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Conterra's
Dennis Francis Receives Award04-16-2009 CHARLOTTE,
N.C. -- Conterra Telecom Services' President, Chief Operating
and Technology Officer, Dennis B. Francis, P.E., has been
recognized by six Texas universities for his achievements and
dedication to the field of Industrial Engineering with the
first Lifetime Achievement Award for Industrial Engineering
jointly given by these institutions. The six Texas
universities that presented this award to Mr. Francis are The
University of Texas at Arlington, Texas A&M University,
Texas Tech University, The University of Houston, The
University of Texas at El Paso, and Lamar University.
Mr. Francis earned a Bachelor of Science degree in
Industrial Engineering from The University of Texas at
Arlington, Texas (UTA) where he was President of the
Industrial Engineering Honors Society, Alpha Pi Mu. He has
also completed several graduate level executive programs
including MIT's Center for Information Systems Research
Program, the Georgetown University Strategic Business
Leadership Program and the University of Texas at Dallas
Executive Professional Coaching Program.
Mr. Francis'
professional career accomplishments include more than 27 years
of telecommunications experience with a focus on technology,
operations, business and strategy. He has worked for several
Fortune 500 companies as well as small, start-up business and
technology firms, and has received several high level federal
government advisory appointments. Mr. Francis served on the
Executive Committee of President Bush's Advisory Council on
National Telecommunications Security and is a past Chairman of
the Cellular Telephone Industry Association's CTO Council. He
has been a licensed professional engineer since 1989.
"As a long-time business colleague and friend, I am
delighted to see Dennis receive such well earned recognition
for his many accomplishments in advancing this country's wired
and wireless telecommunications infrastructure and
capabilities, particularly in underserved rural communities,"
commented Conterra's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Stephen Leeolou. "It is also fitting that this
first-of-its-kind award was given by institutions of higher
learning in the state of Texas, where Dennis'
telecommunications career began and where our company today
provides important services to rural school districts and
other critical public service organizations in some very
remote areas of such a geographically vast state," added Mr.
Leeolou.
Mr. Francis currently oversees all of the
day-to-day engineering, operations, sales and marketing of
Conterra Telecom Services.
About Conterra Telecom
Services
Conterra Telecom Services, headquartered in
Charlotte, NC, is a national provider of facilities-based
broadband services for schools, wireless carriers and select
enterprises that require bandwidth intensive, carrier-grade
data, video and voice transport services primarily in outer
suburban and rural markets.
Privately owned, Conterra
was established by the founders and members of management of
Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc., which became one of the first
and largest independent cellular companies in the United
States. Started in 1982, Vanguard designed, built and operated
its own point-to-point microwave transport systems to support
wireless voice and data traffic within its cellular networks
throughout the country which are now part of AT&T
Wireless. For more information about Conterra, visit www.conterra.com or call:
704-936-1800.
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