May, 2001 : CAIS Internet Announces New Management Team


📅 - CAIS Internet (http://www.caisinternet.com), a nationwide provider of broadband Internet access solutions, announced on Thursday that it has finished composing its new senior management team, steeped in data services and telecommunications experience.

CAIS Internet, which recently revised its business goals to focus on its high growth ISP services model, says it has spent the past month assembling some of the brightest and most experienced data services professionals in the industry.
The new executives span every area of the company, from operations to marketing and sales and, according to CAIS Internet, will help redirect the company toward building its status as a tier-on provider of broadband access and bundled value added data services.
The company says it has also brought in the expertise and experience to continue to support and expand the profitable products and segments of its hospitality business.
The new senior management team includes Michael Lee, President and CEO, Andrew Hines, EVP and CFO, Mike Abbott, senior VP and CTO, Amit Rikhy, senior VP strategic planning, Steve Roberts, senior VP Internet sales, Michael Martinez, senior VP, hospitality sales and Peter Benedict, senior VP marketing.
According to Lee, who joined CAIS Internet on March 17 2001, the company already has the components to be one of the largest and best performing ISPs in the country. He says the experience of the new management team will help the company better optimize its sales, network, product offerings and operations in line with the data services business model.
According to CAIS Internet, the company has been rated one of the top national ISPs in backbone performance and maintaining points of presence in 29 major markets in the United States. The company currently provides broadband Internet connectivity and data services such as Web hosting to approximately 17,000 business customers nationwide.

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