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Management
Timothy M. Yager
President and Chief Executive Officer |
Timothy M. Yager has been a Director and our President and Chief Executive Officer since the effective date of our plan of reorganization and was our Chief Restructuring Officer since January 2003. Mr. Yager was previously President, Chief Executive Officer and Manager of Illinois PCS, LLC (the predecessor of iPCS Wireless, Inc.) from January 1999 until July 2000 and had been President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of iPCS, Inc. since its formation in March 2000 until November 30, 2001, the closing date of our acquisition by AirGate PCS, Inc. iPCS filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy court pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code on February 23, 2003. From December 2001 until December 2002, he was a director of AirGate PCS, Inc. From January 1995 to January 1999, he was the Senior Vice President of Geneseo Communications, Inc., an independent telephone company in Illinois. During this time, he was also the Chief Operating Officer, General Manager and later the President of GenSoft Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of Geneseo Communications, Inc. that designs software to provide information and billing services to the telecommunications industry. He was a member of the Board of Directors of Cambridge Telcom from April 1997 to November 2001. |
Stebbins B. Chandor, Jr.
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary |
Stebbins B. Chandor, Jr. has been our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since March 2004. Prior to hiring our Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Chandor was also responsible for the Company’s operations. Previously, he was Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of iPCS, Inc. (and its predecessor) from March 2000 until November 30, 2001, the closing date of our acquisition by AirGate PCS, Inc. iPCS filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy court pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code on February 23, 2003. From August 1995 to March 2000, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Metro One Telecommunications, Inc., a publicly traded provider of enhanced directory assistance and information services to the wireless telecommunications industry. From June 1985 to August 1995, Mr. Chandor served in various corporate finance capacities with BA Securities, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of BankAmerica Corporation, and affiliated or predecessor firms including Bank of America and Continental Bank N.A. |
Conrad
J. Hunter
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer |
Conrad J. Hunter has been our Chief
Operating Officer since August 2007. Mr. Hunter has spent the past
15 years in the wireless industry with responsibilities for sales,
marketing, and operations. Immediately prior to joining iPCS, Mr.
Hunter spent seven years with U.S. Cellular, a cellular services
company with $2.8 billion in revenue. Mr. Hunter was most recently
Vice President - Midwest Operations, where he was responsible for
the company's operations in Illinois (including Chicago) and north-western
Indiana. Prior to joining U.S. Cellular, Mr. Hunter was with PrimeCo,
a joint venture PCS company owned by Bell Atlantic and Vodaphone
(Verizon), from February of 1999 to February of 2000. Mr. Hunter
was vice president/general manager for the company's Virginia market.
Between July 1986 and January, 1999, Mr. Hunter worked with GTE
Corporation in various managerial positions. |
Brian
J. O’Neil
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
Brian J. O’Neil has been our
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since August
2008. Prior to joining iPCS, Mr. O’Neil served in the corporate
matters group of Accenture Ltd, a global management consulting,
technology services and outsourcing company, since 2001. From 1994
until 2001, Mr. O’Neil was a partner in the corporate and
securities practice at the law firm of Schwartz Cooper in Chicago,
Illinois, and from 1986 until 1994, he practiced in the corporate
finance group at the law firm of Chapman and Cutler in Chicago,
Illinois. |
John (Sonny) J. Peterman
Senior Vice President of Sales |
John (Sonny) J. Peterman has been our Senior Vice President of Sales since August 2004. From June 2004 until August 2004, Mr. Peterman was the Vice President for Business Development for ClearLinx Network Corporation, a wireless networking company. From November 1998 until June 2004, he was Vice President of the Midwest Region of American Tower Corporation, a publicly held owner and operator of broadcast and wireless communications sites. Prior to November 1998, Mr. Peterman was Vice President of Sales and Distribution with 360 Communications (formerly Sprint Cellular) and from 1989 to 1996 he managed most of Sprint Cellular’s wireless operations in Ohio. |
David L.
Zylka
Senior Vice President of Engineering and Network
Operations |
David L. Zylka joined our team as our
Senior Vice President of Engineering and Network Operations in
October 2008. In 2006, he was a founding partner of Academy Telecom,
a wireless engineering services and project management company.
Prior to starting Academy Telecom, Mr. Zylka was the Chief Technology
Officer and Vice President-Engineering and Operations for UbiquiTel,
a former Sprint Affiliate, from January 2000 to December 2006.
From January 1999 to December 1999, Mr. Zylka served as Vice President
of Engineering for Frontier Cellular Communications in Rochester,
New York. Before he joined Frontier, Mr. Zylka held several management
positions at Comcast Cellular Communications in Philadelphia, PA
from 1991 to 1998. His most recent position at Comcast was Vice
President of Operations and Performance Engineering for the wireless
network. Prior to Comcast, Mr. Zylka was a Communications Officer
in the US Army. |
James F.
Ingold
Vice President and Controller |
James F. Ingold has been our Vice President
and Controller since January 2008. From August 2003 to January
2008, he was the Corporate Controller for Littelfuse, Inc., a publicly-traded
manufacturer of electronic products. From January 1999 to August
2003, he was the Director of Accounting for FleetPride, Inc., a
retailer and distributor of truck parts. From July 1990 to January
1999, he held various corporate financial positions with Tenneco
Packaging, Inc., a publicly-traded manufacturer of consumer and
specialty-packaging products, which has since changed its name
to Pactiv Corporation. Prior to July 1990, he was an accountant
with Deloitte & Touche LLP. |
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