Executive Leadership Team
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Ed Morche
Chief Executive Officer & Director
Ed Morche is an accomplished business leader with an excellent track record that spans more than 30 years in the telecommunication industry. Before joining GTT, Morche served as president of Lumen’s North American Enterprise and Public Sector, and previously held other senior leadership roles at CenturyLink and Level 3 over his tenure with the combined organization. Morche’s experience includes global and North American leadership positions at Igaea Communications, Teleglobe, Global One and Sprint, in addition to multiple philanthropic roles supporting the Virginia Hospital Center, including serving as a director on the hospital’s foundation board.
Fletcher Keister
Chief Financial Officer
Fletcher Keister is GTT’s chief product and technology officer. He is responsible for leading GTT’s strategy and innovation across product, systems, information technology and security. Fletcher has more than 30 years of industry experience with a diverse background spanning sales, product management, customer operations, finance, IT and business transformation at global companies such as MCI, Level 3, CenturyLink and Lumen. Prior to GTT, Fletcher served as Lumen’s chief technology officer leading a global team of 3200 people responsible for platform and software engineering, IT Operations, data, transformation and program management. He holds an MBA from Portland State University and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Oregon State University. Fletcher is based in Colorado.
George Kuzmanovski
Chief Operating Officer
George Kuzmanovski is
GTT’s chief operating officer (COO). He is responsible for driving operational
excellence for GTT in global provisioning, engineering, service delivery, field
operations, access management and service assurance.
Mr. Kuzmanovski brings more than 24 years of telecom experience, with a diverse background leading organizations in strategy, operations, construction and IT. Prior to taking on the COO role at GTT, he served as the company’s senior vice president for Global Service Delivery since 2019. Before that, he was managing director at Ledcor Technical Services, where he managed a $600 million fiber and 5G wireless expansion for a leading tier 1 service provider. Mr. Kuzmanovski has also previously held senior positions at Windstream Communications, XO Communications and Global Crossing. He holds an MBA in Finance and Information Systems from the William E. Simon School of Business and a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from the University at Buffalo New York.
Lisa Cool (Brown)
Chief Marketing Officer & Chief of Staff for the Executive Office
Lisa Cool is GTT’s chief marketing officer (CMO) and chief of staff for the executive office. In her role, Ms. Cool is responsible for leading the sales enablement, corporate marketing, and client experience functions. As chief of staff, her responsibility is to manage the CEO transformation agenda facilitating the successful implementation of key initiatives across GTT in support of the company’s business objectives.
Ms. Cool joined GTT in October 2015 and has worked in several executive roles aligned to the CRO office, most recently as SVP sales operations. Ms. Cool brings over 20 years of industry experience to the role and has held leadership positions in the telecommunications, data center, and public cloud sectors. She was formerly vice president marketing and sales operations at both Broadwing Communications and Active Power. While at Broadwing she also served as general manager and vice president customer operations. Ms. Cool received a bachelor’s degree in finance from Bloomsburg University.
Jim Delis
President, Americas Division
Jim Delis is GTT president, Americas Division. Mr. Delis’ career in the telecom industry spans more than 30 years. He has held senior leadership roles in sales and business development with revenue accountability at several telecom operators that include TPx Communications, Time Warner Cable, XO Communications, and AT&T Wireless Services.
Among Mr. Delis’ notable achievements is growing revenue through the development of multiple channels of distribution, and through building highly efficient, productive sales organizations. Before joining GTT, Mr. Delis was the SVP, Partner Channels for TPx Communications where he helped spearhead TPx’s transition from a regional CLEC to a national managed services provider. Prior to TPx, Mr. Delis was Group Vice President at Time Warner Cable where he expanded the service provider’s distribution channels to include wholesale, VAR, partner channel and enterprise as the cable industry entered the telecom B-to-B market. Mr. Delis is a graduate of the University of Utah with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science.
