David G. Rusin

DAVID G. RUSIN is Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of
American Fiber Systems, Inc. A veteran of more than 20 years of
progressive telecommunications industry experience, Mr. Rusin founded
AFS in August 1999. Prior to AFS, he was a Founder and Chief Marketing
Officer with VoiceWeb Corporation, a provider of Voice over IP platform
technology linking the computer online world with the telephone. Prior
to VoiceWeb, Mr. Rusin was President of Frontier Communications (now
Global Crossing). While at Frontier Communications, he established the
first competitive local exchange carrier in the United States in 1994.
Before Frontier, Mr. Rusin was President and CEO of Edicon Systems, an
Eastman Kodak subsidiary, which delivered digital imaging network
solutions on a multinational basis. Prior to Eastman Kodak, Mr. Rusin
held a host of executive positions with Nortel Networks, ranging from
marketing to product management to technology planning. He is a speaker
and author on various digital network topics in the United States and
abroad.