CapRock and SeaAccess
Peter Shaper, Chief Executive Officer
Peter Shaper has been the CEO of CapRock Communications since its acquisition from McLeod in 2002. Mr. Shaper is also a founding partner of Houston-based private equity group Genesis Park.
Previously, Mr. Shaper was the president of Donnelley Marketing, a division of First Data Corporation. He was directly responsible for the turnaround and eventual sale of the $100 million revenue database marketing company to a strategic buyer. In 1996, Mr. Shaper helped found the Information Management Group (IMG) as its Executive Vice President of Operations and CFO. IMG grew to more than $600 million in revenue during his tenure. Prior to joining IMG, Mr. Shaper was with a Dallas-based private equity firm where he was responsible for investments in numerous technology oriented companies, as well as assisting those companies with developing long-term strategies and financial structures. Mr. Shaper also has several years of experience with the international consulting firm McKinsey & Company.
Mr. Shaper holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from Stanford University. Mr. Shaper currently serves on the board of directors of CapRock Communications, Genesis Park, Alpheus Communications and US Fiduciary as well as the Greater Houston Community Foundation and the Texas Business Hall of Fame.
topDouglas Tutt, COO and President, Global Energy Services
Douglas Tutt serves as Chief Operating Officer and President of Global Energy Services for CapRock Communications. Mr. Tutt is responsible for managing the company's operational capabilities and leading the growth for CapRock's global energy markets. Previously, Mr. Tutt served as Managing Director of South American Operations for CapRock where he was responsible for overseeing the company's business and teleport operations for Central and South America.
Prior to joining CapRock, Mr. Tutt was an independent financial advisor assisting companies in strategic planning and fundraising activities. Additionally, Mr. Tutt served as Vice President for LatinTech Capital, a venture capital company, where he co-led the origination, underwriting, and structuring efforts for a $50 million investment company targeting technology applications. Additionally, Mr. Tutt worked for General Electric Corp., where he held a series of progressively responsible assignments.
Mr. Tutt holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management/Engineering from Purdue University.
topAlan Aronowitz, Vice President and General Counsel
Alan Aronowitz serves as Vice President and General Counsel for CapRock Communications. In this role, Mr. Aronowitz is the company's corporate compliance officer responsible for all legal matters involving the company and its subsidiaries.
Prior to joining CapRock, Mr. Aronowitz most recently served as Vice President and General Counsel of a global business unit of a multinational diversified energy services company, headquartered in Houston, where he was responsible for all legal matters, with particular emphasis on international, corporate and commercial transactions. Additionally, Mr. Aronowitz has served as the Assistant City Attorney for the City of Houston and as an attorney for Locke Liddell Sapp LLP, a law firm with over 400 attorneys, where he specialized in real estate, corporate, banking, and commercial finance transactions.
Mr. Aronowitz received his Juris Doctorate degree with honors from the University of Houston Law Center and graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance with honors from the University of Texas at Austin. Mr. Aronowitz is a member of the State Bar of Texas and the Association of Corporate Counsel.
topEduardo Correa, Managing Director, E/ME/A
Eduardo Correa serves as Managing Director for CapRock Communications in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He is responsible for the company's operations within these regions as well as its Aberdeen teleport facilities, where he is based.
Mr. Correa has over 20 years experience in the telecommunications industry. Prior to joining CapRock, Mr. Correa held multiple management positions within the oil and gas industry involving engineering, project management and operations management of telecommunications and infrastructure solutions. He has led the deployment and commissioning of major telecommunication solutions and services for operations branches, LNG plants and offshore platforms. Most recently, Mr. Correa served as the Angola operations manager for a major oilfield services company, where he was responsible for the Reservoir Software, Information Management and Infrastructure Services departments, serving local and international operators in the region.
