Technology >> CEO Interviews >> January 29, 2001

James Wandrey – Next Level Communications Inc (nxtv)

JAMES T. WANDREY is Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Next Level Communications Inc. Prior to Next Level Communications, Mr. Wandrey was VP & Corporate Controller of Avid Technology, Inc. Before Avid, he held several senior financial positions with Alcatel Telecom, including Controller of their US operations and Finance Director for all of their worldwide product groups where he was based in Paris, France. Previous to that he held a variety of positions in marketing, strategic planning and finance with Hewlett'Packard and General Electric. Mr. Wandrey has extensive experience in strategic planning, financial control, mergers and acquisitions, tax and complex financing arrangements. Mr. Wandrey holds a BS degree in Accounting from Boston College and an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago. Profile
TWST: Could you begin with a brief overview and history of Next Level

Communications?

Mr. Wandrey: Next Level started about six years ago as a telephony

access company, and then it was