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Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, Jim O Brien is the Rise Broadband's CEO. Rise Broadband has 750 employees, of which 9 are in a leadership position.
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Jim O Brien

CEO

Jim O Brien's LinkedIn

Jim O'Brien is an EVP and Chief Operations Officer at Birch Communications, Chief Executive Officer at Rise Broadband, and President and Chief Operating Officer at Rise Broadband and is based in Englewood, Colorado. He has worked as SVP Customer Operations at Rise Broadband; EVP Infrastructure, Engineering and Operations/EVP Network Operations & Customer Operations at EarthLink; and SVP of Operations/VP, Service Reliability at TCG. Jim attended Suburban Technical School between 1985 and 1986.

Jeff Kohler

Co-Founder, Chief Development Officer

Jeff Kohler's LinkedIn

Kohler co-founded JAB Broadband (Rise Broadband’s parent company) in 2005, serves on the Board of Directors and is the company’s Chief Development Officer; responsible for all mergers and acquisitions, spectrum development and governmental affairs activities. Rise Broadband is the largest fixed broadband wireless access provider in the United States providing broadband and digital telephone services to approximately 200,000 residential and business subscribers in sixteen states. Under his leadership, more than 100 companies have been acquired since the company was formed.With 20+ years of wireless industry experience, Mr. Kohler previously served as Director of Corporate Finance and M&A with GVC Capital LLC, where he focused on mergers, acquisitions and capital formation within the wireless industry. Mr. Kohler was also CEO and Founder of Reason, Inc., a wireless management services company which was acquired by InPhonic (formerly NASDAQ:INPC) in 2002. Furthermore, he held senior positions with AT&T Wireless and McCaw Cellular Communications.He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Wireless Communications Association (WCA), the FCC Committee for the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA), Co-Founder and Director of WISP PAC (wisp-pac.org) and is active in advocacy efforts with both the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) as well as the U.S. Congress.

John Clelland

Chief Commercial Officer

John Clelland's LinkedIn

​John leads the marketing and business development teams and is on a mission to make DoubleDown Casino famous around the globe and the next great consumer brand. He is a consumer marketer with a track record of building brands and businesses from the customer up. From fabric softener to fried chicken to wireless, he has created and developed new brands like Sidekick and T-Mobile, while revitalizing tired but venerable brand names such as KFC. With over 25 years of experience in multiple categories and countries, John has built and led marketing, communication and innovation teams at Pepsico, Colgate-Palmolive, YUM Brands and T-Mobile. Joining Voicestream, a small regional wireless carrier, he led the effort that rebranded and built T-Mobile into a household name and one of the 'Big 4' wireless carriers. John has a Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing and Finance from Queen's University.

Mark Meisner

CFO

Mark Meisner's LinkedIn

Mark Meisner is a Chief Financial Officer at Rise Broadband and is based in Denver, Colorado. He has worked as Senior Manager at KPMG; CFO, VP of Finance - North America Installation and Service at CIT GROUP INC; and Corporate Controller at Orchid Cellmark. Mark attended Loyola University Maryland between 1990 and 1994 and Houston.

Alex Grau

Board Member

Erin Shanley

Marketing Manager

Kristin Arney

Human Resources Coordinator

Mr. Jack Koo

President and Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Jack Koo is a President and Chief Executive Officer at Rise Broadband and is based in United States.

Nicole Cimino

Marketing and Media

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Jeff Kohler

Co-Founder, Chief Development Officer

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Kohler co-founded JAB Broadband (Rise Broadband’s parent company) in 2005, serves on the Board of Directors and is the company’s Chief Development Officer; responsible for all mergers and acquisitions, spectrum development and governmental affairs activities. Rise Broadband is the largest fixed broadband wireless access provider in the United States providing broadband and digital telephone services to approximately 200,000 residential and business subscribers in sixteen states. Under his leadership, more than 100 companies have been acquired since the company was formed.With 20+ years of wireless industry experience, Mr. Kohler previously served as Director of Corporate Finance and M&A with GVC Capital LLC, where he focused on mergers, acquisitions and capital formation within the wireless industry. Mr. Kohler was also CEO and Founder of Reason, Inc., a wireless management services company which was acquired by InPhonic (formerly NASDAQ:INPC) in 2002. Furthermore, he held senior positions with AT&T Wireless and McCaw Cellular Communications.He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Wireless Communications Association (WCA), the FCC Committee for the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA), Co-Founder and Director of WISP PAC (wisp-pac.org) and is active in advocacy efforts with both the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) as well as the U.S. Congress.

Rise Broadband board members

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Alex Grau

Board Member

What employees say about the executives at Rise Broadband

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Pros of working at Rise Broadband

There are no longer any pros of working for this company. They over work and under pay the lower level employess

Cons of working at Rise Broadband

Managers are very rude and nasty to the employees. They make changes without telling anyone and then you get into trouble for not knowing about the changes. Can not question anything the managers say or they get upset. Constant gaslighting

Rise Broadband benefits

None

What do you like best about Rise Broadband's CEO and the leadership team?

I do not like the leadership. They are rude, have no sense of people. It is a do as I say or else. No questions can be asked without management getting offended and mad

How would you improve Rise Broadband's culture?

Starting over from scratch

How did you prepare for the Rise Broadband interview?

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How does your compensation at Rise Broadband compare to the industry average?

We do not make a livable wage

What's the diversity at Rise Broadband like?

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What brings you the most joy at Rise Broadband?

Nothing with this company brings joy. They provide terrible service and a high rate and are losing so many customers because they do nothing to improve it for our customers. All they want is their money

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