Technology >> CEO Interviews >> January 12, 2009
KURT VAN WAGENEN serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of FiberTower
Corporation. Prior to FiberTower, he served as President and CEO of NEON
(formerly Globix Corporation) from January 2007 until November 2007 when NEON
merged with RCN Corporation. Prior to being appointed CEO of NEON, he served as
President and Chief Operating Officer of Globix Corporation after being promoted
from his prior position as Chief Operating Officer of Globix Corporation's
Network Services division. Mr. Van Wagenen also served as Vice President of
Network and Operations for NEON Communications from 2001 until the merger of
NEON and Globix in 2005. Before joining NEON in 2001, Mr. Van Wagenen was
employed by Verizon Communications and its various predecessors in diverse
positions of increasing responsibility, where he commenced his employment in
1986. Mr. Van Wagenen holds an MBA from Harvard University and a BS in
Engineering from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is also a Chartered
Financial Analyst. Profile
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Mr. Van Wagenen: FiberTower operates in a very