Correa holds an HND in Applied Physics and Electronics from The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland.
topIan Ford, General Manager, SE Asia Region
Ian Ford serves as General Manager of the Southeast Asia Region for CapRock Communications. In this role, Mr. Ford is responsible for CapRock's presence in Southeast Asia, particularly among Indonesia , Australia and other emerging regions. Previously, Mr. Ford served as Managing Director for CapRock where he was responsible for the company's operations in Europe, Middle East and Africa as well as its Aberdeen teleport facilities.
Prior to serving as Managing Director, Mr. Ford held the position of General Manager of CapRock UK and before that, served as Operations Manager of the Aberdeen-based Integrated Communications and Engineering Limited. Mr. Ford joined ICEL from the UK Armed Forces where he served in the Royal Marines Commandos gaining experience in operational communications on a worldwide basis. He ended his service as Senior Warrant Officer of the Royal Marines Communications Branch.
Mr. Ford holds a licentiateship in Electronic Communications from the City and Guilds Institute of London and a diploma in Management.
topTore Hilde, President of Maritime (SeaAccess Communications)
Tore Hilde serves as President of Maritime for CapRock Communications. Mr. Hilde is responsible for CapRock's European presence and leading the maritime services division based in Norway.
Prior to joining CapRock, Mr. Hilde most recently served as Chief Executive Officer at Telenor Satellite Services Group (TSS), a Norwegian company focused on providing mobile and fixed satellite communications, where he was responsible for all operations including the integration of several acquisitions. Preceding his appointment to CEO, Mr. Hilde served as Vice President of Mobile Satellite Services for Telenor's Broadband Service division. Additionally, Mr. Hilde held various management positions at GEOTEAM AS, later acquired by Fugro Starfix Europe, where he ultimately served as Managing Director.
Mr. Hilde holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Telecommunications from Oslo Technical Institute.
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Keith Johnson, Senior Vice President of Global Customer Support
Keith Johnson serves as Senior Vice President of Global Customer Support for CapRock Communications. In this role, Mr. Johnson is responsible for service implementation and management to deliver optimum customer satisfaction worldwide. Previously, Mr. Johnson served as Vice President of Corporate Development and as CapRock's Managing Director of Europe, Middle East, and Africa.
Mr. Johnson has over 24 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. Prior to joining CapRock, Mr. Johnson founded and served as President for Transworld Telecom Systems Inc., a company focused on providing systems integration projects to the energy, telecommunication, and government markets. After much success, CapRock acquired Transworld Telecom and as a result Mr. Johnson served as CapRock's General Manager of Systems Integration. Prior to forming Transworld, Mr. Johnson held the positions of Executive Vice President for CapRock, formerly IWL Communications, where he was responsible for providing strategic planning and direction for the company and additionally served on the Board of Directors during its IPO launch on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange. Mr. Johnson initially served as Director of Sales and Marketing for CapRock, IWL Communications.
Mr. Johnson holds Bachelor of Science degrees in Marketing and Business Management from Houston Baptist University.
topRon Long, Vice President of Global Engineering
Ron Long serves as Vice President of Global Engineering for CapRock Communications. In this role, Mr. Long is responsible for the global engineering process and design of the CapRock network/service infrastructure. Mr. Long is also responsible for managing the network engineering, engineering services, sales engineering, and systems engineering functions of the organization. Previously, Mr. Long served as CapRock's Director of Engineering where he was responsible for the engineering process and design of CapRock's network/service infrastructure within North America .
Mr. Long has held a number of progressive roles within CapRock. Prior to his position as Director of Engineering, Mr. Long held the role of Director of Technical Services for Operations and before that served as Team Lead for Network Engineering. Before joining CapRock, Mr. Long was a technical consultant for Platinum Technology Services where he was responsible for providing operational support and performing information security and compliance audits on enterprise remote access infrastructures. Additionally, Mr. Long co-founded the first privately owned Internet Service Provider (ISP) in Killeen , TX.
topJames Rickaby, Vice President of Global Energy Services Sales
James Rickaby serves as Vice President of Global Field Services for CapRock Communications. In this role, Mr. Rickaby leads a team of over 120 people, setting the standards for a consolidated global approach to field service. Previously, Mr. Rickaby served as Director of Project Management EMEA where he was responsible for the team delivering key strategic projects for several of CapRock's global energy customers.
