Technology >> CEO Interviews >> November 29, 1999

Tansukh V. Ganatra – Us Lec Corporation (clec)

TANSUKH V. GANATRA is Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of US LEC Corp. He co-founded US LEC in May 1996 and is a Specialist in the field of intelligent switching technology and transport network systems. At various times over a 10-year period, Mr. Ganatra served as President and Chief Operating Officer, President of the Long Distance Division and Vice President of Engineering and Operations of ACC Corp. Prior to joining ACC Corp., Mr. Ganatra held various positions during a 19-year career with Rochester Telephone Corp. (now Frontier Corp.), culminating with the position of Director of Network Engineering. In that capacity, he was responsible for all engineering aspects of analog/digital switching equipment and traffic engineering functions comprised of over 450,000 lines/120,000 trunks, TSPS (Traffic Service Positioning System), #1ESS (Electronic Switching System), 4ESS (toll) and 5ESS (local and enhanced) Lucent switches. Furthermore, he was responsible for PBX, circuit equipment provisioning and transmission facilities (including fiber optics, microwave and analog copper facilities) to accommodate the above networks. Profile
TWST: Give us a bit of a background profile, enough to set us into a

historical context. Then bring us up-to-date and tell us what you see as

your business and as your company today.

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