MegaPath is the leading provider of managed IP communications services in North America. MegaPath leverages its wide selection of broadband connectivity, Virtual Private Networks, Voice over IP (VoIP) and Security technologies to enable businesses to lower costs, increase security and enhance productivity. Businesses of all sizes can easily and securely communicate between their headquarters, branch offices, retail locations, mobile workers, and business partners.
- Flexibility: By offering multiple access methods, hybrid VPN services, modular security offerings, industry-specific application support and end-to-end management options, MegaPath allows enterprises to minimize their network and IT expenses while meeting their business objectives.
- Customer Care: Quality customer service is woven into the fabric of MegaPath's identity. By leveraging professional Service Delivery Teams, systems and processes, MegaPath delivers mission-critical reliability and performance backed by stringent Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
- Network Systems: MegaPath leverages its MPLS, fiber-optic backbone network through direct network and systems interconnections with the country's leading broadband access providers. The MegaPath Customer Portal facilitates smooth implementation, management, visibility and control of its VPN, security and advanced IP services. The result is fully managed, cost-effective services with superior reach, reliability, performance and customer control.
MegaPath is committed to delivering the most flexible, cost-effective and scalable IP VPN, voice and security solutions available with the highest quality service and support. MegaPath leverages these solutions to significantly improve its clients' productivity through the use of new applications and enhanced communications between their headquarters, branch offices, retail stores, mobile workers and business partners. users.
Connectivity Services
Keeping ahead of the competition means having access to critical information when and where you need it. MegaPath's connectivity services includes:
- Managed Broadband - T1, Bondedi-T1, Business Ethernet, DS-3, DSL, Cable, Satellite, and Wireless Broadband Internet access
- Proactive Monitoring - Continuous network monitoring, auto-notification and trouble management
- Dial Back-up - Ensures maximum uptime for broadband access
Security Services
Businesses can safeguard their information infrastructure and assets. MegaPath Managed Security service protects businesses from both internal and external threats. It is a turn key solution that allows you to lower the cost of security and meet the requirements of regulatory and legislative initiatives. Security Services include:
- Attack Mitigation - Managed firewall and intrusion prevention
- Anti-Malware - Anti-virus, spam tracker, anti-virus client
- Web Filtering - Content filtering and white list / black list
- Site-to-Site VPN - MPLS, IPSec
- Remote Access VPN - MPLS, IPSec, SSL
VPN Services
- Securely and cost effectively connect mobile workers, teleworkers and day extenders to corporate computing resources and applications at anytime, anywhere. The key services include:
- MPLS Site-to-Site VPN
- Remote IPsec VPN
- Managed SSL VPN
- Global Remote Access - Secure and ubiquitous Internet connectivity for mobile and remote workers
- Personal Firewall/IDS - Automate and enforce the security of computer laptops without interfering with users work routines.
- Digital Certificates - Validate the identity of specific users and documents that pass through your network.
Voice & Data Services
Businesses today need to converge their voice and data networks to reduce costs and drive greater productivity. Duet™ Voice and Data service from MegaPath combines business-class phone service and high-speed SDSL or T1 Internet access into one low monthly rate, saving you money while giving you the business-class features your company needs to grow. MegaPath uses a private voice-optimized network so you always get crystal clear sound quality. MegaPath's Voice and Data services include:
- MegaPath Duet : Use your existing equipment and phones.
- MegaPath Duet PRI: Use your existing digital PBX equipment and phones.
- MegaPath Duet SIP Trunking: Use your existing IP-PBX equipment and phones.
- MegaPath Duet + MPLS: Integrated Business-class phone, data, VPN and Managed Security
Management Team
MegaPath brings together a world-class management team. The leaders have distinguished themselves over the past two decades in executive positions at top technology and communications firms in North America, including AT&T Canada, MetroNet, Brooks Fiber, U S WEST, MFS, PSINet and Sprint.
D. Craig Young - Chairman and CEO
Craig Young has over 27 years of experience in the telecom and data communications industry. Since joining the company in July 2004, his primary focus has been to create a world class Managed IP Services company that provides businesses with the ability to outsource their communications between headquarters, branch offices, retail locations, mobile workers and business partners.
Prior to the merger between MegaPath and Netifice in April 2006, Mr. Young served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Netifice. Before joining Netifice, he was the Vice Chairman and Director of AT&T Canada, and also previously served as President. Prior to his appointment as Vice Chairman and President, which occurred with the $3.5 billion merger of MetroNet Communications and AT&T Canada in June 1999, he was the President and CEO of MetroNet Communications. MetroNet was Canada’s largest facilities-based competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) at the time. Before MetroNet, Mr. Young served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Brooks Fiber from 1995 to 1998, a pioneer local exchange carrier that was acquired by WorldCom for approximately $3 billion in 1998. From 1980 to 1995, Mr. Young held various executive level positions, including Vice President Sales, Ameritech Custom Business Services; Vice President Sales and Service for Business and Government Services, U S WEST Communications; and President, Executone Information Systems.