Mr. Rickaby has over 20 years experience in the telecommunications industry. Before joining CapRock, he worked for Concert Communications, a subsidiary of BT/AT&T, where he managed the implementation of an international IP telephony test facility. Additionally, he spent 10 years working internationally with British Telecom delivering voice network projects with joint venture partners in the Netherlands, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland and the Czech Republic.
Mr. Rickaby was educated at Aberdeen Grammar School and is a published author having written and researched the book “Aberdeen a Complete Record 1903-1987” about his local soccer team.
topAldo Rodriguez, Vice President of Global Energy Services Sales
Aldo Rodriguez is Vice President of Global Energy Services Sales for CapRock Communications. Mr. Rodriguez is responsible for CapRock's global sales organization for the international oil and gas market.
Prior to joining CapRock, Mr. Rodriguez spent more than fourteen years with Baker Hughes and most recently with the Wildcat Services division of National Oilwell Varco, where he served as Manager of Sales and Operations. Mr. Rodriguez was responsible for sales and operations of the Instrumentation-Automated Drilling Systems (ADS) in Canada, US (land and offshore), Latin America, the Middle East, South East Asia, and Europe, working for operators and drilling contractors.
Mr. Rodriguez has received multiple recognition awards throughout his career.
topBill Weakley, VP of Corporate Development
Bill Weakley serves as Vice President of Corporate Development for CapRock Communications. In this role, Mr. Weakley is responsible for overseeing CapRock's global expansion into new regions and verticals, and also manages related acquisitions. Previously, Mr. Weakley served as President Director of CapRock Communications Indonesia.
Mr. Weakley has more than 25 years of experience in the IT and telecommunications industries including twelve years with IWL Communications managing various customer network build-out projects, and seven years with PT Freeport Indonesia as MIS Manager at their Grasberg mine site in West Papua. Between 2005 and 2007, he served as Director of Managed Services for the Global Technology Group. Mr. Weakley has served in several management positions at CapRock including VP of Operations where he was responsible for the leadership of CapRock's global operations.
topHank Winfield, Chief Financial Officer
Hank Winfield serves as Chief Financial Officer for CapRock Communications. Mr. Winfield is responsible for overseeing the company's financial policies, strategies and activities.
Mr. Winfield has more than 20 years of experience in the financial sector including serving as the CFO for Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, a large commercial law firm experienced in providing services to a wide range of industries. In addition, he served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director for Samson Investment Company, one of the largest private independent oil and gas companies in North America . Previously, he also served as the CFO for Hydraweb Technologies, an emerging growth manufacturing company in the data network infrastructure market. His experience also includes holding executive financial positions within the telecommunications industry with Frontier Corporation and Global Crossing North America.
Mr. Winfield holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting from Southern Methodist University and is a certified public accountant.
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Arrowhead
Tom Eaton, President of Arrowhead Global Solutions
Tom Eaton serves as President of Arrowhead Global Solutions, CapRock's wholly-owned subsidiary and government services division. In this position, Mr. Eaton is responsible for overseeing the growth and direction of the government services business unit.
Mr. Eaton has held various leadership roles within the international satellite, government, and telecommunications sectors. Most recently, Tom served as President of G2 Satellite Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of PanAmSat providing communications solutions to U.S. and other governments. He initially joined PanAmSat as Executive Vice President of the company's global sales and marketing. Prior to joining PanAmSat, Tom headed up Intelsat's global sales and customer support; he was a co-founder and Vice President of sales and marketing for Integrated Network Services, Inc.; and Director of marketing for Sprint Communication Corp.'s Video Services Division.
Mr. Eaton holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Mercer University and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Georgia.
