Total Compensation: $ 586,154.00
Roger D. Linquist co-founded our Company and has served as our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors since our inception, our President from inception through June 2007 and from December 2007 to the present, and our Secretary from inception until October 2004. Mr. Linquist is a Class I director and is standing for re-election at the Annual Meeting. Prior to forming our Company, in 1989, Mr. Linquist founded PageMart, Inc. (which became a wholly-owned subsidiary of PageMart Wireless, Inc. upon merger and who changed its name to Weblink Wireless, Inc. and is now known as USA Mobility), a U.S. paging company and served as PageMart's Chief Executive Officer from 1989 to 1993, and as Chairman from 1989 through March 1994, when he resigned to form our Company. Mr. Linquist also served as a director of PageMart Wireless, Inc. from June 1989 to September 1997, and was a founding director of the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association.
Total Compensation: $ 302,123.00
Thomas C. Keys became our Chief Operating Officer in June 2007. From June 2007 to December 2007, Mr. Keys also was our President. Previously, Mr. Keys served as our Senior Vice President, Market Operations, West, from January 2007 until June 2007, and as our Vice President and General Manager, Dallas, from April 2005 until January 2007. Prior to joining our Company, Mr. Keys served as the President and Chief Operating Officer for VCP International Inc., a Dallas-based wholesale distributor of wireless products, from July 2002 to April 2005. Prior to joining VCP International Inc., Mr. Keys served as the Senior Vice President, Business Sales for WebLink Wireless, Inc. (formerly PageMart Wireless, Inc., the surviving entity upon merger with PageMart, Inc. that is now known as USA Mobility) from March 1999 to June 2002, which included leading and managing the national sales and distribution efforts, and in other senior management positions with WebLink Wireless, Inc. from January 1993 to March 1999.
Total Compensation: $ 343,654.00
J. Braxton Carter became our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in February 2008. From March 2005 to February 2008, Mr. Carter served as our Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. In December 2005, Mr. Carter became a director of MetroPCS, Inc., MetroPCS Wireless, Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries. Mr. Carter previously served as a director of MetroPCS Wireless, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries from July 2001 to December 2004. Previously, Mr. Carter served as our Vice President, Corporate Operations from February 2001 to March, 2005. Prior to joining our Company, Mr. Carter was Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of PrimeCo PCS, the successor entity of PrimeCo Personal Communications formed in March 2000. He held various senior management positions with PrimeCo Personal Communications, including Chief Financial Officer and Controller, from 1996 until March 2000. Mr. Carter also has extensive senior management experience in the retail industry, spent ten years in public accounting and is also a certified public accountant.
Total Compensation: $ —
Malcolm M. Lorang co-founded our Company and became our Senior Vice President and Chief Technical Officer in January 2006. Previously, Mr. Lorang served as our Vice President and Chief Technical Officer from our inception to January 2006. Prior to joining our Company, Mr. Lorang served as Vice President of Engineering for PageMart Wireless, Inc. (formerly PageMart, Inc. which became a wholly-owned subsidiary of PageMart Wireless, Inc. upon merger and changed its name to Weblink Wireless, Inc., which is now known as USA Mobility) from 1989 to 1994.
Total Compensation: $ —
Christine B. Kornegay joined our Company as Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer in January 2005. Previously, Ms. Kornegay served as Vice President of Finance and Controller for Allegiance Telecom, Inc. from January 2001 to June 2004. Ms. Kornegay served as Vice President of Finance and Controller of Allegiance Telecom, Inc. when it initiated bankruptcy proceedings in May 2003. Prior to joining Allegiance Telecom, Inc. in January 2001, Ms. Kornegay held various accounting and finance roles with AT&T Wireless Services from June 1994 through January 2001. Ms. Kornegay has over 13 years experience in the telecommunications industry and is also a certified public accountant.
