Alexander Russo - Vice Chairman
Mr. Russo joined the Board of Directors in 2007, bringing extensive operating and transactional experience. Most recently, Mr. Russo served as President and Chief Executive Officer of WestCom Corporation, the leading provider of trader voice services to the global financial community, and negotiated the sale of WestCom to IPC Systems in 2007. Prior to leading WestCom, Mr. Russo served as CEO of Telerate, one of the world’s largest market data providers, negotiating the sale of Telerate to Reuters in 2005. Previously, Mr. Russo served as Managing Director, Global Crossing Financial Markets, and earlier he served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and General Counsel of IXnet, acquired by Global Crossing in June 2000. Prior to that, Mr. Russo was a mergers and acquisitions lawyer with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in New York. Mr. Russo has served on the Boards of Directors of WestCom, Telerate and Cybertrust, a global provider of information security, acquired by Verizon Business in 2007.Mr. Russo earned a J.D. with Highest Honors from Fordham Law School and an L.L.M in Corporate Law from NYU School of Law.