As Chairman and CEO, Jim Masterson leads the overall direction of the company and oversees sales and marketing operations. Prior to joining LightEdge, Jim spent four years as Senior Vice President of worldwide sales and marketing for Terabeam Corporation, launching their international organization on three continents while also leading all product marketing and communication activities. With over 20 years of business development, sales and marketing experience, Jim has created successful business units and has successfully led management teams for telecommunications startups such as !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.

As President and COO of LightEdge, Jeff Springborn currently leads all aspects of network engineering and operations, customer care, and new product and business development. Prior to joining LightEdge, Jeff was the vice President of Product Marketing at Terabeam Corporation, where he was responsible for product management, including the development and delivery of product messaging and global product distribution strategy. Jeff has over 14 years of experience in the telecommunications and information services industries and specializes in bringing emerging telecommunications companies to market. He brings a focus on strategic product planning and industry best practices to our organization. Jeff has held senior leadership positions at Terabeam, Inteliant Corporation and Andersen Consulting and has enabled successful global go-to-market strategies for companies including Telecom Italia Mobile, Iridium, AT&T Wireless, Intel and MCI.