John A. Cerciello :: Director, Business Sales
John has over 18 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. His most recent position was Vice President of National Sales for Comcast Commercial Internet services. In this position he led the sales and service teams supporting the middle market, enterprise market segments, and alternate channel market segments. Prior to joining Comcast, John was a Division Manager for AT&T Solutions a network outsourcing organization. In this capacity, he led the efforts to sell, install, and maintain network outsourcing agreements for International Fortune 500 Clients. John also served as Vice President of Marketing and Sales for GMAC in the development of their Residence Advantage marketing program targeted at the Multi Dwelling Unit (MDU) markets. John has extensive experience in the area of direct sales, marketing, product management, and business development. John has his MBA from Lehigh University and has a BS Degree in Economics from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania.
Chip Gaskins :: Director, Business Development & Spectrum Acquisition
Chip Gaskins was previously with AOL focusing on enhancing distribution strategies by forging broadband access partnerships with large Cable and DSL providers. Chip also lead the development of and negotiations regarding AOL's wireless broadband partnerships and helped launch the company's first wireless broadband product. Before joining AOL, Chip worked in several Product Development roles with EarthLink, an Atlanta based ISP, and in Consumer Marketing and Business Development with Intel in California. He received a BS from East Carolina University, a Masters in Industrial Engineering from North Carolina State University, and a MBA from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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.
Kristen Kizer :: Director, Customer Service
Kristen Kizer manages the call center sales and support operations. Previously at Verizon Enhanced Communities (a subsidiary of Verizon), she was the Manager of Customer Care. In this role she built Verizon Enhanced Communities' 24x7 telephony and high speed internet technical support group, while also having accountability for new order processing and collections. Prior to Verizon Enhanced Communities, Kristen was at Adelphia Cable where she was responsible for Account Management, Cable Modem Sales, and Internal IT Support. Kristen holds a BBA from Radford University in Virginia.
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.
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.
Ron Tonge: Vice President, Business and Wholesale Services
Ron has over 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. Prior to joining DigitalBridge Communications, he was the Senior Vice President for Business Services at Comcast, where he led an organization designing, selling, and servicing optical and cable modem services to large and small commercial customers. Before joining Comcast, Ron had an extensive career at AT&T. In his last post, he was the Vice President for Offer Management and Custom Solutions at AT&T Solutions, a network outsourcing business. Ron has extensive experience in general management, large account complex sales, product management with direct profit and loss responsibility, marketing, wholesale markets, network asset planning and utilization, and business development. He has a Bachelors of Science Degree in Business Administration from the University of Delaware and attended the Advanced Management Executive Education Program at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.