Jim has over 25 years of experience driving bottom-line growth through business development, sales, marketing and executive management roles for companies in the fields of networking and telecom.  Jim assumed the helm as CEO for Lightedge in 2004, and in that time the company has tripled in revenue, attained profitability, and reduced the debt to zero. Prior to coming to LightEdge Jim was the Senior Vice President of Worldwide sales and Marketing for Terabeam Corporation, and has held founding member strategic management roles with !NTERPRISE Data Networking, Rhythms NetConnections and USInternetworking. In 2006, Jim was selected as a regional finalist for the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award.

Jeff’s unique abilities, consistent drive and 19 years of experience allowed him to quickly redirect the company’s staff, processes and culture to take it to the next level.  He has a broad background in telecommunications and networking with previous positions in Terabeam, Inteliant Corporation and with Andersen Consulting helping Telecom Italia Mobile, Iridium, AT&T Wireless, Intel and MCI with their go to market strategies.

Jim Albee
Senior Vice President - Finance

Jim’s addition to the team has brought a wealth of knowledge and over 19 years of experience in the areas of finance, mergers and acquisitions and litigation related specifically to technology companies.  His years with MapQuest, Road9, Rhythms NetConnections, USWest and as a corporate financial consultant have allowed him to clearly understand the challenges and opportunities that impact a hosted technology provider.  With this understanding he has been able to steer the accounting and finance team’s practices and procedures which will enable future growth.

Travis Thompson
VP of Engineering

With over 18 years of experience in network management, engineering and platform architecture, Travis leads all of LightEdge’s data center and networking operations.  His knowledge of systems architecture and expertise in network design have allowed LightEdge to create a sophisticated, fault-tolerant network that is now ready to be scaled for the national presence that our investors have planned for the company.

Kris Harris
VP of Operations

Kris joined LightEdge in 2006 through the acquisition of Internet Express and Ascendtel, LLC, and is responsible for Customer Care and Network Operations. Prior to LightEdge and Internet Express, Kris was a Certified Public Accountant with RSM McGladrey, a national Accounting and Consulting firm working in the tax department specializing in bank tax reporting.