BJARNI K. THORVARDARSON

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Mr. Bjarni Thorvardarson is the CEO of Hibernia Atlantic since January 2005.  Mr. Thorvardarson joined CVC, Hibernia’s parent company, in 2002 from ISB bank where he launched and managed the listed Talenta-Technology fund which focused on emerging communication and IT opportunities. Prior work experience includes investment banking at FBA bank, management of an MIS department and European Sales Director of an IT company. Mr. Thorvardarson holds an M.Sc. degree in Engineering from UW-Madison, an MBA from ISG in Paris and an M.Sc. in Finance from London Business School. Mr. Thorvardarson serves on the board of One Communications, Magnet Networks.

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KATHY PERONE

CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER

Kathy Perone is an industry veteran with over 30 years of experience in domestic and international telecommunications services. Additionally, she has successfully pioneered leading-edge service offerings for Media, Financial, Government and Global Enterprise customers.  Prior to joining Hibernia Atlantic, Ms. Perone has spent the past 5 years as President of XLNT Technologies, providing consulting services to a variety of private equity, investment banking and telecommunications providers. Prior to that, she was CEO of Westcom, President and CEO at Focal Communications and President, North America at Level 3 Communications. She has served on the Board of Directors for four public and six private companies in the technology & telecommunications industries over the last ten years. Kathy is a graduate of Rutgers University and majored in Business Administration with a concentration in Economics & Marketing.

LLOYD JARKOW

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Mr. Lloyd Jarkow is the Chief Financial Officer of Hibernia Atlantic.  An industry veteran with over 16 years of finance experience within the international telecommunications sector, Mr. Jarkow manages, plans, and maintains all financial aspects of the company.  

Prior to joining Hibernia Atlantic, Mr. Jarkow served as Vice President of Corporate Development at AboveNet Communications where he oversaw corporate development, investor relations, business planning, treasury and corporate finance.  Previous experience includes the role of Finance Director for Metromedia International Telecommunications, where he successfully led the financial planning and analysis group.  Prior to his involvement in telecommunications, Mr. Jarkow worked as an acquisitions analyst in the real estate industry and as a Management Consultant.

JON JORGL

EVP GLOBAL SALES AND MARKETING

Jon brings extensive operating, sales and transactional experience to his role as Executive Vice President of Global Sales at Hibernia Atlantic, where he is responsible for both Hibernia Atlantic and Hibernia Media Sales worldwide. Prior to joining Hibernia Atlantic, Jon was Chief Development Officer for Smoothstone IP Communications where he had responsibility for sales and corporate development. Jon helped establish Smoothstone as the market leader of enterprise cloud communications, which led to Smoothstone’s acquisition by West Corporation in 2011. Before Smoothstone, Jon held a number of key executive positions at WestCom Corporation, a highly specialized telecom company serving the global financial trading community. Jon’s roles included General Manager and EVP of Global Sales & Operations, and EVP of Corporate Development. During his tenure at WestCom, Jon oversaw the acquisition and integration of six financial services companies in the US, Europe and Asia before WestCom’s sale to IPC and Silver Lake in 2007. Prior to Westcom, Jon worked with Global Crossing through its acquisition of Ixnet in 2000, where he was part of the Ixnet executive leadership team from start up to its initial public offering on the NASDAQ in 1999. Jon resides in New York City with his family and serves as an advisor to the board of the Brooklyn Autism Center Foundation.

JAMES P. PRENETTA, JR.

GENERAL COUNSEL

Mr. Prenetta is General Counsel for the Company.   Prior to joining the Company in September 2009, Mr. Prenetta served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for One Communications which was created in June 2006 from the combination of CTC Communications Corp. (for whom Mr. Prenetta served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary from December 2003 to June 2006), Choice One Communications and Conversent Communications.

