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Leadership: Experienced businessmen, telecom veterans
Patrick C. Shutt
Chief Executive Officer
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Patrick C. Shutt is the CEO and Director of Global Capacity. Prior to Global
Capacity, Shutt was the co-founder, Director and CEO of 20/20 Technologies, Inc.
and Director and CEO of Magenta net-Logic, Ltd., a global information services and
consulting company focusing on the telecommunications industry and co-headquartered
in the United States and the United Kingdom. Shutt has nearly two decades of experience
in the information services and telecommunications industry, including serving as
a Co-Founder, Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President at Universal
Access from 1997 to November 2002. He began his career from 1989 to 1992 with Sprint
Communications and the global telecommunications company Cable and Wireless PLC
from 1992 to 1994. Shutt then moved to Teleport Communications Group (TCG) from
1994 to 1996. In late 1996, Mr. Shutt led a TCG spin out start up organization named
Arista Communications until September of 1997.
In October of 1997, Shutt co-founded Universal Access. Under his leadership the
company grew organically from $0 revenues to $144M run rate in four years. In addition,
Shutt led the company through its Initial Public Offering with Goldman Sachs as
the lead underwriter in March of 2000 with an initial market capitalization of over
$3.0 Billion. Mr. Shutt completed five tranches of private equity capital and one
round of public capital during his tenure with Universal Access totaling over $240M.
Under Shutt's leadership Universal Access received the 2002 Deloitte and Touche
Fast 500 Award as the fifth fastest growing company in the US with a growth rate
of over 158,000% between 1997 and 2001. Shutt departed Universal Access in November
2002. In December 2002, Shutt co-founded 20/20 Technologies, Inc., the firm that
acquired Magenta-netLogic. Shutt's board experience includes serving as a Section
16 Officer and Director of two US public companies, as well as Director of two private
companies. Since 2003 he has divided his time between the United States and European
markets.
Shutt holds a B.A from Wagner College and a M.B.A from Wagner College. Shutt played
soccer at a high level both in the UK and the USA in the US Junior Olympic Development
program. Mr. Shutt is a US Landed Immigrant and a British citizen, and currently
lives in Chicago with his family.
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George A. King
President
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George A. King is the President of Global Capacity, and is also the Vice Chairman
of the Board of Directors. Mr. King has more than twenty years of experience in
law, capital markets finance and telecommunications, including being a co-founder,
Vice Chairman, and President of 20/20 Technologies, Inc., as well as a Director
and President of Magenta net-Logic, Ltd., a global information services and consulting
company focusing on the telecommunications industry co-headquartered in the United
States and the United Kingdom. Prior to 20/20 Technologies, Mr. King served as President
of several operating functions and as Chief Development Officer of Universal Access,
Inc. prior to and subsequent to the company's Goldman Sachs led initial public offering.
He also served on the initial Board of Directors at Universal Access. He began his
career with the Wall Street law firm of Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander & Ferdon,
and subsequently became a Vice President in the New York office of the global investment
banking firm of Credit Suisse First Boston. He was a co-founder of an investment
banking spin-off from CSFB, Cambridge Partners, LLC, and operated his own corporate
finance advisory firm before joining Universal Access on a full time basis. Mr.
King has served as a Director and Chairman of both public and private companies
in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. He is a trustee of Wagner College
in New York City and a trustee and chair of the Audit Committee of Richmond The
American International University in London. Mr. King holds an A.B. (cum laude)
in Political Science from Colgate University and a J.D. from Fordham University
School of Law, where he was editor-in-chief of the Fordham Urban Law Journal. He
is the author of two books on securities law and tax law relating to capital markets
transactions in the United States.
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Jack Lodge
Chief Operating Officer
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Jack Lodge is the Chief Operating Officer at Global Capacity, responsible for all
aspects of marketing, operations, information technology, software development,
and solutions delivery for the Company. He has over 19 years experience in information
technology and telecommunications. Lodge joined Global Capacity in 2006 upon its
acquisition of CentrePath, Inc., a privately held remote network management company
where he served as General Manager, with responsibility for all aspects of CentrePath’s
managed services business. Prior to joining CentrePath, Mr. Lodge held several leadership
positions in the IT organization at Nortel Networks, where his responsibilities
included network architecture and strategy. Lodge joined Nortel via the 1998 acquisition
of Bay Networks, where he held a number of IT management positions. Prior to Bay
Networks, Mr. Lodge owned and operated a regional network services and maintenance
business, distributing and supporting technology from multiple manufacturers. He
began his career with AT&T in 1989 in a sales role. Lodge holds a BA from the
College of the Holy Cross, and an MBA from Northeastern University
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Jim McDevitt
Chief Financial Officer
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Jim McDevitt is the Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer
for Global Capacity. He also serves as Secretary and Treasurer of the Company. Over
the past 25 years, McDevitt has established a strong record of financial leadership.
