Technology >> CEO Interviews >> April 24, 2000

Robert Wolsey – Pinnacle Holdings Inc (bigt)

ROBERT WOLSEY is primarily responsible for the overall direction of Pinnacle Holdings Inc.'s acquisitions and operations and has substantial experience in consolidating fragmented industries. From 1990 to 1994, Mr. Wolsey, as Chief Executive Officer of Pittencrieff Communications, Inc. (PCI), a regional consolidator of SMR operators, spearheaded the acquisition of 28 SMR businesses and related assets (including over 100 towers) for a purchase price of over $30 million. During Mr. Wolsey's tenure at PCI, revenue increased from $100,000 to over $28 million. In June 1993, PCI raised over $74 million in its initial public offering of its common stock. At the time of Mr. Wolsey's departure from PCI in April 1994, PCI had a market capitalization in excess of $200 million. From 1983 to 1989, Mr. Wolsey, as President of Pittencrieff plc and a predecessor company, negotiated and acquired over $30 million in oil and gas assets in 16 separate transactions. He has a Bachelor of Science (Honors) degree in Color Physics from the University of Manchester. Profile
TWST: Could you begin by giving us a short background summary on your

company? Then describe what you see as the business and company today.

Mr. Wolsey: We formed Pinnacle about five years