Total Compensation: $ —
John J. Olsen joined our Company as Vice President and Chief Information Officer in April 2006. Mr. Olsen was formerly the Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at GTESS Corporation and was responsible for GTESS core technology products and information technology services. Prior to joining GTESS in May 2004, Mr. Olsen held senior information technology positions with Sprint Corporation focused on Software/Product Development for Sprint's consumer business and Sprint's nationwide technology infrastructure. From December 1997 through August 2001, Mr. Olsen was Vice President of Information Services and Chief Information Officer at NEC Business Network Solutions. Mr. Olsen began his information technology career in the U.S. Air Force at the School of Aerospace Medicine and spent two years as a Senior Consultant at General Electric, Aerospace Division.
Total Compensation: $ 252,116.00
Mark A. Stachiw became our Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary in February 2008. From January 2006 until February 2008, Mr. Stachiw served as our Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary. Previously, Mr. Stachiw served as our Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary from October 2004 until January 2006. Mr. Stachiw also previously served as director of MetroPCS Wireless, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries from December 2004 until December 2005. Prior to joining our Company, Mr. Stachiw served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Allegiance Telecom Company Worldwide for Allegiance Telecom, Inc. from September 2003 to June 2004, and as Vice President and General Counsel, Allegiance Telecom Company Worldwide from March 2002 to September 2003. Mr. Stachiw served as Vice President and General Counsel, Allegiance Telecom Company Worldwide for Allegiance Telecom, Inc., when it initiated bankruptcy proceedings in May 2003. Prior to joining Allegiance Telecom, Inc., from April 2001 through March 2002, Mr. Stachiw was Of Counsel at Paul, Hastings, Janofsky and Walker, LLP, and represented national and international telecommunications firms in regulatory and transactional matters. Before joining Paul Hastings, Mr. Stachiw was the chief legal officer for Verizon Wireless Messaging Services (formerly known as AirTouch Paging and PacTel Paging) and was Vice President and General Counsel from April 2000 through March 2001, and Vice President, Senior Counsel and Secretary from April 1995 through April 2000.
Total Compensation: $ —
Arthur C. Patterson, a director of our Company since its inception and a Class III director, is a Founding General Partner of Accel Partners, a venture capital firm, located in Palo Alto, California. Affiliates of Accel Partners are investors in MetroPCS Communications. Mr. Patterson also serves as a director of iPass, Actuate and several privately held companies.
Total Compensation: $ —
Douglas S. Glen became our Senior Vice President, Corporate Development in February 2008. Previously, Mr. Glen served as our Senior Vice President, Corporate Operations from June 2006 until February 2008. Prior to joining our Company, Mr. Glen served as the Vice President of Wireless Solutions and Business Development at BearCom from October 2004 to June 2006 where he led the initiative to launch new wireless broadband enterprise solutions through a national direct sales force. Before joining BearCom in 2004, from September 2002 to November 2003, Mr. Glen was the Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of WebLink Wireless, Inc. (formerly PageMart Wireless, Inc., the surviving entity upon merger with PageMart, Inc. that is now known as USA Mobility) directing numerous operations of the company including sales, business development, network services, information technology, distribution, customer service, and marketing departments. From July 2001 to September 2002, Mr. Glen was Senior Vice President and Chief Network Officer of WebLink Wireless, Inc., directing the planning, engineering and operations of the company's wireless messaging network. From November 2000 to July 2001, he served as WebLink Wireless, Inc.'s Vice President, Business Sales Division, overseeing the sales and customer care operations for many of the company's strategic business units, including national accounts, field sales, resellers and telemetry.
Total Compensation: $ —
Keith D. Terreri joined our Company as Vice President Finance and Treasurer in July 2006. Prior to joining us, Mr. Terreri served as the Vice President, Finance and Treasurer of Valor Communications Group, Inc. from July 2001 to July 2006. Mr. Terreri was Vice President, Finance and Treasurer of RCN Corporation from December 1999 to June 2001 and Director of Finance from January 1998 to December 1999. Mr. Terreri has 9 years experience in the telecommunications industry. Mr. Terreri originally began his career in public accounting and is also a certified public accountant.
