Executive Bios
Glen Lang, Founder
Glen Lang is the founder and CEO of Capitol Broadband and its subsidiary Capitol Infrastructure (dba Connexion Technologies). Lang has been in the technology marketing business for 25 years. He has held positions with Sun Microsystems, Control Data Corporation and Intergraph.
In the 1990's, Lang handled mergers and acquisitions consulting for Fortune 500 companies and participated as a founder in two communication company startups that were venture capital funded, one of which went public.
In November of 1997, Lang was elected to the Cary Town Council on a balanced growth platform. He was then elected Mayor of Cary, NC from 1999 until 2003. While serving, he became involved in the assessment of advanced communications to serve the town of Cary and commissioned a survey on the viability of Fiber to the Home technology. The demand for services demonstrated by this study led to the development of Capitol Broadband in 2002. Lang holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota.
Peter Ley, Chief Financial Officer
Peter Ley is Chief Financial Officer of Connexion Technologies. He is responsible for financial management of the company including: fundraising, financial reporting, controls and financial strategy.
Ley is an industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience in the finance and communications sectors. Prior to joining Connexion Technologies in November 2007, Ley was a Senior Media & Telecom Investment Banker with Bank of America Securities. In this position, he provided many leading U.S. communications companies with financial and advisory services.
Before joining Bank of America, Ley was the Chief Financial Officer of Commonwealth Telephone Enterprises Inc., an operator of incumbent and competitive telecom services in Pennsylvania. Ley holds a B.A. from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from Harvard University.
Walter Daniels, Chief Legal Officer
Walter Daniels is Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel of Connexion Technologies. He is responsible for the management of the legal department and all legal affairs of the company. Prior to joining Connexion, Daniels served in private practice as a member of Daniels, Daniels & Verdonik, P.A. and of Ward and Smith, P.A., where he focused on the corporate, financial and intellectual property needs of technology-based emerging growth companies. He has handled matters ranging from pre-start-up counseling, private offerings, venture capital deals and technology licensing, to nine-digit exit transactions involving public companies.
Daniels attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a Morehead Scholar and North Carolina Fellow where he received a BA with honors and graduated Phi Beta Kappa. In 1979 he received a Master of Arts degree in Public Policy Sciences from Duke University where he attended as a Xerox Fellow. In 1979, he also received a J.D. degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law. He is a member of the North Carolina State Bar, the bar for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, and the United States Supreme Court Bar.
Eric Fichtner, EVP, Operations
Eric Fichtner serves as Executive Officer and EVP Operations for Connexion Technologies. In this capacity he is responsible for all day to day operations regarding the management of the project, program, product, product marketing, service provider, network, customer service, and field operations departments.
Prior to joining Connexion Technologies in 2005, Fichtner functioned as Founder and CEO of Fusion Broadband. Over the course of four years, Fusion grew to 55,000 subscribers. Fusion was awarded the national High Speed Internet Service Provider of the Year Award, and in 2003 Fichtner was named as one of the "Twenty-Five Most Influential People in Real Estate and Technology."
From 1998 until 2001, Fichtner was Executive Vice President, Business Development, and Principal at Suntech Systems, a medium-sized low voltage systems contractor working throughout the southeast US.
Eric is a Phi Beta graduate of Davidson College, and conducted masters and doctorate studies at Northwestern University, where he received highest honors. Certifications he has held include a BICSI RCDD and master electrician and low voltage licenses.
Carter Teague, EVP, Sales and Corporate Marketing
Carter Teague is the Executive Vice President of Sales and Corporate Marketing for Connexion Technologies. She is responsible for contract management, corporate marketing, and investor relations.
She gained business development experience in the fields of finance, network integration, software development and advertising prior to joining Connexion in 2002. During Connexion Technologies early growth, Teague oversaw a number of company functions including accounting, purchasing, human resources, contract management, marketing and sales.
Recently Teague served on a Bulk Services Panel at the Broadband Properties 2008 conference in Dallas, Texas, as well as the Infotech 2005 Conference on Broadband and the Future of Entertainment in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Teague holds a B.A. in Communication Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Geoff Fair, EVP, Engineering
Geoff Fair , Executive Vice President of Engineering for Connexion Technologies, is responsible for all engineering functions within the company, including research and development, solution design, network implementation and partner relations.
Fair brings more than 25 years of industry experience. Prior to joining the Connexion Technologies team, he served as the General Manager at Longboard, Inc. where he led new product development including architecture, software development and support.
Prior to his work at Longboard, Fair served in variety of positions at Nortel Networks / Bell Northern Research including leadership roles in multi-national Product Development, Sales Engineering and Product Management. He brings experience in carrier grade telecommunications networks including digital switching, multi-media IP applications and access technologies.
Fair holds a Bachelors of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, as well as a U.S. patent.
Steve Jones, EVP, Information Systems
Steve Jones is the Executive Vice President of Information Systems for Connexion Technologies. In this position he is responsible for the planning and implementation of enterprise systems to support all key business processes needed by Connexion and its partners.
Throughout his career, Jones has planned and developed a wide range of IT and communications products and services for a number of industries and companies such as Cable & Wireless, First Union National Bank and Nortel Networks. Prior to joining Connexion Technologies, Jones was CEO of Synthematix, a provider of enterprise scientific software for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry, until its successful sale to Symyx Inc.
Jones holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Queen's University in Canada and has completed a number of executive business programs from the Wharton School of Business, Columbia University and Duke University.
Matt Springer, EVP, Corporate Development
Matt Springer is the Executive Vice President of Corporate Development for Connexion Technologies. He is responsible for corporate development, mergers and acquisitions, service provider relations and debt financings.
Prior to joining Connexion Technologies in July 2007, Springer was Vice President and General Counsel for Madison River Communications, the nation's 17th largest telephone company. Springer has also served as the Assistant General Counsel for Rural Telephone Finance Cooperative, a Herndon, Virginia based $4 billion rural telecom financing company.
He worked as Vice President & General Counsel for Integrated Financial Solutions, a Rochester, New York bank consulting company, and served as Counsel to the U.S. House Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Attorney Advisor to the Office of Thrift Supervision. Springer holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Boston University and a J.D. from American University's Washington College of Law.
Mike Bowen, EVP, Design and Construction
Mike Bowen is VP of Design and Construction. He directs projects and ensures all projects are completed on time, within budget and according to pre-established specifications. He also communicates organization objectives to state, city and local government and other necessary associations. He offers extensive experience in coordination of project assignments while assessing liabilities and investigating potentially serious situations in order to implement corrective actions.
Mike brings a total of 40 years of experience in the construction industry. He has managed major projects for companies such a DuPont and Procter and Gamble. He spent 10 years as northeast regional manager for Fluor Daniel and the past six years managing design and construction for the Last Mile Group at Connexion Technologies. Mike received an associate degree in Construction Management from Louisburg College.