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Lumos senior VP steps down Laura Peters, [email protected] 11:36 a.m. EST January 19, 2016
WAYNESBORO After many Lumos employees were on the chopping block this past spring, the senior vicepresident has now stepped down.
According to 4traders.com, Craig M. Drinkhall left the company as part of a limited reduction in workforce,which consists of the elimination of under 40 positions companywide.
A Lumos representative could not be reached for comment on Drinkhall's departure.
James Nester, spokesman for Lumos, said in March a total of 31 employees were let go — 16 in West Virginiaand the rest in Waynesboro.
Waynesborobased Lumos Networks, which split from nTelos in 2011, is a provider in the MidAtlantic regionserving carrier, business and residential customers over a densefiber network offering data, voice and IPservices. Lumos is one of the top 10 employers in Waynesboro.
The company serves Virginia, West Virginia and portions of Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Ohio and Maryland. Shortly after the March layoffs, Lumosannounced that its 115 mile fiber route between Richmond and Ashburn, is now operational for highspeed, low latency connectivity, according to arelease. This brand new route will provide both longhaul networking between these two key cities and Metro/Access rings to offer services to thecompany's key enterprise, data center and carrier customers.
Changes in the board
Lumos also announced the addition of two new board of directors appointees: Lawrence J. Askowitz and Shawn F. O’Donnell. According to a Lumosrelease, the two new appointments support Lumos' strategy of accelerating the company's transformation into a pure play fiber bandwidth infrastructurecompany.
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“We are pleased to welcome Lawrence and Shawn to the Lumos Networks Board of Directors,” said Lumos CEO Timothy Biltz, in a release. “Lawrence’slong track record of success and strong leadership in the finance and telecommunications sectors will be valuable to our continuing efforts to transformour company. Shawn brings valuable experience from his extensive background in management roles and experience with boards of directors in thetelecommunications industry.”
The following directors are being nominated for reelection — Peter Aquino, Lawrence Askowitz, Timothy Biltz, Robert Guth, Shawn O’Donnell, WilliamPruellage, Michael Robinson, Michael Sicoli and Jerry Vaughn — according to a release.
“We expect our total number of directors to return to nine at our 2016 Annual Meeting as Judi North and Brian Rosenberg will not be standing for reelection at the Annual Meeting," said Robert Guth, Lumos chairman of the board, in a release. "Judi and Brian have served the company and itsshareholders passionately throughout their tenures and we give our profound thanks to them for their outstanding board service. We will miss theircontributions as well as their professionalism.”
Follow Laura Peters @peterslaura (http://www.twitter.com/peterslaura) and @peterpants (http://www.instagram.com/peterpants). You can reach herat [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) or 2139125.
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