People: Alaska Communications Systems Group Inc (ALSK.O)

Mr. Anand Vadapalli is President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Alaska Communications Systems Group Inc. Mr. Vadapalli also joined the Board effective as of that date. Prior to that, Mr. Vadapalli served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer (“COO”) of the Company beginning October 26, 2009, with operational responsibility for all facets of the Company's business, including network operations, technology, sales and service. Mr. Vadapalli served as the Company's Executive Vice President, Operations and Technology, from December 2008 until October 2009 and previously was the Company's Senior Vice President, Network & Information Technology beginning in August 2006, when he joined the Company. Before the Company's, Mr. Vadapalli had most recently served as Vice President of Information Technology at Valor Telecom since February 2004. Prior to Valor, from January 2003 to February 2004, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Network Telephone Corporation, and from January 1996 through January 2003, he served in positions at Broadwing / Cincinnati Bell, including as Vice President, Information Technology. Mr. Vadapalli holds a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Osmania University in Hyderabad, India as well as a P.G.D.M. from the Indian Institute of Management in Calcutta, India. He currently serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for the University of Alaska Foundation.