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Tony Thomas is president and chief executive officer of Windstream. He was appointed to the position in December 2014. Thomas has more than 20 years’ experience in the communications industry. He was instrumental in the development of Windstream’s REIT spinoff and served as president of real estate investment trust operations at Windstream from October to December 2014. Thomas served as the chief financial officer for Windstream from August 2009 through September 2014. During his five-year tenure as CFO, Thomas played an integral role in Windstream's expansion by completing seven acquisitions totaling more than $5.6 billion in transaction value. In addition, Thomas has deep capital market expertise, having led almost $10 billion in debt transactions. Thomas joined Windstream as controller following the spinoff from Alltel Corp. He held a variety of financial and operational leadership roles at Alltel after joining the company when it merged with 360 Communications in 1998. Before entering the communications industry, he was with Ernst & Young in the telecom practice. He holds a master’s degree in business administration from Wake Forest University and a bachelor's degree in accountancy from the University of Illinois.

James Parker is CEO & member of the Board of Directors for Tangoe, charged with delivering customer, employee, and business success through the delivery of innovative, customer-focused solutions. With two decades of leadership experience in enterprise software, cloud and telecom, James works closely with Tangoe’s leadership team and board to accelerate growth and expand the company’s Technology Expense Management (TEM) leadership. Prior to joining Tangoe’s leadership team, he was CEO and Executive Director for Masergy, a leading software-defined global network company. Before joining Masergy, James served as Chief Customer Officer for Tata Communications, a global digital infrastructure provider, where he was accountable for $2+billion in global revenue across 7,000 customers served by 2,000 employees. Prior to that he held senior leadership roles with CenturyLink and Microsoft. James holds a Masters degree in Business Administration from the University of Toronto, Toronto Canada, Rotman Business School.