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ALFRED F. BOSCHULTE
Co-Founder and Chairman
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Mr. Boschulte has more than
thirty years experience in the telecommunications industry. He is
the former Chairman, CEO and President of NYNEX Mobile (now part of Verizon Wireless). He also served with Pacific Telesis in the 1980s,
where he was in charge of the wireline network. Mr. Boschulte began
his career with the New York Telephone Company holding various
management positions in the information systems, operations,
marketing and engineering departments. At NYNEX he also served as
Corporate Vice President - Strategic Planning and Marketing before
becoming the head of the company's mobile operations. He later
served as President of TOMCOM, L.P., a wireless joint service
organization of AirTouch, Bell Atlantic, NYNEX and US West.
Mr. Boschulte was also Managing Director in Indonesia of
Excelcomindo Pratama, a national GSM cellular operator. He also was
the Founder and Chairman of Detecon, Inc. a partnership with Detecon
GmBH (a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom), a 3rd and 4th generation
wireless consulting firm. He has served as executive or advisor to
telecom carriers, equipment and software companies, at various
stages of their development. These have included being CEO of
SkyOptix, Inc., an optical network management company, a director of
TranSwitch a supplier of VLSI semiconductor solutions, a director of
Symmetricom a leader in supplying timing and synchronization
solutions, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of
Independent Wireless One Corporation, a Sprint PCS Affiliate
providing services throughout the NorthEast USA and interim CEO of
Concho Cellular, an independent Texas-based wireless provider.
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VICTOR SCHNEE
Co-Founder and President |
Victor Schnee, leading telecom
and investment expert, founded and ran research firms Probe
Research, Inc. and Probe Group LLC and also founded "Wireless For
the Corporate User Magazine." He authored seven acclaimed studies of
the industry. His investment experience includes doing deals with
Craig McCaw, Octel Communications and others. In a joint venture
with Kiewit Diversified Industries he co-managed an information
services venture fund in the mid-'90s. Earlier he was a leading Wall
Street analyst with a research boutique in the 1970s. He has also
been an advisor to investment banks, including Lazard Freres (NY)
and ThinkEquity Partners (SF). He is currently the president of
Probe Financial Associates, Inc., a leading independent investment
research firm serving a wide variety of mutual fund, hedge fund,
bank and insurance company investment managers.
Victor Schnee has been widely
recognized as the leading strategic expert in the telecommunications
industry for almost three decades. He has provided research and
consulting to leading international telecom carriers and companies
in the computer,
software, IP networking, semiconductor and telecom equipment
markets. His experience includes authoring seven comprehensive
studies that have accurately predicted market trends in
telecommunications, wireless and the Internet. His studies have been
extensively reported on in the press, including cover stories by The
Net Economy, Telephony Magazine and other publications, and
purchased by over 1000 leading companies worldwide.
A graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, Schnee served
as an attorney with the U.S. Justice Department, Antitrust and Tax
Divisions, and the leading Manhattan law firm, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind,
Wharton and Garrison. Mr. Schnee also has significant background in
the investment business, having directed an institutional research
sell-side boutique in the 1970s with his leading clients, Fidelity
Management, Morgan Bank and other major institutional investors.
Other credentials include vast experience in venture capital and new
company development. He is a longstanding member of The New York
Society of Security Analysts and a member of the CFA Institute.
   
   

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