Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> May 27, 2003

Austin Shanfelter – Mastec Inc (mtz)

AUSTIN J. SHANFELTER is President and Chief Executive Officer of MasTec, Inc. Prior to being elected to MasTec's Board of Directors and named President and CEO, Mr. Shanfelter served as MasTec's COO from March 2000 until August 2001. Prior to being named Chief Operating Officer, he served as President of MasTec's Broadband Services group from January 1997. Mr. Shanfelter has been in the datacom infrastructure industry since 1981. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Power and Communications Contractors Association, an industry trade group, since 1993. He is also the Chairman of the Cable Television Contractors Council of the PCCA. Mr. Shanfelter has also been a member of the Society of Cable Television Engineers since 1982 and the National Cable Television Association since 1991. Profile
TWST: Could you give us an overview of MasTec and bring us up-to-

date on your company's operations?

Mr. Shanfelter: We are a leading end-to-end communication,

broadband, energy, and