996 to December 2002. Mr. Ingeneri was the Chief Financial Officer of COLT from July 1996 to June 2002 and a member of the Board of Directors of COLT from June 2001 to June 2002. Mr. Ingeneri previously served as a director of mindSHIFT Technologies, Inc.
Timothy Samples	Mr. Timothy A. Samples is Independent Director of Neutral Tandem Inc. Since 2003, he has been a Principal at Sapience LLC, where he performs consulting work. From 2001 to 2002, Mr. Samples served as Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board of Management for Completel N.V., a Dutch registered competitive local exchange carrier. From 2000 to 2001, Mr. Samples served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Firstmark Communications, a Pan-European broadband company with operations in seven Western European countries. From 1997 to 2000, Mr. Samples was the Chief Executive Officer of One2One, a GSM service operator created through a joint venture between MediaOne group and Cable & Wireless. From 1996 to 1997, Mr. Samples was responsible for the US domestic wireless business for US West Mediaone group, including their investments in PCS Primeco. From 1995 to 1996, Mr. Samples served as Vice President and General Manager for US West Cellular/Airtouch in Phoenix, Arizona. Prior to 1995, Mr. Samples held various management, sales and marketing positions with US West/MediaOne Group. Mr. Samples has previously served on the boards of directors of Syniverse, Pac-West, Focal, Genesys and Kabira Technologies. Mr. Samples holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Toledo.

Basic Compensation

Name	Fiscal Year Total
James Hynes	--
G. Edward Evans	--
David Zwick	--
Richard Monto	1,282,800
David Lopez	1,229,150
John Harrington	--
Joseph Beatty	--
Rian Wren	2,702,920
Edward Greenberg	--
Lawrence Ingeneri	--
Timothy Samples	--

As Of 30 Dec 2010

Options Compensation

Name	Options	Value
James Hynes	0	0
G. Edward Evans	0	0
David Zwick	0	0
Richard Monto	11,500	284,417
David Lopez	27,750	394,060
John Harrington	0	0
Joseph Beatty	0	0
Rian Wren	580,000	13,183,100
Edward Greenberg	0	0
Lawrence Ingeneri	0	0
Timothy Samples	0	0

Insider Trading

Name	Shares Traded	Price
HARRINGTON JOHN	506	$5.54
ZWICK DAVID	506	$5.44
WREN RIAN J	18,215	$5.49
GREENBERG EDWARD M	18,215	$5.49
SAMPLES TIMOTHY A	18,215	$5.49
BEATTY JOSEPH A	18,215	$5.49
EVANS GEORGE EDWARD	1,348	$4.53
MONTO RICHARD L	843	$2.98
ZWICK DAVID	337	$2.98
LOPEZ DAVID A	820	$2.98
HARRINGTON JOHN	270	$2.98
MONTO RICHARD L	220	$3.16
LOPEZ DAVID A	112	$3.16
HARRINGTON JOHN	497	$3.00
ZWICK DAVID	506	$2.89
EVANS GEORGE EDWARD	1,473	$3.23
ZWICK DAVID	328	$3.27
MONTO RICHARD L	820	$3.27
HARRINGTON JOHN	262	$3.27
LOPEZ DAVID A	820	$3.27
MONTO RICHARD L	214	$3.41
LOPEZ DAVID A	112	$3.41
ZWICK DAVID	21,176	$0.00
MONTO RICHARD L	7,176	$0.00
HARRINGTON JOHN	7,176	$0.00

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