Total Compensation: $ 357,692.00
Robert A. Young became our Senior Vice President, Market Operations, Northeast, in February 2008. From January 2007 until February 2008, Mr. Young served as our Executive Vice President, Market Operations, East. Previously Mr. Young served as our Executive Vice President, Market Operations from May 2001 until January 2007. Prior to joining our Company, Mr. Young served as President of the Great Lakes Area of Verizon Wireless from February 2001 until April 2001, and as President of Verizon Wireless Messaging Services (formerly known as AirTouch Paging and PacTel Paging) from April 2000 until January 2001. Prior to joining Verizon Wireless Messaging Services, Mr. Young held various positions with PrimeCo Personal Communications, including Vice President - Customer Care from April 1998 until April 2000, President - Independent Region from October 1997 until October 1998, and Vice President/General Manager - Houston from May 1995 until September 1997.
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W. Michael Barnes, a director of our Company since May 2004 and a Class II director, held several positions at Rockwell International Corporation (now Rockwell Automation, Inc.) between 1968 and 2001, including Senior Vice President, Finance & Planning and Chief Financial Officer from 1991 through 2001. Mr. Barnes also serves as a director of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Total Compensation: $ —
C. Kevin Landry, a director of our Company since August 2005 and a Class III director, currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of TA Associates, Inc., which through its funds, is an investor in our Company. TA Associates, founded in 1968, is one of the oldest and largest private equity firms in the world and focuses on investing in private companies and helping management teams build their businesses. Mr. Landry previously served as a director on the board of directors of Alex Brown Incorporated, Ameritrade Holding Corporation, Biogen, Continental Cablevision, Instinet Group, Keystone Group, SBA Communications, Standex International Corporation and the National Venture Capital Association.
Total Compensation: $ —
James N. Perry, Jr., a director of our Company since November 2005 and a Class III director, is a Managing Director of Madison Dearborn Partners, Inc., a Chicago-based private equity investing firm, where he specializes in investing in companies in the communications industry. Prior to founding Madison Dearborn Partners, Inc., Mr. Perry was with First Chicago Venture Capital for eight years. An affiliate of Madison Dearborn Partners, Inc. is an investor in MetroPCS Communications. Mr. Perry also presently serves on the boards of directors of Asurion Corporation, Sorenson Communications Holdings, LLC, The Topps Company, Inc., Univision Communications, Inc. and Catholic Relief Services.
Total Compensation: $ —
Herbert 'Chip' Graves became our Senior Vice President, Market Operations, West, in August 2007. Previously, Mr. Graves served as our Vice President and General Manager, San Francisco, from March 2002 until August 2007. Prior to joining our Company, Mr. Graves served with Sprint PCS, Inc. as their area vice president for Southern California from September 2000 to March 2002, as their area vice president for Northern California from August 1998 to September 2000, and as their director, San Francisco district, from March 1997 to August 1998. Prior to his service with Sprint PCS, Inc., Mr. Graves served as General Manager for GTE Mobilnet in San Diego from 1995 to 1997 and as legal counsel with GTE Mobilnet from 1993 to 1995. He served in various positions from 1989 to 1991 with Chrysler Capital in Atlanta, from 1984 to 1988 with Scientific Games, and from 1982 to 1984 with Cox Cable Communications. Mr. Graves began his career as an attorney with Buchanan Ingersoll in Pittsburgh from 1980 to 1981.
Total Compensation: $ —
Thomas J. Bolger became our Senior Vice President, Human Resources in August 2007. Prior to joining our Company, Mr. Bolger served as a founder and managing partner of Waveland International, a professional services/executive recruiting firm, from 1997 to August 2007. Mr. Bolger has spent 20 years in human resources and 16 years in the talent management and consulting arena.