Mr. Young received a bachelor of science degree in business administration from California State University, Chico.
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Paul Milley - CFO
Mr. Milley has over 20 years experience in finance, treasury, banking, planning, investor relations, information systems and all controllership activities for both public and private companies. He joined the company in October 2001 and is responsible for finance and administration.
Prior to joining MegaPath Mr. Milley was the SVP and CFO of OnCommand Corporation (OCC), which provides entertainment software and technologies to the hospitality industry. While in this capacity, he helped OCC increase earnings by over 60 percent through product enhancements, new technology deployment, tighter controls and expense efficiencies. Milley’s previous titles include VP and CFO of 3DO Corporation, SVP and CFO of ComputerLand Corporation, as well as positions in all levels of finance at other software and consulting organizations.
Mr. Milley received a bachelor of art degree from the University of Michigan and a masters of business administration from the Darden School at the University of Virgina.
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Dan Foster - Chief Sales & Marketing Officer
Mr. Foster has over 15 years experience in telecom and data communications industry. He has been with MegaPath since 2000, where he has been responsible for the sales and marketing efforts that grew the company from $5 million to nearly $90 million.
Prior to joining the company, Mr. Foster was President and CEO of Phoenix Networks. Previously, he served as Vice President of Consumer Markets at Rhythms NetConnections, where he managed the company's entree and growth in the consumer market. Prior to Rhythms, Mr. Foster was a Partner and Vice President of Marketing for Analysis Group, Inc., a leading international management-consulting firm, where he consulted for both start-up and established companies to create and implement strategies in the telecommunications, Internet, high-tech and consumer product industries.
Mr. Foster received dual engineering and liberal arts degrees from Tufts University and graduated from the Harvard Business School executive PMD program.
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Steve Guastella - SVP Network Ops & Engineering
Steve Guastella has over 20 years of experience in the telecom and data communications industry. He joined the company in December 2001 and is responsible for operations including engineering and technical support, and the Network Operations Centers (NOCs).
Mr. Guastella was VP of Operations of TManage prior to its acquisition by MegaPath. Previously, Mr. Guastella was a founder and Chief Architect & Vice President of Data Engineering for Vectris. Before that, he served as Director of Network Operations for TNS/PSINet, and Strategic Marketing Manager for Legerity. He also spent ten years at Sprint, where he held a variety of engineering and operations positions.
Mr. Guastella received a degree in electrical engineering technology from Old Domain University and NVCC.
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Beth Tyebjee - SVP Products & Project Management
Beth Tyebjee has over 28 years of experience in the telecom and data communications industry. Ms. Tyebjee joined the company in August 2004 and is currently responsible for new product development and lifecycle management, and project management. During her tenure, she has had responsibility for the project management of enterprise customer deployments, access and CPE provisioning, and customer service.
Prior to MegaPath, Ms Tyebjee was a founder of Yipes Communications and served as the SVP Strategic Partnerships. In this capacity, she was responsible for developing the Yipes product sets, fiber infrastructure, and network operations centers. Before co-founding Yipes in 1999, Ms. Tyebjee was Vice President of Strategic Marketing at US West, where she created a substantial brand repositioning campaign, launched a series of new products and led the company’s cable business unit. Prior to 1996, while at Pacific Telesis, Ms. Tyebjee was responsible for product development, leading a series of new product initiatives including frame relay, SONET and ATM. Additionally, she developed and led the first Bell Company internet access business, which became the fastest growing regional ISP within months of its launch.
Beth received a bachelor of science degree from the University of San Francisco and attended the Harvard Program for Management Development.
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Steve Chisholm - SVP Business Development & Corporate Services
Mr. Chisholm joined the company in August of 2004, and is responsible for supporting the growth of the organization through acquisitions and by managing its human resources, regulatory compliance and legal affairs.
Prior to this position, he served as a consultant to Bell West Inc providing legal services and acting in the role of Executive Director, Legal Services. Previously, from October 2000 through September 2001, Mr. Chisholm served as the Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary to the Board at Global Metro Networks, Inc., a builder of dark fiber communication networks in major centers of business throughout Europe and the United States. He joined Global Metro from AT&T Canada, where he served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary from June of 1999.
