Boardroom Media (CFO News)
At CFO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Texas based CFO’ operating in the Telecommunications space. If you think a CFO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Daniel Schlanger
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Crown Castle
Daniel K. Schlanger joined Crown Castle in April 2016 and currently serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Schlanger previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Exterran GP LLC, the general partner of Exterran Partners, L.P., from June 2006 through March 2009 and as a director of Exterran GP LLC’s board of directors from October 2006 through November 2015. More recently, Mr. Schlanger served as Senior Vice President of Global Products at Exterran Corporation, an oil and gas products and services company, where he was responsible for global product strategy development and implementation. From 2009 to 2015, Mr. Schlanger also served as Senior Vice President in various capacities, including marketing and operations, with Exterran Holdings, Inc. and Exterran GP LLC. Prior to working with Exterran Partners, L.P. and Exterran Corporation, Mr. Schlanger was employed as an investment banker with Merrill Lynch & Co. where he focused on mergers and acquisitions and capital markets transactions in the energy sector. Mr. Schlanger holds a BS in economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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About Crown Castle: Crown Castle Provides communications infrastructure–connecting people & businesses to essential data, technology & wireless service.
Mark A Wallace
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer of Uniti Group
Mark A. Wallace is an executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer of Uniti (formerly CS&L). Wallace is a veteran of the real estate investment trust (“REIT”) industry and responsible for the company’s corporate reporting, finance, capital markets, capital planning, information technology, human resources, tax, Internal audit, risk management, investor relations, and treasury teams. Wallace has 30 years of experience, previously serving as a managing director at Fortress Investment Group Inc., a global private equity, real estate and asset management firm. At Fortress, he also served as CFO and treasurer of New Senior Investment Group Inc., a NYSE listed senior housing REIT that completed a spin-off in late 2014. He was previously the senior vice president, CFO and treasurer of Westwood Holdings Group Inc., a global asset management firm, and the executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer of HCP, Inc., an S&P 500 healthcare REIT. Wallace has a bachelor’s in business administration from Texas Tech University and an MBA from Colorado State University. He is a certified public accountant in Texas.
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About Uniti Group: Uniti Group, provide the critical communications infrastructure needed to seamlessly connect the world.
Jim Tipton
Chief Financial Officer of Globalgig
Jim brings over 25 years of experience in finance executive roles including have led merger and acquisition activities on the buy and sell side, raising over half a billion dollars in the process. As CFO of One Source Networks, Jim oversaw the profitable growth and ultimate sale of the business to GTT at the end of 2015. Prior to this, Jim held key positions with Moxie Software (formally nGenera), OnFiber Communications and ConnectSouth Communications having started his career with Pricewaterhouse Coopers.
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About Globalgig: Globalgig orchestrates hyperconnectivity for the enterprise business continuum using managed communications solutions.
Harvey Berry
Chief Financial Officer of Carnegie Technologies
Harvey Berry has 25 years of experience directing all aspects of accounting, budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis and reporting in complex, multi-dimensional corporate environments. He was previously CFO for Ranger American. Before embarking on his civilian career, Harvey actively served 21 years as a career Army Officer and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel. He has an MBA from Syracuse University and his BSBA in Accounting from Henderson State University.
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About Carnegie Technologies: Carnegie Technologies offers business solutions for business automation, infrastructure design, business intelligence, & billing systems.
Lee Eckert
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of SpeedCast
Lee Eckert is the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Speedcast.
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About SpeedCast: SpeedCast is a leading satellite telecommunications service provider that offers high-quality managed networks services.
Mark Vance
Chief Financial Officer of CHR Managed Services
Mr. Vance is an experienced strategic and financial leader with four successful exits, three of which were in the telecommunications industry. To date, Mr. Vance has been responsible for 10 major business transactions in his career. He has held multiple executive management positions including CFO, SVP, and COO. He holds an undergraduate degree from LSU in finance and a MBA from the University of Houston. Mr. Vance’s 20-plus year career spans large public companies such as WilTel, Telscape International, Williams Company, and the Cullen family’s oil & gas operations, as well as startup ventures. He has strong experience in mergers and acquisitions, raising capital through private and public offerings, and is accomplished in organizational restructurings, financial and strategic planning, and operational improvements.
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About CHR Managed Services: IT Services Houston, Texas
