People: Otelco Inc (OTT.W)

OTT.W on CBOE When Trading NASDAQ Global Select Market

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16 May 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Michael Weaver

 59 2004 Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer

Curtis Garner

 64 2004 Chief Financial Officer

Dennis Andrews

 55 2006 Senior Vice President, General Manager - Alabama Division

Jerry Boles

 59 2010 Senior Vice President, Controller

Jon Henderson

 39 2011 Senior Vice President - New England CLEC Sales

Robert Souza

 58 2010 Senior Vice President - New England Operations

Edwin Tisdale

 52 2010 Senior Vice President - New England RLEC

E. Todd Wessing

 46 2010 Vice President and General Manager, Missouri Region

William Bak

 71 2005 Independent Director

Robert Guth

 48 2010 Independent Director

Howard Haug

 61 2004 Independent Director

Stephen McCall

 42 1999 Independent Director

Andrew Meyers

 43 2003 Independent Director

William Reddersen

 64 2004 Independent Director
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Biographies

Name Description

Michael Weaver

 Mr. Michael D. Weaver is Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer of Otelco Inc. He has served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company and its predecessor Rural LEC Acquisition LLC since January 1999. He became Chairman of the Board on December 21, 2004 upon the closing of initial public offering. Prior to this time, he spent 10 years with Oneonta Telephone Co., Inc., the predecessor to Otelco Telephone, serving as Chief Financial Officer from 1990 to 1998 and General Manager from January 1998 to January 1999. Mr. Weaver has provided the leadership for eight acquisitions and the subsequent integration into the Company.

Curtis Garner

 Mr. Curtis L. Garner, Jr., is Chief Financial Officer, IR Contact Officer of Otelco Inc., since February 2004. Prior to this position, he provided consulting services to a number of businesses and not-for-profit organizations from October 2002. He served PTEK Holdings, Inc. from November 1997 through September 2002 (including one year as a consultant), first as President of one of its divisions, and later as Chief Administrative Officer for another division. Prior thereto, he spent 26 years at AT&T Corp., retiring in 1997 as the Chief Financial Officer of the Southern and Southwestern Regions of AT&T Corp.’s consumer long distance business.

Dennis Andrews

 Mr. Dennis K. Andrews is Senior Vice President, General Manager - Alabama Division of Otelco Inc., since August 2006. He served as Vice President and General Manager, Brindlee and Blountsville since November 2005 and Vice President — Regulatory Affairs since July 2000. Prior to this position, he spent 21 years at Brindlee where he held several positions, including Vice President — Finance, General Manager, Operations Manager and Accounting Department Manager.

Jerry Boles

 Mr. Jerry C. Boles is Senior Vice President and Controller of Otelco Inc., Since July 2010. He joined Otelco in January 1999 as Vice President and Controller. Prior to joining Otelco, he was controller for McPherson Oil Company for 14 years. He also worked in public accounting for 10 years, is licensed as a CPA by the state of Alabama, and is a member in standing of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Jon Henderson

 Mr. Jon C. P. Henderson is Senior Vice President - New England CLEC Sales of Otelco Inc., since July 2011. He joined Otelco in July 2006 as the Director of Sales and Marketing of New England division (previously known as Maine division). From 1999 until its acquisition by Otelco in 2006, he served in various leadership positions in the sales organization of Mid-Maine, building its competitive sales team.

Robert Souza

 Mr. Robert J. Souza is Senior Vice President - New England Operations of Otelco Inc., since July 2010. He joined Otelco in October 2008 as the Vice President of Operations for New England. He served as President for the CR Companies from 2001 until they were acquired by Otelco in October 2008. Prior to that role, he served as Operations Manager for Saco River, having joined that company in 1983. His 35 years experience in the industry includes three years with Ooltewah-Collegedale Telephone Company in Tennessee and five years with New England Telephone in Maine.

Edwin Tisdale

 Mr. Edwin D. Tisdale is Senior Vice President - New England RLEC of Otelco Inc., since July 2010. He served as Vice President for New England Support Services from November 2008 to 2010. From 1996 until October 2008, he served as General Manager of Pine Tree and Chief Financial Officer of the CR Companies until they were acquired by Otelco. Prior to that time, he worked in banking and real estate.

E. Todd Wessing

 Mr. E. Todd Wessing is Vice President and General Manager, Missouri Region of Otelco Inc., since December 2010. He has worked for the Company (or its predecessor prior to being acquired by Otelco in 2004) since 1988 with experience in outside plant maintenance and installation; construction; and central office switching.

William Bak

 Mr. William Bak is Independent Director of Otelco Inc., since February 24, 2005. Now retired, Mr. Bak worked for First Data Corporation from 1994 to 2002 and consulted with Western Union International for two years after retiring. He served as Group President of InfoSource, acquiring Donnelley Marketing and Hogan Information. His consulting with Western Union International focused on building their business in Europe and Asia. Prior to First Data, he spent 30 years with The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation where his senior positions included President of Donnelley Information Publishing, where, through start-ups, internal growth and acquisitions, he built a publishing company.

