Technology >> CEO Interviews >> June 30, 2003

Helen Lee – Cogent Communications Group Inc (coi)

HELEN LEE joined Cogent Communications Group Inc. in November 2000 as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Cogent, Ms. Lee was with the Audax Group, a leading private equity firm. She also worked at Pathnet Inc., where she was a key player in raising $36 million in private equity, as well as in completing a $350 million high-yield transaction led by Merrill Lynch. During her tenure at Pathnet, Ms. Lee also headed the firm's negotiations for a $2 billion vendor facility from Lucent Technologies. Prior to Pathnet, Ms. Lee worked in the Telecom M&A/Advisory Group at J.P. Morgan, where she led multiple M&A (mergers and acquisitions) transactions and advised on numerous equity and high- yield offerings. Ms. Lee received her BA in Political Science from Princeton University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Profile
TWST: Could we start out with a history and a quick overview of Cogent

Communications?

Ms. Lee: The company was founded in 1999. We are an all-optical end-to-

end provider of Internet access.