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president at San Francisco Consulting Group (“SFCG”) from 1985 to 1995. Prior to joining SFCG, Mr. Austin was vice president of engineering with
Dataspeed Inc. from 1983 to 1985 and director of switch engineering, network planning and design at GTE Sprint from 1977 to 1983. Prior to joining GTE
Sprint, Mr. Austin served as a member of the technical staff with Bell Telephone Laboratories from 1966 to 1977. Mr. Austin holds a Ph.D. in electrical
engineering from Stanford University.
Michael J. Mahoney - Mr. Mahoney previously served as president and chief executive officer of Commonwealth Telephone Enterprises, Inc.
(“Commonwealth Telephone”) from 2000 to 2007. Prior to joining Commonwealth Telephone, Mr. Mahoney served as president and chief operating officer of
RCN Corporation from 1997 to 2000 and as president and chief operating officer of C-TEC Corporation from 1993 to 1997. Mr. Mahoney currently serves
as a director of Level 3 Communications and as a trustee of Wilkes University. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Villanova
University.
Michael K. Robinson - Mr. Robinson has served as president and chief executive officer since 2005 and as a director since 2009, of Broadview Networks.
Mr. Robinson previously served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of US LEC (which is now part of PAETEC) from 1998 to 2005. Prior
to 1998, Mr. Robinson spent 10 years as an executive at Alcatel (now Alcatel Lucent). Mr. Robinson received a bachelor’s degree in Business and Economics
from Emory & Henry College and a Master of Business Administration degree from Wake Forest University.
Paul H. Sunu — Mr. Sunu has served as chief executive officer of FairPoint Communications Inc. since August 2010, prior to which he was chief
financial officer of Hargray Communications Group, Inc., a position he had held since 2008. Mr. Sunu was chief financial officer of Hawaiian Telcom from
2007 to 2008 and a managing director and chief financial officer of Madison River Communications from 1996 to 2007. He currently serves as a director of
Integra Telecom and is a former board member of Madison River Communications Corp., Merscom and Centennial Communications Corp. He received a
Bachelor of Arts degree in public administration from the University of Illinois and a J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law.
David L. Treadwell - Mr. Treadwell has served as president and chief executive officer of EP Management Corporation, formerly known as EaglePicher
Corporation, since 2006. Treadwell was EaglePicher Incorporated’s chief operating officer from 2005 to 2006 and served as chief executive officer of Oxford
Automotive through its restructuring in 2004 to 2005. Mr. Treadwell currently serves as lead director of Flagstar Bank and chairman of the board of C&D
Technologies. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Wayne Wilson — Mr. Wilson, a New Hampshire resident, has been an independent business advisor since 2002. From 1995 to 2002, Mr. Wilson served
in various roles as president, chief operating officer and chief financial officer of PC Connection, Inc., a Fortune 1000 direct marketer of information
technology products and services. From 1986 to 1995, Mr. Wilson was a partner in the assurance and advisory services practice of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
Mr. Wilson currently serves as a director of ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Edgewater Technology, Inc. and Hologic, Inc. He previously served as a director of
Cytyc Corporation. Mr. Wilson received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Duke University, and a Masters of Business Administration degree
from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a certified public accountant in New Hampshire and North Carolina.
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Our board of directors has four separately designated standing committees: an audit committee, a compensation committee, a corporate governance and
nominating committee and a regulatory committee.
Audit Committee
As of the Effective Date, our audit committee consists of Michael J. Mahoney, Michael K. Robinson and Wayne Wilson. Mr. Wilson is the chair of our
audit committee. All such audit committee members satisfy the independence criteria set forth in the listing standards of the NASDAQ and the applicable
provisions of the Exchange Act. Mr. Wilson is qualified as an audit committee financial expert within the meaning of item 407(d)(5)(ii) of Regulation S-K
under the Exchange Act and our board of directors has determined that he has the requisite accounting and related financial management expertise within the
meaning of the listing standards of the NASDAQ. The SEC has determined that the audit committee financial expert designation does not impose on the
person with that
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