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Patrick Herrity, CFO, Government Services
Patrick Herrity is Arrowhead's Chief Financial Officer and a recognized technology industry leader with established legislative, executive, financing and public policy credentials. Before joining Arrowhead, Mr. Herrity was Senior Vice President and CFO at Dimensions International where he was responsible for the company's finance, accounting and administrative functions. He also served as CFO of SIGNAL Corporation where he developed and improved SIGNAL's business systems and oversaw the company's revenue growth from $9 million in 1993 to more than $160 million in 1998. Pat graduated from Virginia Tech and spent four years with the accounting firm of Arthur Andersen.
Mr. Herrity has served on the board of several business organizations including the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NTVC), the Professional Services Council (PSC) and the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce, where he was the founder of the Northern Virginia Government Contractors Council (GovCon). The NVTC has honored Mr. Herrity with its annual President's award and also recently named him CFO of the Year. He has received the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce Chairman's Award and has also been recognized as a Top CFO by SmartCEO Magazine. Mr. Herrity is active in youth sports as a coach and co-founder of Potomac Inline Hockey, which currently serves over 800 members.
Michael Shakarji, CTO, Government Services
Mr. Shakarji has more than 25 years of engineering experience in telecommunications, wireless, and satellite communication networks. He is a leading subject matter expert in analysis and optimization of communications networks and tradeoff analysis of alternative architectures. Mr. Shakarji joined Arrowhead in September 2001 when the Defense Information Systems Agency awarded the valuable Defense Information Systems Network Satellite Transmission Services-Global (DSTS-G) contract to Arrowhead and two other prime contractors. Mr. Shakarji directs all efforts on the DSTS-G contract, in which all DoD commercial Satcom bandwidth and services must be procured.
Before joining Arrowhead, Mr. Shakarji served as Director of International Planning and Engineering at Winstar, where he provided technical leadership on Winstar's global business expansion and modeled complete network infrastructures for Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Korea, and Thailand. Previously, he was the Deputy General Manager for Sumitomo Corporation, where he designed and deployed over twenty-five satellite based communications networks. Mr. Shakarji served as Director of Venture Development and Application Engineering at COMSAT International Ventures and he also spent time with GTE Spacenet, American Satellite Corp and COMSAT Laboratories during his extensive career. Mr. Shakarji has a post-graduate degree in Computer Systems Applications, finishing all Ph.D. requirements except Dissertation in Applied Mathematics, at the American University in Washington D.C., and holds both a Masters and Bachelors degree in Mathematics.
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Mark Jasen, SVP, Sales & Marketing, Government Services
Mark Jasen joined Arrowhead in December of 2007 as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. In this role, Mark is responsible for creating stronger government and industry relationships and partnerships and for driving company revenues. He has more than 20 years experience in the business of technology in ever-expanding roles and responsibilities. Previously Mark served as Senior Vice President of Sales and Business Development for Zelinger Associates, an outsourced sales and business development firm specializing in helping innovative technology companies begin or expand their Federal Government businesses. In that time, he represented SATCOM technology companies such as iDirect, Segovia, Advantech Satellite Networks, Expand Networks, and Intelsat General.
Prior to that, Mark co-founded and was Vice President of Business Development for CatchFIRE Systems, a networking hardware company whose solutions were focused on emerging eBusiness markets. Mark spent two years in Mergers and Acquisitions for Sterling Software's Network Management Division as Director of Business Development and has also worked in government sales and channel development and management for Sterling Commerce, Lotus Development, and Microsoft Corporation. Mark was born and raised in Washington, DC and is now at home in Potomac, Maryland. He has attended Tulane University and the University of Maryland and is a lifetime member of the Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society.
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Nelson Ward, Senior Vice President, Special Operations
Nelson Ward has over 20 years experience in program management and business unit general management responsibility. Specific areas of focus are commercial satellite communications systems integration and installation, satellite bandwidth acquisition and management, and terrestrial circuit provisioning. His experience also includes systems integration and development, test and evaluation (DT&E) of complex computer-based signal processing subsystems. Mr. Ward holds a BS degree in Technology and Management from the University of Maryland at College Park.
