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Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chairman of the Board
Henry Zachs
Mr. Zachs has been ZipLink's Chief Executive Officer since June, 1997. Previously, Mr. Zachs served as the Chief Executive Officer of Message Center USA, Inc., a paging company he founded back in 1960 and which he sold to AirTouch Communications, Inc. in December, 1995. Mr. Zachs also serves on the advisory board of Axiom Venture Partners, L.P., a venture capital firm, as President of the Greater Hartford Jewish Federation, and as a Trustee of Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut and the Williston Northampton School. Mr. Zachs received a B.A. from Trinity College and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Co-Chairman of the Board
Eric Zachs
Mr. Zachs founded ZipLink in November, 1995, served as Co-Chairman since that time, is
Co-Chairman of our Board of Directors, and served as our President and Chief Executive Officer from our inception until June, 1997. Previous to ZipLink, Mr. Zachs served as President and as Chief Operating Officer at Message Center USA from 1993 until December, 1995. Mr. Zachs serves as general partner of Bantry Bay Ventures, a venture capital firm, and as a director of NetActive Internet (Pty.) Ltd., a South African ISP. Mr. Zachs received a B.A. from Tufts University and a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law.
President
Christopher Jenkins
Mr. Jenkins has served as our President since June, 1997, and is a director. Previously he served as our Chief Financial Officer from our inception until June, 1997. From June, 1993 until December, 1995, Mr. Jenkins served as Vice President of Operations at Message Center USA and as acting Chief Financial Officer of Message Center USA from June, 1995 to December, 1995. From December, 1987 to June, 1993, Mr. Jenkins was President of Worcester Communications, a regional paging company. Mr. Jenkins also served as a Vice President at Arch Communications, and an Experienced Senior at Arthur Andersen, LLP. Mr. Jenkins received a B.S. from Indiana University and an M.S. from the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Chief Operating Officer
Michael J. Clover
Mr. Clover became our Chief Operating Officer in October, 1999. Mr. Clover came to ZipLink from Sprint Corporation, where he served for fifteen years in various positions, most recently as Vice President, Network Planning Engineering & Construction. Previously, he served at two Sprint Corporation subsidiaries: as Vice President of Operations with Carolina Telephone, and Director of Information Systems for United Telephone's Midwest Group.
Chief Financial Officer
Gary Strickland
Mr. Strickland became our Chief Financial Officer in April, 1999. Prior to joining ZipLink, Mr. Strickland was Vice President, Finance & Administration and Chief Financial Officer of GammaGraphX, Inc., a technology company in the digital printing industry, from 1993 to 1999. From 1991 to 1993, Mr. Strickland was Controller of Autographix, Inc. Previously, Mr. Strickland was Director of Financial Reporting for M/A-Com, Inc. and Audit Manager at Ernst & Young, LLP. Mr. Strickland received a B.B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and was licensed as a C.P.A. in 1988.