Technology >> CEO Interviews >> June 30, 2003
HELEN LEE joined Cogent Communications Group Inc. in November 2000 as
Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Cogent, Ms. Lee was with the
Audax Group, a leading private equity firm. She also worked at Pathnet
Inc., where she was a key player in raising $36 million in private
equity, as well as in completing a $350 million high-yield transaction
led by Merrill Lynch. During her tenure at Pathnet, Ms. Lee also headed
the firm's negotiations for a $2 billion vendor facility from Lucent
Technologies. Prior to Pathnet, Ms. Lee worked in the Telecom
M&A/Advisory Group at J.P. Morgan, where she led multiple M&A (mergers
and acquisitions) transactions and advised on numerous equity and high-
yield offerings. Ms. Lee received her BA in Political Science from
Princeton University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Profile
Communications?
Ms. Lee: The company was founded in 1999. We are an all-optical end-to-
end provider of Internet access.
