Executive Team Overview
David S. Clark - Chief Executive Officer & Founder
Since participating in our founding in June 2003, Mr. Clark has served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of our board of directors. Mr. Clark has overall responsibility for strategic guidance, personnel, financing, sales and corporate development/administration for us.
From May 1997 to January 2001, Mr. Clark was Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing and Senior Vice President, Investor Relations for MGC/Mpower Communications. Mr. Clark’s responsibilities included corporate sales and marketing development and implementation and a leading role in securing nearly $1 billion in private equity, IPO, secondary equity and high yield debt financing. Mr. Clark was also the primary contact for investors and Wall Street funds and analysts at Mpower.
From February 2001 to May 2003, Mr. Clark was a principal with Gallagher Equity Management. Mr. Clark has been in the telecommunications industry since 1989 with companies spanning private pay telephone, inmate phone system, specialty satellite services and CLECs.
Mr. Clark was a civilian contractor to the British military in Bosnia and was responsible for the Welfare Phone Service (via satellite) provided to British troops serving under the United Nations peacekeeping mandate. Mr. Clark serves as a director of Antenna Technology Company, Inc. in Chandler, Arizona, and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communications from Texas Tech University.
Mr. Clark was named 2006's CEO of the Year-- IP Communications and Voice Services by Frost & Sullivan and 2006 Entrepreneur of the Year by The Technology Business Alliance of Nevada (TBAN).
Gregory K. Roeper - President
Mr. Roeper joined CommPartners in April 2007 as President. Prior to joining CommPartners, Mr. Roeper served most recently as President and CEO of Vodavi Technology, Inc., a leading provider of telecommunications systems which in 2006 was acquired by Vertical Communications.
Mr. Roeper joined Vodavi in 1994 and while there held positions as the company’s chief operating officer; executive vice president, finance, administration and operations; secretary of the company; and as chief financial officer and treasurer.
Prior to Vodavi Technology Inc., Mr. Roeper served as Senior Manager at a major accounting firm where he managed capital formation, deal structuring, SEC compliance, public offerings of debt and equity securities, cost reduction studies, and litigation projects.
Mr. Roeper holds a B.B.A. degree in Finance and Accounting from the University of Iowa and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Patrick J. Chicas - Chief Technology Officer & Director
Since co-founding CommPartners in June 2003, Mr. Chicas has served as our Vice President & Chief Technology Officer and as a member of our board of directors. Mr. Chicas is responsible for the network architecture and topology, vendor selection, POP construction and all engineering aspects of the Company. From August 2000 to November 2003, Mr. Chicas was the president, co-Chairman and a member of the board at Rubicon Media Group, a sector pioneering Internet publishing concern recently sold to Advanstar Communications, Inc. From March 1999 to August 2000, Mr. Chicas was the Vice President for Data Services at Mpower Communications. While at Mpower, Mr. Chicas designed the company's VoIP network for small business services. From January 1997 to September 1998, Mr. Chicas was the first executive hire and Vice President of Operations at Digital Island, Inc. Mr. Chicas has prior telecommunications experience with PacTel Cellular (now Verizon) and GTE Mobilnet (now Verizon).
As an early participant in Internet related businesses, Mr. Chicas was co-founder of Hawaii Online's Internet Access Service. Hawaii Online was the first statewide ISP in Hawaii and was ultimately sold to GST Communications. Mr. Chicas also co-founded LJ.net, an ISP founded to serve rural communities in the western United States.
Michael G. McGhee – Executive Vice President, Business Development
Mr. McGhee is the Exectutive Vice President, Business Development for CommPartners and is responsible for hosted sales, services and strategic business development. Mr. McGhee has an extensive sales and technology leadership background, holding engineering positions in networking and systems.
In 2002, Mr. McGhee and Mr. Curtis Miller (CommPartners COO) co-founded Anexeon, Inc., a prominent and successful IT Integration company in Las Vegas. Mr. McGhee has served on the board of public companies.
Mr. McGhee worked at the Nevada Test Site and also served as the Director of Administrative Computing at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, overseeing administrative and networking functions for the campus. Mr. McGhee subsequently served as VP Applications and Networking for a regional IT services company, successfully growing the company’s network integration business.
Mark W. Peterson – Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing
Mr. Peterson joined us as Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing in August, 2004. Mr. Peterson has over 25 years experience in executive management roles in marketing, corporate communications and sales.
Mr. Peterson's experience in telecommunications began in 1996 when he served as President, Western Region for Mpower Communications. In this role, he negotiated interconnection agreements with PacBell (now SBC) and GTE (now Verizon). Mr. Peterson was responsible for the companies' profit and loss, sales, marketing and operations in California and Nevada through October 2000 as it became one of the largest Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) operations in the region and one of the first companies to deploy VoIP technology for commercial use.
Mr. Peterson also served in executive and management roles with Allegiant Air, Bank of America, WestAir/United Express and AirCal Airlines. He also served as a consultant with Gallagher Equity Management, providing management services to invested companies.
Mr. Peterson holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from California State University, Chico. He also attended the California Northern School of Law.
Gary L. Killoran - Executive Vice President, Carrier Services
Mr. Killoran joined CommPartners in February 2007 as Executive Vice President, Carrier Services. Prior to joining CommPartners, Mr. Killoran served most recently as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Leading Edge Broadband Services, a leading provider of telecommunications services to the call center industry.
Mr. Killoran joined Leading Edge Broadband Services in 2000, where he was responsible for finance, treasury, accounting and human resource functions. Mr. Killoran’s operational experience includes network operations, provisioning, client activations, customer service, technical support, IT, co-location management and carrier relations.
Prior to Leading Edge Broadband Services, Mr. Killoran served as Chief Financial Officer, Secretary, Treasurer and member of the Board of phoneXchange, Inc., a leading provider of International Long Distance Service and as Chief Financial Officer, Secretary, Treasurer and member of the Board of Chadmoore Wireless Group, Inc., a leading provider of Two-way Dispatch Service subsequently purchased by Nextel. Mr. Killoran was responsible for taking each private company “public”, SEC reporting, preparation of a various Private Placement Memorandum and SEC Registration Statements, finance, treasury, accounting and human resource functions.
Mr. Killoran has over 19 years of experience in finance, accounting and operations of publicly-traded and privately-held companies in the telecommunications industry and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting from the University of Wisconsin.