Prior to joining CTC Communications, Mr. Prenetta was Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Viatel Holding (Bermuda) Limited and its predecessor Viatel, Inc., a provider of  integrated telecommunications services to individuals, corporations, internet service providers, applications services providers and other communications carriers in Europe and North America.  Prior to joining Viatel in July 1999, Mr. Prenetta was a partner in the securities practice group at Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, New York, New York, where he represented both corporations and underwriters in transactions involving SEC registered issues of debt and equity securities, including initial public offerings, shelf offerings, Rule 144A offerings, private placements and friendly tender offers.  Prior to joining Kelley Drye in November 1994, Mr. Prenetta was an associate at Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander & Ferdon, New York, New York.

Mr. Prenetta received his undergraduate degree from the University of Connecticut (B.A., summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1984) and his law degree from The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law (J.D. 1987), where he was the student editor-in-chief of the Journal of Contemporary Health Law and Policy and a graduate of the  Communications Law Institute.  Mr. Prenetta is admitted to practice law in the States of Connecticut, New York and the District of Columbia and is a Member of the Institute of Directors in the United Kingdom.

ERIC GUTSHALL

PRESIDENT OF WHOLESALE

Mr. Eric Gutshall, President of Wholesale for Hibernia Atlantic, has over 20 years experience in the Telecommunications industry. A proven thought leader in the carrier and wholesale Telecom and Finance sectors, Mr. Gutshall oversees the company’s sales growth across a wide variety of global customers.

His professional experience includes Executive Director of Global Sales and Channel Management at Tyco Telecommunications (TSSL), as well as senior roles in Sales, Business Development, and Channel Management. Prior to working with Tyco Telecom, Mr. Gutshall was a Branch Director at MCI Telecommunications in the heart of Wall Street, where he was focused on international and domestic network infrastructures.

Mr. Gutshall has a Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Management from the College of Applied Professional Sciences, The University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina (USC).

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In September of 1998, Mr. Saunders joined Level (3) as their Director of Business Development. Upon his arrival, Mike significantly impacted the build-out of Level (3)’s European and Asian Network(s). Since then, he has led product management for their subsea service portfolio as well as managed their substantial transatlantic assets.

ROBERT MCMANN

VICE PRESIDENT OF CUSTOMER SERVICE & PROVISIONING

Prior to joining KeySpan Communications, Mr. McMann was the supervisor of wireless communications for KeySpan Energy. He was responsible for all VHF, UHF, ISM Band, Microwave, and Satellite systems for the various operating divisions on a 24x7x365 basis. Mr. McMann also held lead engineering positions in the Distribution, Automation and Electrical Engineering Departments.

Mr. McMann received a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the New York Institute of Technology in 1989, and a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering from Polytechnic University in 1990. He also completed a Masters degree in Telecommunications from Stony Brook University in 1998. He has been a member of the IEEE since 1987.

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Mr. Bullock has been part of the Hibernia Cable story since its build phase, as far back as 2001. He has risen through the company to his present position and has an intimate knowledge of every aspect of the system, from the cable station physical infrastructure to the submarine cable systems. He is expert in Nortel, Opera, Sycamore, Tycom and a host of other OSS's, as well as being the design architect of our in-house IT systems.

Derek studied for the NDEC Diploma/Degree in Information Technology, National Distance Education Centre, Dublin City University and also holds a host of Cisco and Nortel Accreditations.

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NIAMH KELLY

VP HUMAN RESOURCES

Niamh Kelly joined the Hibernia Atlantic team in January 2009 as the Human Resources Director.  Prior to this, Ms. Kelly worked for and continues to support Hibernia’s sister company Magnet Networks.  Ms. Kelly joined Magnet Networks in March 2007 from SiTEL, where she was HR Manager, and prior to that worked in British Telecom as HR Business Partner. Her previous experience includes strategic programmes involving culture change, reward scheme rollout, re-organisations along with M&A & Outsourcing activities.

Ms. Kelly holds BA Honours from UCD and an HR Degree from NCI. She is Chartered MCIPD and has over ten years experience managing Human Resources.