For the past three years, he has served as a managing director of Whitehawk Partners,
LLC, providing management services to business enterprises, including serving as
CFO and chief compliance officer for a registered investment advisor. Prior to Whitehawk
Partners, McDevitt established the financial, administrative, compliance and control
functions as vice president for Traffic.com, which received debt and equity financings
totaling over $150 million. He also served as CFO of Shadow Broadcast Services,
a multi-location media organization, and The Fairfield Group, a large broker dealer
and financial services firm, where he was responsible for administrative management
including audits, budgets, taxes, treasury and banking relationships, as well as
regulatory filings with the SEC, IRS, NASD and SIPC. McDevitt was a director for
Mercy Health Corporation and served as the sole financial executive in the non-acute
care divisions of the company, where he delivered all aspects of its financial and
operational management (including the design and implementation of internal controls)
for multiple physician specialty practices, for-profit corporations and not- for-profit
organizations. McDevitt began his professional career as a certified public accountant
with Coopers & Lybrand, where he served on the general practice staff and then
as manager for the firm. He holds an active license to practice.
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Jonathan Wynne Evans
General Counsel and Managing Director
European Operations
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Jonathan Wynne Evans, who heads European operations for Global Capacity, has served
as a director of private companies in both the United Kingdom and the United States.
His 20-year career includes experience in property development, science research,
investment strategy and business management. Before joining the company, Wynne Evans
served as managing director and board member of 20/20 Technologies, a telecommunications
holding company specializing in the acquisition of information technology firms,
including Magenta net-Logic, a global information services and consulting company
focusing on the telecommunications industry. Prior to its acquisition, Wynne Evans
served as managing director of Magenta net-Logic with responsibility for compiling
the tariff data and technical assets comprising the company's comprehensive industry
knowledgebase. He holds a law degree from Cambridge University.
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Board of Directors
The Board of Directors consists of nine individuals. Patrick Shutt and George King
are members of the Board of Directors, in addition to the individuals outlined in
the following text.
Robert Pollan (Philadelphia, PA USA)
Chairman
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As Chairman of the Board, Robert Pollan will guide the Company’s strategic
activity. He brings a breadth of business experience as a senior board member and
operating executive in both technology and non-technology enterprises. Before joining
Global Capacity, Pollan served in key operational and executive roles at both Universal
Access and Mobility Technologies. Prior to that, he served as one of four initial
managing directors of Internet Capital Group, a publicly traded B2B holding company,
eventually becoming the founding Chairman of ICG Commerce, a leading online procurement
services provider. He subsequently led a turnaround effort as Chairman of the Board
of Energy Solutions International, a world leader in pipeline management software
for the oil and gas industry. Pollan launched his career with General Electric Corporation,
completing a multi-year management development program focused on industrial automation
businesses that prepared him to serve at various GE Capital Corporation subsidiaries
as CEO, CTO and vice president of business development. Pollan earned a master's
degree in business administration with distinction from Harvard Business School.
Prior to Harvard, he graduated from University of Pennsylvania's Management and
Technology Program (the Wharton and Moore schools) with concurrent Bachelor of Science
degrees in Electrical Engineering and Economics.
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Brian Coderre (Chicago, IL USA)
Director
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Brian Coderre is presently the Senior Vice President & Controller of Information
Resources, Inc., a $700 million provider of market research data and technology
products. In this role, Coderre has responsibility for eight subsidiaries in the
United States and Europe. Coderre has managed a variety of financial functions and
capital market transactions since he joined Information Resources in 2005. From
2000 to 2005, he held several operating roles with Universal Access, Inc. including
Chief Financial Officer, beginning in 2003. Prior to Universal Access, Coderre was
the director of revenue assurance at Aerial Communications, Inc. and a manager and
senior consultant at Arthur Andersen, LLP from 1988 to 1996. Coderre earned a Masters
of Management degree from Northwestern University and a B.A. from Illinois Wesleyan
University. Coderre is a Certified Public Accountant.