In October 2000, Mr. Chisholm was appointed to AT&T Canada's Board of Directors and remained on the Board until October, 2002, serving on several Committees of the Board including the Executive and Audit Committees. Prior to joining AT&T Canada, Mr. Chisholm served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at MetroNet Communications Corp., the first national CLEC in Canada, from 1997 until its arrangement with AT&T Canada in June of 1999.
Mr. Chisholm received a bachelor of arts degree from Carleton University and a bachelor of laws degree from Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, Canada.
Jim
Smith - CIO
Mr. Smith is presently the CIO of MegaPath. His experience ranges from software development for the Cable TV industry while at Cabledata to most recently managing internal IT and operational support systems for Yipes, the nation's leading gigabit Ethernet company. In his varied career, Jim has held many positions in both IT and telecom operations. Prior to his position with Yipes, Mr. Smith was Senior Vice President of Operations for Futurelink, a Microsoft and Citrix ASP. His duties included all network and data center management for 6 worldwide data centers and customer care.
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Greg W. Carver - SVP Customer Care/Service
Greg Carver has over 20 years of sales and operations experience in the telecommunications industry. Mr. Carver joined MegaPath in January 2007 and is responsible for provisioning, customer care and customer support.
Prior to joining MegaPath, Mr. Carver served as Senior Vice President of Operations at GoRemote, and continued running global operations at iPass who acquired GoRemote in February 2006. Before joining GoRemote, he held positions as COO & General Manager of MercedNet, Inc., a private wireless facilities-based competitive local exchange carrier; Executive Director of Operations for BroadBand Office, a private voice and data networking company; Vice President Operations and Executive Director Operations, Strategic National Accounts at Williams Communications Group, a national network services and complex voice and data enterprise solutions company, as well as various engineering and operations positions at Nortel Networks.
Mr. Carver holds a telecommunications degree from Clover Park College of Washington State.
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Board of Directors
D. Craig Young - Chairman and CEO, MegaPath
Craig Young has over 27 years of experience in the telecom and data communications industry. Since joining the company in July 2004, his primary focus has been to create a world class Managed IP Services company that provides businesses with the ability to outsource their communications between headquarters, branch offices, retail locations, mobile workers and business partners.
Prior to the merger between MegaPath and Netifice in April 2006, Mr. Young served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Netifice. Before joining Netifice, he was the Vice Chairman and Director of AT&T Canada, and also previously served as President. Prior to his appointment as Vice Chairman and President, which occurred with the $3.5 billion merger of MetroNet Communications and AT&T Canada in June 1999, he was the President and CEO of MetroNet Communications. MetroNet was Canada’s largest facilities-based competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) at the time. Before MetroNet, Mr. Young served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Brooks Fiber from 1995 to 1998, a pioneer local exchange carrier that was acquired by WorldCom for approximately $3 billion in 1998. From 1980 to 1995, Mr. Young held various executive level positions, including Vice President Sales, Ameritech Custom Business Services; Vice President Sales and Service for Business and Government Services, U S WEST Communications; and President, Executone Information Systems.
Mr. Young received a bachelor of science degree in business administration from California State University, Chico.
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Skip Besthoff - Principal, Rho Ventures
Mr. Besthoff is a Principal with Rho Ventures. Prior to joining Rho in 2000, he was with Alliance Consulting Group, focusing primarily on growth strategy formulation and e-commerce. Previously, Mr. Besthoff spent five years with Andersen Consulting performing large-scale systems integration and process reengineering engagements. Besthoff received an MBA from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. He currently sits on the boards of Verified Person, Everdream, and MegaPath.
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Paul Chisholm - Independent (Chairman and CEO of Mindshift Technologies)
Mr. Chisholm is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of mindSHIFT Technologies. He was most recently President and CEO of COLT Telecom Group plc headquartered in London, England. Under his leadership the company became the largest and most successful European alternative carrier, renowned for its ability to provide voice, data, video and Internet services to Europe’s largest business customers. Chisholm grew the company from inception to over $1B in revenue with operations in 29 cities in 10 countries. He is on the boards of Sycamore Networks and MegaPath.
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Mark Iwanowski - Independent (Chairman of the Board and CEO of KSR Inc.)
Mr. Iwanowski is Chairman of the Board and CEO of KSR Inc. He has 25 years of experience in technology services and has held executive positions with Fortune 500 companies, including Honeywell, Raytheon, SAIC and Oracle. Iwanowski has also served as a principle in two successful startups: Applied Remote Technology and Quantum Magnetics. He was previously Senior Vice President Global IT for Oracle Corporation, the world’s largest enterprise software provider with over $15B in revenue. Prior to Oracle, Iwanowski managed a Systems Integration and Outsourcing business for SAIC, the world's largest private system integrator.
