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| Company type | Private company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Headquarters | Peasanton, California |
Key people | D. Craig Young, CEO |
| Products | Voice, Ethernet, Data, Security, Cloud Hosting |
Number of employees | +250 |
| Website | www.megapath.com |
MegaPath Corporation – headquartered in Pleasanton, California - operates one of the largest end-to-end communications networks in the United States. MegaPath was founded in 1996. In 2010, MegaPath combined with Speakeasy (ISP) and Covad to form a single company – which continued to be named MegaPath - providing a full range of data, voice, security and hosted IT services for small, medium and enterprise businesses nationwide, as well as wholesale solutions to the carrier and service-provider markets.
MegaPath remains a privately held company.
MegaPath offers business-class connectivity including private DSL, T1, Bonded T1, DS3, Ethernet, wireless and cable. In 2012, MegaPath completed an aggressive nationwide Ethernet over Copper (EoC) network expansion, solidifying its position as the largest EoC provider in the United States. The MegaPath network is a nationwide, MPLS-enabled, all-optical IP network that provides last mile connection, multi-layered security, and redundancy.
MegaPath’s MPLS VPN
[edit]MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching) is recognized as the industry leader in private wide area networking (WAN) technology. MPLS blends the performance and privacy of legacy WAN technologies—such as frame relay—with the flexibility and cost advantages of Internet-based networks; such as IPSec VPNs. For more than 10 years, MegaPath has supported distributed enterprise users across 20,000 customer sites and 70,000 endpoints with MPLS VPN services. A MegaPath MPLS Site-to-Site VPN is well-suited for dynamic, challenging network environments because MPLS acts as the smart traffic engineer, controlling at the packet level.
MegaPath’s all-optical nationwide network and MPLS routing infrastructure ensure business-critical applications like Voice over IP (VoIP) and enterprise applications are prioritized for Quality of Service (QoS).
MegaPath’s Voice Services
[edit]MegaPath offers nationwide Hosted Voice solutions for single-site and multi-site businesses. Its Voice services support advanced calling features including Find Me/Follow Me, Visual Voicemail, and Mobility. MegaPath Hosted Voice eliminates the costs and complexity of managing and maintaining a PBX. Its SIP Trunking and Enterprise Trunking services enable customers to gain the features of VoIP while leveraging their existing PBX equipment.
MegaPath’s Network Security Services
[edit]MegaPath offers three different security options:
-Private Networking. A secure and cost-effective method — often using an SSL connection — for connecting a geographically distributed workforce. -Unified Threat Management. A consolidated, dynamic approach to network security. -Compliance Services. A cloud-based option that solves log, vulnerability, and security information management issues.
MegaPath’s Cloud Services
[edit]MegaPath Cloud Hosting services are on-net to their OC-192 backbone and MPLS VPN. MegaPath Cloud Hosting services can be configured to support any sized business or enterprise – from hosting a single server to hundreds of servers.
Enterprise Cloud MegaPath Enterprise Cloud is a fully virtualized and secure environment with high-availability, dedicated resource pools, and a high-performance infrastructure powered by VMware vCloud Datacenter.
Private Cloud MegaPath Private Cloud provides businesses with a secure, redundant, and scalable virtualized computing solution on their own dedicated hardware with built-in failover.
Hybrid Cloud MegaPath Hybrid Cloud enables customers to provision virtual servers and physical servers on the same network, providing the ability to optimize performance and support licensing requirements of certain in-house applications with the fault tolerance and scalability of cloud-based services.
Leadership
[edit]D. Craig Young – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Craig Young has over 29 years of experience in the telecom and data communications industry. Since joining MegaPath in July 2004, his primary focus has been to create a world class managed IP services company that provides businesses with the ability to easily and securely communicate between their headquarters, employees and business partners.
Mr. Young served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Netifice until its merger with MegaPath in 2006. Before this he was with AT&T Canada, serving first as Vice Chairman and Director and later as President. He was the President and CEO of MetroNet Communications until their merger with AT&T in 1999. Before MetroNet, Mr. Young served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Brooks Fiber, a pioneer local exchange carrier that was acquired by WorldCom for approximately $3 billion in 1998. From 1980 to 1995, Mr. Young held various high level executive positions at Ameritech Customer Business Services, US West Communications, and Executone Information Systems.
Mr. Young earned his Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from California State University, Chico.
Paul Milley – Chief Financial Officer
Paul Milley has over 20 years of experience in finance, treasury, banking, planning, investor relations, information systems and controllership activities for both public and private companies. He joined the company in October 2001 and is responsible for finance and administration.
Prior to joining MegaPath, Mr. Milley was the SVP and CFO of OnCommand Corporation (OCC), which provides entertainment software and technologies to the hospitality industry. While in this capacity, he helped OCC increase earnings by over 60 percent through product enhancements, new technology deployment, tighter controls and expense efficiencies. Mr. Milley's previous titles include VP and CFO of 3DO Corporation, SVP and CFO of ComputerLand Corporation, as well as positions in all levels of finance at other software and consulting organizations.
Mr. Milley earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan and his MBA from the Darden School at the University of Virginia.
Mark Senda – Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
Mark Senda joined MegaPath in April 2012 after providing advisory services to the company since August 2009. Mr. Senda has more than 35 years of progressive executive management experience in technology and communications services, and has helped deliver more than $25 billion in investor value during his career.
Prior to joining MegaPath, he held Chief Executive roles with Xspedius Communications and Progression Networks. He also held the positions of Division President, COO at AT&T Canada/Metronet, EVP Operations and Engineering at Brooks Fiber Properties, SVP Operations at MFS Communications, and various management roles with MCI Communications, Bolt, Beranek, and Newman.
Mr. Senda earned a Bachelor of Science in Business from the University of the State of New York and a MA in Telecommunications Policy from the George Washington University.
Dan Foster – President, Business Markets
Dan Foster has over 20 years of experience in telecom and data communications industry. He has been with MegaPath since 2000, where he has been responsible for the leadership of the sales, marketing, and product divisions.
Prior to joining the company, Mr. Foster was President and CEO of Phoenix Networks. Previously, he served as Vice President of Consumer Markets at Rhythms NetConnections, where he managed the company's entree and growth in the consumer market. Prior to Rhythms, Mr. Foster was a Partner and Vice President of Marketing for Analysis Group, Inc., a leading international management-consulting firm, where he consulted for both start-up and established companies to create and implement strategies in the telecommunications, Internet, high-tech, and consumer product industries.
Mr. Foster received dual engineering and liberal arts degrees from Tufts University and graduated from the Harvard Business School executive PMD program.
Steve Chisholm – SVP, Business Development, Legal and Regulatory
Steve Chisholm oversees business development as well as legal, regulatory, and legislative affairs at MegaPath. He has worked in the telecommunications industry for over 20 years and has held a variety of senior positions since joining MegaPath in 2004. Most recently, Mr. Chisholm acted as MegaPath’s Senior Vice President of Business Development.
Prior to joining MegaPath, Mr. Chisholm held positions as Senior Vice President and General Counsel at MetroNet Communications, Senior Vice President and General Counsel at AT&T Canada, and Senior Vice President at Global Metro Networks. Prior to his work in the telecommunications industry, Mr. Chisholm worked in private practice advising clients on various business-related matters.
Mr. Chisholm earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada and his law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, Ontario.