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Jeremy Cooke (London, UK)
Director
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Jeremy Cooke is the non-executive director of Splicecom, a London-based privately
held communications company whose product combines voice, video, IP TV and web enabled
IT applications within a single system. Cooke was co-founder of SDX Business Systems
Ltd in 1991, leading a management buy-out of a telephone systems division consisting
of 58 people with annual revenues approaching £8 million. In seven years under
his guidance, SDX grew revenues to £60 million, increasing market share to
achieve the No 2 position in their market. In his tenure, sixteen new international
territories were opened, and four strategic acquisitions were made. In December
1996, the Company achieved listing on the London Stock Exchange. In 1998, SDX was
sold to Lucent Technologies for $207 million. From 2000 to 2003 Cooke served as
a non-executive director of Magenta netLogic, Ltd., one of the companies which ultimately
formed the core of Global Capacity via acquisition in 2006. Cooke holds a Bachelor
of Science degree in Applied Physics and Electronics from the University of Wales,
a Masters of Science in Computing and Information Systems from the University of
Ulster, and a Masters of Business Administration from The Open University
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R. Patrick Hanlin (Portland, OR USA)
Director
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Patrick Hanlin was the founder and CEO of LiveBridge, Inc., a $120 million, 4,000
employee-worldwide contact center company built over an 18 year period. In 2005,
LiveBridge was sold to Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. (ACS). At LiveBridge,
Hanlin managed the strategic growth of the company in both domestic and international
markets. He currently serves on several Advisory Boards and is an investor in various
technology companies and real estate projects. Prior to founding LiveBridge, Hanlin
worked at Anderson Consulting, specializing in the fields of energy and customer
interaction systems support. He received his B.A. (Phi Beta Kappa) from the University
of Oregon.
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Chris Hoyle (London, UK)
Director
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Chris Hoyle is internationally recognized for his expertise in IT and telecom law
and he has practiced law in the City of London for over 20 years, having been a
partner in several City of London law firms (including KPMG UK’s law firm,
KLegal) and prior to that having been employed as an in-house lawyer at IBM (UK).
He has extensive experience advising carriers, users and suppliers of IT and telecom
services and vast experience of major IT outsourcing and telecom managed services
agreements not only in the UK but also in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Hoyle
has undertaken advisory work for governments on telecom sector reform and regulatory
matters and he has also advised on joint ventures for provision of IT and telecoms
services. He has advised the UK Government on a number of IT and telecom contracts
including drafting the OGC recommended model terms for UK public sector procurement
of Next Generation Networks.
Currently Hoyle is the commercial director of the UK’s “e-Borders”
program, a major program to create a joined up, modernized, intelligence-led border
control and security framework for the UK. He is also a non-executive director of
Norsat International Inc, a publicly listed Canadian satellite terminal and microwave
manufacturer. Hoyle holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from Canterbury University,
a Master of Laws degree from Cambridge University and a Diploma in Intellectual
Property Law from the University of London.
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Martin Katz, CPA (New York, NY USA)
Director
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Martin Katz, a senior financial executive with an extensive background in business
and financial management, has served as principal/director for various consulting
enterprises. Since 1985, Katz has served as Chief Financial Officer of four public
companies (one in an interim capacity) ranging in size from $25 to $200 million.
While serving as CFO, Katz managed the integration of a $900 million acquisition
of a cellular service provider for Price Communications. In addition to being responsible
for all SEC filings and investor relations for certain of his prior public company
employers, Katz has served as a consultant and assisted early stage companies in
the “IPO” process, including financial statement preparation, SEC registration
statements and reports required to complete initial registrations, reverse mergers,
recurring SEC reporting requirements, and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and planning.
Previously, while serving as a member of senior management of The Walter Reade Organization,
Katz assisted in bringing the company out of bankruptcy and building operations
that increased shareholder value by 400% over a five year period. Katz holds a Bachelor
of Science degree in accounting from State University of New York at Buffalo and
a Master of Business Administration degree from New York University Stern Business
School.
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Richard Worthy (Philadelphia, PA USA)
Director
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Richard Worthy is currently Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of US Electrical
Services, Inc. Worthy founded US Electrical Services in 2006 by raising $200 million
of equity capital from a number of private investors, including MSD Capital. He
subsequently grew the company, making 10 acquisitions, before selling the company
to a private investor. In 1998, Worthy launched the US operations of Sonepar, ultimately
growing revenues from zero to $2 billion annually. As president & CEO of Sonepar
North America, Worthy led the company through 29 acquisitions and the restructuring
of the Canadian operations, growing the company to 250 warehouse locations and 5,000
employees throughout Canada, the US and Mexico. Previously, Worthy served as president
& CEO of GE Capital TIP Europe. There he ran GE’s over the road commercial
vehicle and trailer business based in Amsterdam, Holland. Worthy held numerous other
progressive managerial and executive positions in GE’s locomotive, switchgear,
PLC and electrical distribution divisions throughout his 10 years with the company.
Earlier in his career, he held positions at Fidelity Investments and Rothschilds.
Worthy holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Massachusetts Salem
and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill.
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