James Sheward

JAMES SHEWARD is Chief Executive Officer, co-Founder and Director of
Fiberlink Communications Corporation. He has been instrumental in
securing the funding that has enabled Fiberlink to become a leading
provider of managed secure remote access solutions. In January 2001,
Fiberlink received financing totaling $30 million from Goldman Sachs and
GE Equity. Before co-founding the company with Paul Russell in 1991, Mr.
Sheward was the Western Regional Sales Manager for Systems Industries,
which was acquired by Micro Technologies, and had a revenue base of more
than $50 million. He was the winner of the Blue Chip Enterprise Award
Year 2000, sponsored by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Mass Mutual
Financial Group, and has been recognized as Greater Philadelphia’s 2001
Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in the software and technology
services category. His articles on backbone-neutral VPNs have appeared
in various publications. He currently serves on the Executive Board of
the Philadelphia Chapter of the Young Entrepreneurs Organization. He
received a dual degree in Economics and Communications from the
University of Virginia