Mr. Iwanowski sits on the Board of Royalty Share and MegaPath and is also on the Board of Advisors for Tricipher, Webify Solutions, Continuent and Lign Up. He holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, a master’s degree in engineering from California Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from National University.
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Rob Ketterson - Managing Partner, Fidelity Ventures
Mr. Ketterson is Managing Partner of Fidelity Ventures. He focuses on investment opportunities in enterprise technologies, communications, and IT services. Ketterson has led a number of investments including Geotel [NASDAQ: GEOC], (subsequently acquired by Cisco), Nuance Communications [NASDAQ: NUAN], InterNAP [NASDAQ: INAP], Webspective Software (acquired by Inktomi), Nexabit Networks (acquired by Lucent), WaveSmith (acquired by Ciena), and Connected Corp (acquired by Iron Mountain).
Mr. Ketterson represents Fidelity Ventures on the Board of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), the venture capital industry’s primary policy setting and lobbying group. He is also on the Board of the New England Venture Capital Association (NEVCA).
Prior to joining Fidelity Ventures in 1993, Mr. Ketterson was a manager in the high technology practice of The Boston Consulting Group. Prior to that he was a product manager for PC products at VLSI Technology, Inc. Ketterson received an undergraduate degree in computer engineering from the University of Arizona and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
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Steve Krausz - General Partner, U.S. Venture Partners
Mr. Krausz is a General Partner with U.S. Venture Partners (USVP). Since joining USVP in 1985 he has focused on communications, Internet Infrastructure, networking and enterprise software. Mr. Krausz has been a MegaPath director since July 2004. His eight years of operating experience with NASA Ames, BTI Computers, Direct Inc. and Daisy Systems have served him well as an advisor to many leading network vendors, customers, investors and start-ups. At USVP, Krausz has led investments in Occam Networks, Accelerated Networks, Verity, Rasna, Xylan, Applied Digital Access, Elantec and Micro Linear, all of which became public companies. In addition to MegaPath, he is currently on the Boards of a number of private USVP investments including Agility Communications, Xponent, Electric Cloud, Sierra Monolithics, Object Reservoir, StrataLight, Vontu, Flexogics, Force10 Networks, PerformanceRetail, Kasenna, Notiva, Imperva, Synfora and Pathfire. Krausz is a Board Observer with CipherTrust and also on the Executive Board as Treasurer at the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Stanford Business School, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar.
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Christopher (Woody) Marshall - Managing Director, Trident Capital
Mr. Marshall joined Trident Capital in 1996 as a Principal and has been a Managing Director since 1998. In this role, he focuses on the payments, outsourcing and communications technology markets. Marshall has served as a MegaPath director since April 2000. From 1992 to 1994, he was an Associate with the Leveraged Capital Group of Banque Paribas. Earlier in his career, Mr. Marshall was a Financial Analyst in the Corporate Finance department of Chase Manhattan Bank, where he specialized in merchant banking transactions. In addition to MegaPath, Marshall is on the Board of Everypath, Merchant eSolutions, SideStep and XATA Corporation (NASDAQ: XATA). He received a bachelor's degree from Hamilton College and an M.B.A. from Northwestern University, J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management.
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Thomas Pardun - Independent (retired Chairman of WD)
Mr. Pardun joined the MegaPath Board in 2002. He is a retired Chairman of the Board of Western Digital Corporation, one of the world's largest manufacturers of hard-disk drives for the personal computer market. Pardun served in the capacity of Chairman from January 2000 until December 2001, and has been a Western Digital director since 1993. He was Chairman and CEO of edge2net, a privately-held provider of international voice, data, and video services from December 2000 to October 2001. Pardun retired as President of MediaOne International, Asia/Pacific (formerly U. S. West Asia-Pacific) in July 2000. MediaOne's Asia-Pacific operations included cable-television, telephony and internet properties in Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Australia. Before that, Mr. Pardun was President and CEO of U. S. West Multimedia Communications, Inc., a subsidiary of U. S. West, Inc., and previously VP and General Manager of Business and Government Services at U. S. West Communications, and VP, Marketing and Planning for U S WEST Communications. Before joining U. S. West, he was President of the Central Group for Sprint, and also served as President of Sprint's West Division and Senior VP of Business Development for United Telecom, a predecessor company to Sprint. He held a variety of management positions during 19-year tenure with IBM, concluding as Director of product line evaluation at IBM's New York marketing headquarters. In addition to serving on the Boards of MegaPath and Western Digital Corporation, Pardun is also a board member of Exabyte Corp., and Occam Networks. He is a graduate of the University of Iowa in Business Administration.