Robert Guth

 Mr. Robert E. Guth is Independent Director of Otelco Inc., since August 12, 2010. Mr. Guth has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Readers’ Digest Association, a global publishing and direct marketing business, since September 2011, and as a member of its board of directors since April 2011. From 2006 to 2007, Mr. Guth served as President of the Business Markets Group at Level 3 Communications, LLC (“Level 3”). Prior to that, Mr. Guth served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of TelCove Inc. (“TelCove”) from 2002 to 2006, when TelCove was acquired by Level 3. Mr. Guth was Vice President of Business Operations at TelCove from 2000 to 2002 and Regional Vice President and General Manager at TelCove from 1996 to 2000. Prior to joining TelCove, Mr. Guth served in sales and sales management roles at AT&T Inc. from 1985 to 1996. Mr. Guth currently serves on the boards of directors of Lumos Networks, where he is chairman of the board, and Integra Telecom, Inc. In addition, from December 2009 through October 2011, Mr. Guth served on the board of directors of NTELOS Holdings Corp.

Howard Haug

 Mr. Howard J. Haug is Independent Director of Otelco Inc., since December 21, 2004. Mr. Haug has served as Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Investment Officer of Space Florida, an independent district and subdivision of the State of Florida that is responsible for promoting and developing Florida’s aerospace industry, since December 2011. In this role, he is responsible for the oversight of Space Florida’s assets and investments. From September 2007 to December 2011, he served as Space Florida’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Space Florida, he was Chief Financial Officer of Healthfair USA, a privately held mobile preventive health care screening company, from April 2007 to September 2007 and Senior Vice President of Administration and Chief Financial Officer of Enterprise Florida from March 2003 to April 2007. As Chief Financial Officer for each of the listed entities, he was responsible for all financial matters including reporting, financial planning, budgeting, treasury functions and operations results analysis. Before joining Enterprise Florida, he spent 13 years with AT&T’s BellSouth unit. Prior to his career with BellSouth, he worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young and is a certified public accountant. His roles at Space Florida, Enterprise Florida, Bellsouth and at PricewaterhouseCoopers included management responsibility of merger and acquisition activities, public placement of stock and debt, and regulatory reporting. He is a certified public accountant.

Stephen McCall

 Mr. Stephen P. McCall is Independent Director of Otelco Inc., since January 1999. He has been director of the Company's predecessor Rural LEC Acquisition LLC since January 1999 and as Chairman of the Board of Rural LEC Acquisition LLC until the closing of initial public offering on December 21, 2004. He has more than 15 years of private equity investing experience focused on growth capital and buyout investments in the telecommunications sector. He founded and is currently a Managing Member of Blackpoint Equity Partners LLC, a private equity investment firm. Prior to founding Blackpoint, he was a General Partner at Seaport Capital, a private equity investment firm, where he was employed from 1997 through 2007. Previously, Mr. McCall worked at Patricof & Co. Ventures, a private equity investment firm, and Montgomery Securities in the Corporate Finance Department. Mr. McCall is a director of Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc. and several private companies. In addition, from November 2009 to May 2011, Mr. McCall was a director of Ambassadors International, Inc.

Andrew Meyers

 Mr. Andrew Meyers is Independent Director of Otelco Inc., since October 2003. He has served as a Director of company's predecessor since October 2003. A finance and strategy professional, he has been a Partner at merchant bank GroupArgent since March 2009, providing advisory services regarding mergers and acquisitions, capital structure and strategic direction to communications, technology and internet-related businesses. Previously, he was a Principal at Seaport Capital, a telecommunications and media focused private equity firm from 2001 to 2007 where he worked with management teams to establish strategic direction and the tactical processes by which to execute on those strategies including financing, business development, marketing, product/service development and mergers and acquisitions. He also served in both the Industrial Technology and Leveraged Finance teams at Deutsche Bank as well as the corporate finance team of MFS Communications, one of the early pioneers in competitive local telephony.

William Reddersen

 Mr. William F. Reddersen is Independent Director of Otelco Inc., since December 21, 2004. Now retired, Mr. Reddersen spent 31 years at BellSouth and AT&T Corp. From 1998 to 2000, Mr. Reddersen was Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy at BellSouth, and from 1991 to 1998, he was responsible for BellSouth’s broadband strategy and business market operations. Mr. Reddersen serves as a director of Harmonic Inc. (HLIT), a publicly traded manufacturer of video services technology.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total

Michael Weaver

 399,317

Curtis Garner

 246,714

Dennis Andrews

 233,066

Jerry Boles

 180,761

Jon Henderson

 --

Robert Souza

 221,791

Edwin Tisdale

 --

E. Todd Wessing

 --

William Bak

 --

Robert Guth

 --

Howard Haug

 --

Stephen McCall

 --

Andrew Meyers

 --

William Reddersen

 --
As Of 30 Dec 2011

Options Compensation

Name Options Value

Michael Weaver

 233,228 5,058,313

Curtis Garner

 0 0

Dennis Andrews

 2,974 45,204

Jerry Boles

 6,600 100,331

Jon Henderson

 0 0

Robert Souza

 0 0

Edwin Tisdale

 0 0

E. Todd Wessing

 0 0

William Bak

 0 0

Robert Guth

 0 0

Howard Haug

 0 0

Stephen McCall

 0 0

Andrew Meyers

 0 0

William Reddersen

 0 0

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