John Butler :: Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President
John Butler joined the company in January 2009. Mr. Butler has responsibility for finance, accounting, strategy, and financial planning for DigitalBridge. He spent the past four years as the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Clearwire Corporation. While at Clearwire, he supported the company’s growth from 9,000 subscribers in 2005 to over 470,000 subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2008, and assisted in the raising of over $6 billion in financing, most recently helping to facilitate the $3.2 billion investment from strategic investors including Intel, Google, Comcast, and Time Warner.
Prior to Clearwire, Butler had over 14 years of experience in the finance and telecommunications industries. Mr. Butler served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Valor Communications Group Inc., from March 2000 to March 2005. Before joining Valor Communications Group, Butler served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Commonwealth Telephone Enterprises, Inc. from 1998 to 2000. Prior to 1998, he served as a Director of First Union Capital Markets (Wachovia) in the Media and Communications Group. Mr. Butler began his career at Arthur Andersen & Co. and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant.
David Hackney :: Director, Corporate Development
David Hackney was most recently a federal prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice, where he acted as lead counsel in over 20 criminal jury trials. During his employment at DOJ, Mr. Hackney served overseas as the Resident Legal Advisor for the U.S. Office in Pristina, Kosovo, where he trained prosecutors and judges, and as a Legal Officer for the United Nations, where he investigated and prosecuted war crimes in the former Yugoslavia. Prior to law school, Mr. Hackney worked for the Eaton Corporation as an HR Generalist at a manufacturing plant and as a Labor Relations Representative for the Ford Motor Company at an engine assembly plant. Mr. Hackney is a graduate of Cornell University and Harvard Law School.
Adrian Logue :: Controller
As Controller, Mr. Logue is responsible for both day-to-day accounting operations as well as financial planning/modeling and cash flow management. Adrian has over 14 years of financial and accounting management experience working for various technology companies including, most recently, AOL. At AOL Adrian was Sr. Financial Manager for the Digital Services Division. He led efforts to launch 18 products in 18 months and the successfully acquire and integrate MusicNow. Prior to AOL, Adrian worked in several financial and accounting roles at Winstar Communications and Qwest. Adrian is a certified public accountant and holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Washington & Jefferson College and a master’s in business administration from Marymount University.
Donna Nims :: Director, Indirect Channels
Donna Nims oversees the operations and sales for DBC operations in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. She was Director of Regional Operations at Teton Wireless prior to DBC's acquisition of Teton. Donna managed the overall operations of Teton Wireless in Montana and Idaho and, beginning in 2002, directed the deployment of Teton's fixed wireless broadband service. By 2006, this service grew to be the third largest broadband WISP in the United States. Before joining Teton, Donna spent several years in the Silicon Valley where she worked as Director of Market Development at SmartPipes, held several marketing positions including reseller channel management at Concentric Network (now XO Communications), and was Director of Sales and Marketing for Wavepath, one of the first wireless broadband providers using BRS-EBS frequencies. She holds BS degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science from Lake Superior State University.
Doug Smith :: Chief Information Officer
Doug Smith joins DigitalBridge Communications from AOL where he was Vice President of Business Systems Development responsible for AOL's back-office and online advertising systems. Before joining AOL, Doug was an IT Senior Director for Von Holtzbrink Publishing Services where he was responsible for the company’s back-office infrastructure and data warehousing. Doug has over 18 years of IT and management experience.
Bill Snoeberger :: Vice President, Sales
Bill Snoeberger joins DigitalBridge Communication with over 18 years of telecommunications experience. Prior to this Bill was the RVP of the Mid-West at Clearwire. As the original VP of Small Markets at Clearwire, he was charged with launching 18 U.S. markets. Prior to Clearwire Bill was the Director of Sales for Pegasus Satellite from 2001 – 2004, where he was charged with the distribution channels throughout the U.S. with Pegasus. Prior to Pegasus, Bill was the VP of Sales for Point.Com. At Point.Com Bill was in charge of finding & developing relations with the wireless carriers throughout North America. Prior to Point.Com Bill was the Director of Sales and Marketing for Aerial Communications in Pittsburgh, PA and was the first Aerial employee hired when they launched Columbus, Ohio in 1996. Bill was also the Area Manager at Ameritech Cellular in both Cincinnati and Dayton. Prior to his career in telecommunications Bill was with the U.S. Marine Corps for 7 years and spent his last 3 years as a Marine Recruiter. Bill and his wife Julie are volunteers in the fight against Autism in children.
Stephanie Soscia :: Director, Marketing
Stephanie Soscia was previously with AOL’s Broadband Marketing group. At AOL, she led the marketing efforts for the introduction of the AOL wireless broadband product and worked closely with several large Cable and DSL providers to plan and execute marketing strategies focused on the introduction of broadband to the AOL membership. Additionally, Stephanie held leadership roles in the call center acquisition and retention organization which has over 10,000 agents managing millions of customer interactions a year. Prior to AOL, Stephanie gained vast experience working as a general manager for non-profit organizations. She received her BS in Economics from Penn State University.