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Robert S. Sherman - General Partner, Boston Millenia Partners
Mr. Sherman is a General Partner of Boston Millennia Partners. He has 19 years of experience building successful companies. Sherman has implemented Core Company strategies in several portfolio companies, and is an experienced healthcare, life sciences, and telecommunications services investor. Mr. Sherman’s previous private equity experience includes 5 years at Boston Capital Ventures and 8 years as a General Partner at Hambro International Venture Fund. He also has been Chief Financial Officer for two healthcare services companies, and has six years of banking experience with the Bank of Boston and Eliot Bank. Sherman served on active duty in the United States Navy for three years and attained the rank of Lieutenant. He is a graduate of Amherst College and holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
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John Siegel - Partner of Columbia Capital
Mr. Siegel is a Partner of Columbia Capital. He joined Columbia Capital in 2000 and focuses on communication services investments. Siegel is currently a member of the Board of Directors of MindSHIFT Technologies, FDN Communications, ICG Communications, Integrated Solutions, and MegaPath. He is also actively involved in Mpower, New Global Telecom, Mobile Satellite Ventures, and MetroPCS Communications. Prior to joining Columbia Capital, Siegel was a member of Morgan Stanley's Private Equity Group, where he specialized in investments in the telecommunications/data services arena. Mr. Siegel has held positions with Fidelity Ventures, the private equity division of Fidelity Investments, and the Investment Banking Division of Alex. Brown & Sons, Incorporated. He received his B.A. from Princeton University and his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Investors
MegaPath is a privately held company backed by an impressive group of technology investors. These high-technology veterans give the company a substantial financial backing in addition to a tremendous wealth of knowledge and experience.
Boston Millennia Partners
Boston Millennia Partners provides private equity financing to high-growth companies in the telecommunications, information technology, and healthcare and life sciences industries. Boston Millennia’s investing philosophy is guided by our Core Company Investment Strategy, which accelerates the growth of a company through strategic consolidation within an industry. By following a targeted merger and acquisitions plan, a core portfolio company can quickly increase its scale and broaden the scope of its product and service offerings. The growth and success of our portfolio companies have, in turn, allowed us to grow and expand our capital base to over $700 million.
Columbia Capital
Columbia Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in the communications and information technology industries. Columbia has managed investments in approximately 100 companies in the communications and information technology sectors, ranging from small, early-stage investments to multibillion-dollar public companies. Columbia’s most recent private equity fund of $856 million raised in 2000 brings total dollars under management to $1.4 billion.\
Fidelity Ventures
Founded in 1969, Fidelity Ventures invests private equity in entrepreneurial companies preparing to "go-to-market" in the information technology and communications sectors. By combining a collaborative partnership with a global network, Fidelity Ventures enables its portfolio companies to accelerate their market entrance and become leaders in their respective fields. Since 1969, more than 100 companies have succeeded with the support and guidance of Fidelity Ventures.
Rho Ventures
Rho Ventures is a venture capital firm with extensive investments in the healthcare, information technology and communication sectors. Since it was founded in 1981, the firm has invested in over 150 venture stage companies and helped build market leaders across many high growth industries. The firm's activities span all classes of private equity investments, including venture capital in early stage technology and healthcare companies, direct private equity investments in more mature companies, and fund investments in all classes of venture capital and private equity funds. Total capital under management currently exceeds $2.2 billion.
Trident Capital
Trident makes long-term commitments, as a partner, to talented management teams, to help build world class businesses. Trident proactively focuses its efforts within vertical technology services and software markets and aim to back the most promising companies independent of stage of business maturity. Trident’s most significant advantage is the strength of its experience in the industries that it invests in. This commitment and focus enable Trident’s leadership to bring more than funding to the table – insight into market dynamics, competitive intelligence, and long-term growth strategies.
U.S. Venture Partners
U.S. Venture Partners (USVP) has helped build great companies for nearly three decades. Since its inception in 1981, USVP has invested more than $1.8 billion in over 350 companies. Throughout, USVP's partners have worked diligently and consistently with early-stage companies, many of which have become industry leaders. USVP investment interests include components, software, systems, services, and life sciences. Areas of current focus include semiconductors, software as a service, networking solutions for storage, wireless data, the Internet version 2.0, biomedical devices and new drugs with profound social benefits. With more than 100 active companies in the USVP portfolios, the firm expects to play a seminal role in the progress of information technology and life science industries well into the future