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Edmond A. Allman, Jr., Vice President, Capture
Mr. Allman has more than 35 years experience in both commercial and Department of the Defense/Military Services environments as an executive, hands-on manager and systems engineer in strategic and tactical information management, telecommunications, and networking systems. He has extensive experience in project development and management. Mr. Allman joined Arrowhead in 1998, to manage IT projects and develop new IT business opportunities. Prior to joining Arrowhead, Mr. Allman served over 12 years as Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Operations for a small business involved in life cycle development and implementation of information systems and networks. Prior to this, Mr. Allman was a Director and Senior Manager for two commercial long-haul telecommunications companies responsible for the serviceability engineering, service implementation, network management, and documentation departments. For more than 20 years, Mr. Allman was an officer in the U.S. Army Signal Corps responsible for engineering and implementing strategic and tactical communications-computer systems. In his last military assignment he was a Deputy Director at the Defense Communications Engineering Center.
Mr. Allman has earned multiple masters degrees in Telecommunications Engineering and Management, Industrial Engineering and Management, and completed course work for Finance and Accounting. He has a Bachelors degree in Business Administration. Mr. Allman also graduated from several mid and high-level military schools and received schooling with industry in the AT&T Communications-Electronics Systems Engineering School through the U.S. Army.
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David A. Cavossa, Vice President, SATCOM
David Cavossa currently serves as Arrowhead's Vice President of SATCOM. Mr. Cavossa is responsible for leading all initiatives in support of the SATCOM Division's Department of Defense, Intel and civilian government customers. With almost a decade in the industry, Mr. Cavossa has extensive experience supporting the government community in the public and private sectors.
Mr. Cavossa spent six years at the Satellite Industry Association (SIA) where he was executive director. During his tenure at SIA, Cavossa was the chief advocate for the commercial satellite industry and responsible for coordinating education, outreach, regulatory and legislative strategies on a broad range of issues including; homeland security, defense, trade, export controls, space transportation, broadband, and the protection, planning, and acquisition of commercial SATCOM by the federal government. Cavossa now sits on SIA's Board of Director's. As one of the satellite industry's leaders, he focused the efforts of the association on educating the public, the press, policy-makers, and government on the critical role satellites play in our national, economic, and homeland security. Before joining SIA, Cavossa worked at NASA Headquarters in the offices of external relations and legislative affairs. Cavossa earned a master's degree in science, technology and public policy from The George Washington University Space Policy Institute as a Space Policy Fellow. He also holds a Bachelor's Degree in physics/astronomy and political science from Wheaton College, in Norton MA.
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Nora E. Taylor, Vice President, Strategic Planning
Nora E. Taylor, Arrowhead's Vice President of Strategic Planning, has more than 20 years of management experience working in the service industry field and government contracting. During much of that time she has specialized in working with small, disadvantaged, women-owned, and 8(a) companies. Since joining the company in 2002, Ms. Taylor has been responsible for establishing and managing Arrowhead's ISO 9001:2000 policies and procedures for contracts, purchasing and pricing.
Prior to joining Arrowhead, Ms. Taylor was President of the Taylor Management Group, a business consulting firm that provided contract assistance and professional services to 8(a) and other emerging small businesses. Nora is highly regarded for her extensive knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulations and the government's procurement processes. Nora is a native of Lansing, Michigan. As the daughter of a career military officer, she has lived in countries around the world, and now resides in Northern, Virginia.
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Elaine Wolfson, Vice President, Integrated Networks
Elaine Wolfson joined Arrowhead in June 2007. She has over 28 years experience in the telecommunications and information technology sectors. Elaine has served in various management roles in Sales, Marketing, Business Development, Systems Development, Engineering and Operations. She holds a BA in mathematics from Rutgers University, an MA in mathematics from City University of New York, and an MBA from The American University. Prior to joining Arrowhead, Elaine provided support to the Navy in areas of emergency communications. Prior positions include Director of Business Development for Navy Programs at General Dynamics Network Systems; Vice President, Business Development at SAIC; Director, Federal Sales at COMSAT Mobile Communications; and Director, Navy Sales at AT&T Government Markets.
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