Technology >> CEO Interviews >> October 16, 2001
TANSUKH V. GANATRA is Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of US
LEC Corp. He co-founded US LEC in May 1996 and is a Specialist in the
field of intelligent switching technology and transport network systems.
At various times over a 10-year period, Mr. Ganatra served as President
and Chief Operating Officer, President of the Long Distance Division and
Vice President of Engineering and Operations of ACC Corp. Prior to
joining ACC Corp., Mr. Ganatra held various positions during a 19-year
career with Rochester Telephone Corp. (now Frontier Corp.), culminating
with the position of Director of Network Engineering. In that capacity,
he was responsible for all engineering aspects of analog/digital
switching equipment and traffic engineering functions comprised of over
450,000 lines/120,000 trunks, TSPS (Traffic Service Positioning System),
#1ESS (Electronic Switching System), 4ESS (toll) and 5ESS (local and
enhanced) Lucent switches. Furthermore, he was responsible for PBX,
circuit equipment provisioning and transmission facilities (including
fiber optics, microwave and analog copper facilities) to accommodate the
above networks. Profile
company ' what's gone on over the past year or so that investors should
focus on?
Mr. Ganatra: We are a company that was
