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Company Overview
Management
David J. Pork, Chief Executive OMcer
A founder of Telicor, David Porte has extensive senior executive experience
in the convergent telecommunications industry and in the development and
operation of technology service companies. Porte currently serves as Vice
President & General Manager of hternet Services for GCI, a canverged
telecommunications company. Pork also setves ori the senior management
committee responsible for guiding the convergerrt Long Distance, tom!,
Cable, Internet, and Network-lntegration business strategies.
At GCJ, Pork is directly responsible for commercial and consumer fntarnet
strategies, unified telecommunications management support, dayb-day
business operations and business-line financial performance. Po@ has
pior~wmd the launch of broadband Internet technology tbrough the
introduction of cable modems and copper-based DSL services.
PoPte was the founder and CEO of Astrolabe Systlems, a highly successQ1
technology management company acquired by GCf in 11998. Porta was
directly responsible for Astrolabe's highly successful rural -
telecommunications initiatives utilizing an ASP (Application Sewice
Provider) model to deliver distance education via the Internet,
Prior to founding Astrolabe, Porte attended Oxford University, The Queen's
College, where he majored in Leadership Theory and Modern History,
,hxnes E. Dunlap, Chleb Operating OfPicer
A founder of Telicor, Jim Dunlap is an experienced executive with more than
15 years of experience in the technology sector spanriin~ a wide variety of
'Industries, including telecommunications, electric utility and mnsunicr
products. Dunlap currently serves as Director of Gritical Accaurlb for GCI, a
converged telecommunications company where he is responsible far
providing unitied telecommunications management services, reventla
retention atrcl rnaigin management strategies,
Prior to joining GCI, Dunlap was a Strategic Business Consultant for
Campbell Soup Company where he was responsible for business process
reengineering, competitive assessment, geodemographic market analysts,
decisian support systems and corporate Internet strategies.