Tom Homer
President, Europe Division
Tom Homer is GTT president, Europe Division overseeing key functions in the Europe region that include client success, sales, sales engineering, quoting, ordering, professional services, and overall client account management. Mr. Homer brings to GTT over 25 years’ experience as a telecommunications industry executive. Before joining GTT in 2020, Mr. Homer was Chief Customer Officer at LaserLight, responsible for sales, product management, marketing and customer experience. Previously, Mr. Homer held executive roles at Telstra and Global Cloud Exchange. At Telstra, Mr. Homer was Managing Director, EMEA responsible for developing and executing strategy across the region. During his tenure, Mr. Homer doubled the size of the EMEA business and was global sponsor of the Customer Advocacy program. Mr. Homer served as Managing Director, UK & Nordics at Global Cloud Exchange from 2009 to 2011. Earlier in his career, Mr. Homer held senior sales leadership and management positions at Cable & Wireless and AT&T.
Frederique Arnold
Senior Vice-President, Human Resources
Frederique Arnold is GTT’s senior vice president, human resources. In this role, she leads HR for GTT, overseeing performance management, compensation planning and talent recruitment, as well as HR support for acquisitions, organizational restructuring and change. Ms. Arnold brings 20 years of human resources experience at international companies in the high-technology industry working for high-growth, rapidly changing organizations. Prior to joining GTT in 2018, Ms. Arnold was the senior vice president of human resources at Interoute. She joined Interoute in 2006 as the director of Global Compensation and Benefits and later held leadership roles in the human resources function. Before joining Interoute, Ms. Arnold held several leadership positions at Mentor Graphics, where she specialized in executive and general compensation, mergers and acquisitions, benefits, performance management and employee relations. Ms. Arnold holds a M.Sc. in economics from Louis Pasteur University in Strasbourg, France, and an M.A. in human resources from the University of Law, Economics and Political Science in Dijon, France.
Fletcher Keister
Chief Product & Technology Officer
Fletcher Keister is GTT’s chief product and technology officer. He is responsible for leading GTT’s strategy and innovation across product, systems, information technology and security. Fletcher has more than 30 years of industry experience with a diverse background spanning sales, product management, customer operations, finance, IT and business transformation at global companies such as MCI, Level 3, CenturyLink and Lumen. Prior to GTT, Fletcher served as Lumen’s chief technology officer leading a global team of 3200 people responsible for platform and software engineering, IT Operations, data, transformation and program management. He holds an MBA from Portland State University and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Oregon State University. Fletcher is based in Colorado.
Valerie Green
General Counsel
Valerie Green is GTT’s General Counsel. She has more than 25 years of experience practicing law and executing advocacy strategies in the private and public sectors. Before joining GTT, Valerie served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer at Ligado Networks, a Virginia-based communications company where she led the company’s legal, regulatory and public affairs efforts. Previously, Valerie served as Assistant to President Obama and Director of Presidential Personnel at the White House, as well as Deputy Special Counsel and Special Assistant to the President. She also served as General Counsel at AmeriCorps. Practiced law at Cravath, Swaine and Moore, Venable, Wiley Rein, and People for the American Way. Valerie received a Bachelor of Arts from Barnard College and a Juris Doctor from New York University School of Law. She is based in Virginia.
Lucy Malcolm
Interim General Counsel
Lucy Malcolm is GTT’s interim general counsel responsible for the company’s legal matters. Ms. Malcolm has experience as practicing attorney, in-house counsel, and judicial law clerk. Prior to joining GTT, she served as Senior Associate General Counsel for IEX Group, Inc., a technology firm focused on making markets fairer. Ms. Malcolm started her career in the Disputes and Investigations practice at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, a major international law firm. She previously served as a Judicial Law Clerk for the Hon. Judge Virginia A. Phillips of the Central District of California. Ms. Malcolm received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Georgetown University and a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law. She lives in Washington, DC with her family.
Todd Kiehn
Senior Vice-President of Strategy & Product
Todd Kiehn is Senior Vice President of Strategy & Product at GTT, responsible for the development of the company’s corporate strategy, and its comprehensive portfolio of network and managed services that includes SD-WAN, cloud security, Internet, enterprise voice and professional services. With nearly 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, Mr. Kiehn held previous product management and marketing leadership roles at Level 3, Broadwing, and Covad. Mr. Kiehn has a bachelor’s degree in political science from Georgetown University and an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley. He is based in Austin, Texas.
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