Kurt Van Wagemen

President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Freedom Ring Communications LLC

Kurt Van Wagemen

Kurt Van Wagemen

President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Freedom Ring Communications LLC

Overview

Career Highlights

Freedom Ring Communications LLC
Oxford County Telephone & Telegraph Co Inc.
FirstLight Fiber, Inc.

RelSci Relationships

399

Number of Boards

6

Birthday

1964

Age

57

Number of Awards

1

Relationships

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Judith B. Griffin

Founder at Pathways to College

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Julia O. Strow

Chief of Staff at INCOMPAS

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Patrick J. Coughlin

Executive Vice President & Chief Revenue Officer at Oxford County Telephone & Telegraph Co Inc.

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Brian Kurkowski

Director & Chief Technology Officer at FirstLight Fiber, Inc.

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Sandra E. Timmons

Former President & Director at A Better Chance, Inc. - New York

Relationship likelihood: Strong

James Capuano

Chief Executive Officer at Horizon Telcom, Inc.

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Darrell Ford

Chief Human Resources Officer at United Parcel Service, Inc.

Relationship likelihood: Strong

John D. Beletic

Operating Partner at Oak Investment Partners

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Matthew Jancovic

Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing at Oxford County Telephone & Telegraph Co Inc.

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Richard A. Clark

President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer & Director at Otelco, Inc.

Relationship likelihood: Strong

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In The News

PR Newswire

January 20, 2021

Plastics Manufacturer Keller Products Selects FirstLight for Disaster Recovery Solution; One of New England's major plastics extrusion companies chooses FirstLight for data backup/recovery along with redundant fiber connectivity

PR Newswire

January 6, 2021

FirstLight Awarded Contract for Mass. Higher Ed Consortium; The 2,000-member New England group purchasing organization awarded FirstLight as supplier for its members' network infrastructure services

PR Newswire

December 18, 2020

FirstLight Completes Acquisition of BestWeb; Deepens FirstLight's fiber footprint in the lower Hudson Valley of New York

Targeted News Service

December 18, 2020

FirstLight Fiber President and CEO Kurt Van Wagenen to Serve Third Term as INCOMPAS Board Chair

PR Newswire

December 1, 2020

Hampshire Hills Selects FirstLight for Connectivity; Newly renovated wellness center leverages latest technologies backed by FirstLight's high quality Internet to help its clients achieve their fitness goals

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Kurt Van Wagemen

President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Freedom Ring Communications LLC

Education

Bachelor's Degree, Science & Engineering

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, or RPI, is a private research university located in Troy, New York, with two additional campuses in Hartford and Groton, Connecticut. It was founded in 1824 by Stephen van Rensselaer and Amos Eaton for the "application of science to the common purposes of life" and is the oldest technological university in the English-speaking world.

M.B.A. Degree

Harvard University - Harvard Business School

Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate business school of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The school offers a large full-time MBA program, doctoral programs, and many executive education programs. It owns Harvard Business School Publishing, which publishes business books, leadership articles, online management tools for corporate learning, case studies, and the monthly Harvard Business Review.

Career History

President, Chief Executive Officer & Director

2013 - Current

Freedom Ring Communications LLC

Freedom Ring Communications LLC provides voice and data telecommunications services. The company was founded by Kevin O'Connor in 1999 and is headquartered in Portsmouth, NH.

President & Chief Executive Officer

Tenure Unconfirmed

Oxford County Telephone & Telegraph Co Inc.

Oxford County Telephone & Telegraph Co. provides cloud computing solutions. The company was founded on January 11, 1901 and is headquartered in Lewiston, ME.

Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer

2013 - 2017

FirstLight Fiber, Inc.

FirstLight Fiber, Inc. engages in the provision of fiber optic data, Internet, and voice services. The firm offers cloud services, data center, fiber business bundles, dark fiber, managed Cisco solutions, business solutions, and security solutions. The company was founded by Larry A. Davis and Kevin M. O’Connor in 1999 and is headquartered in Albany, NY.

Boards & Committees

Member, Board of Directors

Current

Pathways to College

Non-Profit Donations & Grants

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$10K - $15K

2007

A Better Chance, Inc. - New York

A Better Chance is the oldest and only national organization of its kind changing the life trajectory for academically talented youth of color via access to rigorous and prestigious educational opportunities for students in grades 6-12. Our mission is to increase substantially the number of well-educated young people of color who are capable of assuming positions of responsibility and leadership in American society. We carry out our mission through our signature College Preparatory Schools Program, which annually recruits, refers and supports about 500 Scholars at more than 300 Member Schools in 27 states. We have been opening the doors to greater educational opportunities since 1963 and more than 12,000 Alumni have now gone on to distinguished careers as physicians, artists, educators, lawyers, politicians and corporate executives.

$5,000 - $10K

2006

A Better Chance, Inc. - New York

A Better Chance is the oldest and only national organization of its kind changing the life trajectory for academically talented youth of color via access to rigorous and prestigious educational opportunities for students in grades 6-12. Our mission is to increase substantially the number of well-educated young people of color who are capable of assuming positions of responsibility and leadership in American society. We carry out our mission through our signature College Preparatory Schools Program, which annually recruits, refers and supports about 500 Scholars at more than 300 Member Schools in 27 states. We have been opening the doors to greater educational opportunities since 1963 and more than 12,000 Alumni have now gone on to distinguished careers as physicians, artists, educators, lawyers, politicians and corporate executives.

$1,000 - $2,499

2004

A Better Chance, Inc. - New York

A Better Chance is the oldest and only national organization of its kind changing the life trajectory for academically talented youth of color via access to rigorous and prestigious educational opportunities for students in grades 6-12. Our mission is to increase substantially the number of well-educated young people of color who are capable of assuming positions of responsibility and leadership in American society. We carry out our mission through our signature College Preparatory Schools Program, which annually recruits, refers and supports about 500 Scholars at more than 300 Member Schools in 27 states. We have been opening the doors to greater educational opportunities since 1963 and more than 12,000 Alumni have now gone on to distinguished careers as physicians, artists, educators, lawyers, politicians and corporate executives.

Awards & Honors

CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst)

Other Affiliations

Kurt Van Wagemen is affiliated with Freedom Ring Communications LLC, Oxford County Telephone & Telegraph Co Inc., FirstLight Fiber, Inc., FiberTower Corp., RCN Corp., Globix Corporation, NEON Communications, Inc., NEON Communications Group, Inc., A Better Chance, Inc. - New York, Verizon Communications, Inc., Pathways to College

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