Bill Adams

Bill AdamsBill Adams began his career at Bell Telephone Laboratories in network design for radar systems and later headed the development of the Mechanized Loop Testing system, the most widely deployed system in the old Bell System.He worked for Southern Bell / BellSouth and was President of BellSouth Systems Technology, a shared tenant company, in the mid-1980s.

Bill retired from BellSouth to become Vice President of Operations for SouthernNet, an IXC constructing and operating a fiber optics and switching network in seven states.He directed the building of two Network Operations Centers (NOCs) during the rapid expansion of SouthernNet and its later merger to become TelecomUSA.He was selected to be Vice President of Engineering and Operations for Norlight, a fiber optics transmission company owned by three power companies and operating in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.He directed the rebuilding and expansion of this startup company's network and construction of an NOC prior to the sale of Norlight to MRC.

As Vice President of Engineering and Operations for Intermedia Communications of Florida (ICI), a competitive access provider (CPA) he expanded the network from two to five cities and built the NOC in Tampa.He returned to North Carolina to become Vice President of Engineering and Operations for Access-On when the company was started.Access-On was a consortium of 14 independent telephone companies that came together to build the NC Information Highway in their territories.Bill founded Diamond Consulting LLC, a telecommunication consulting company that grew to 15 people with major clients such as BellSouth Long Distance, MCI, Cable and Wireless, Comcast, ICG, and several independent telephone companies.

Bill joined TriVergent/NuVox as Senior Vice President of Engineering and directed the network design and construction of over 150 collocation POPs in 17 cities for the CLEC.He retired at the end of 2001 from NuVox.Bill earned a Bachelor in Electrical Engineering degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering from N C State University.

Bill AdamsBill retired from BellSouth to become Vice President of Operations for SouthernNet, an IXC constructing and operating a fiber optics and switching network in seven states.He directed the building of two Network Operations Centers (NOCs) during the rapid expansion of SouthernNet and its later merger to become TelecomUSA.He was selected to be Vice President of Engineering and Operations for Norlight, a fiber optics transmission company owned by three power companies and operating in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.He directed the rebuilding and expansion of this startup company's network and construction of an NOC prior to the sale of Norlight to MRC.

As Vice President of Engineering and Operations for Intermedia Communications of Florida (ICI), a competitive access provider (CPA) he expanded the network from two to five cities and built the NOC in Tampa.He returned to North Carolina to become Vice President of Engineering and Operations for Access-On when the company was started.Access-On was a consortium of 14 independent telephone companies that came together to build the NC Information Highway in their territories.Bill founded Diamond Consulting LLC, a telecommunication consulting company that grew to 15 people with major clients such as BellSouth Long Distance, MCI, Cable and Wireless, Comcast, ICG, and several independent telephone companies.

Bill joined TriVergent/NuVox as Senior Vice President of Engineering and directed the network design and construction of over 150 collocation POPs in 17 cities for the CLEC.He retired at the end of 2001 from NuVox.Bill earned a Bachelor in Electrical Engineering degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering from N C State University.

Bill AdamsHe began his career at Bell Telephone Laboratories in network design for radar systems and later headed the development of the Mechanized Loop Testing system, the most widely deployed system in the old Bell System.He worked for Southern Bell / BellSouth and was President of BellSouth Systems Technology, a shared tenant company, in the mid-1980s.

Bill retired from BellSouth to become Vice President of Operations for SouthernNet, an IXC constructing and operating a fiber optics and switching network in seven states.He directed the building of two Network Operations Centers (NOCs) during the rapid expansion of SouthernNet and its later merger to become TelecomUSA.He was selected to be Vice President of Engineering and Operations for Norlight, a fiber optics transmission company owned by three power companies and operating in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.He directed the rebuilding and expansion of this startup company's network and construction of an NOC prior to the sale of Norlight to MRC.

Mr. Adams was Vice President of Engineering and Operations for Intermedia Communications of Florida (ICI), a competitive access provider (CPA).He expanded the network from two to five cities and built the NOC in Tampa.He returned to North Carolina to become Vice President of Engineering and Operations for Access-On when the company was started.Access-On was a consortium of 14 independent telephone companies that came together to build the NC Information Highway in their territories.Bill founded Diamond Consulting LLC, a telecommunication consulting company that grew to 15 people with major clients such as BellSouth Long Distance, MCI, Cable and Wireless, Comcast, ICG, and several independent telephone companies.

Mr. Adams joined TriVergent/NuVox as Senior Vice President of Engineering and directed the network design and construction of over 150 collocation POPs in 17 cities for the CLEC.He retired at the end of 2001 from NuVox.Bill earned a Bachelor in Electrical Engineering degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering from N C State University.Bill Adams is available for short-term consulting assignments and hourly rate is $200/hour plus travel and out-of-pocket expenses.

Bill has worked in the telecommunications industry since 1960, and he brings a wealth of experience and expertise to his role at Carolinanet.

Bill Adams began his career at Bell Telephone Laboratories in network design for radar systems and later headed the development of the Mechanized Loop Testing system, the most widely deployed system in the old Bell System.He worked for Southern Bell / BellSouth and was President of BellSouth Systems Technology, a shared tenant company, in the mid-1980s.

Bill retired from BellSouth to become Vice President of Operations for SouthernNet, an IXC constructing and operating a fiber optics and switching network in seven states.He directed the building of two Network Operations Centers (NOCs) during the rapid expansion of SouthernNet and its later merger to become TelecomUSA.He was selected to be Vice President of Engineering and Operations for Norlight, a fiber optics transmission company owned by three power companies and operating in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.He directed the rebuilding and expansion of this startup company's network and construction of an NOC prior to the sale of Norlight to MRC.

As Vice President of Engineering and Operations for Intermedia Communications of Florida (ICI), a competitive access provider (CPA) he expanded the network from two to five cities and built the NOC in Tampa.He returned to North Carolina to become Vice President of Engineering and Operations for Access-On when the company was started.Access-On was a consortium of 14 independent telephone companies that came together to build the NC Information Highway in their territories.Bill founded Diamond Consulting LLC, a telecommunication consulting company that grew to 15 people with major clients such as BellSouth Long Distance, MCI, Cable and Wireless, Comcast, ICG, and several independent telephone companies.

Bill joined TriVergent/NuVox as Senior Vice President of Engineering and directed the network design and construction of over 150 collocation POPs in 17 cities for the CLEC.He retired at the end of 2001 from NuVox.Bill earned a Bachelor in Electrical Engineering degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering from N C State University.

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Bill Adams began his career at Bell Telephone Laboratories in network design for radar systems and later headed the development of the Mechanized Loop Testing system, the most widely deployed system in the old Bell System.He worked for Southern Bell / BellSouth and was President of BellSouth Systems Technology, a shared tenant company, in the mid-1980s.

Bill retired from BellSouth to become Vice President of Operations for SouthernNet, an IXC constructing and operating a fiber optics and switching network in seven states.He directed the building of two Network Operations Centers (NOCs) during the rapid expansion of SouthernNet and its later merger to become TelecomUSA.He was selected to be Vice President of Engineering and Operations for Norlight, a fiber optics transmission company owned by three power companies and operating in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.He directed the rebuilding and expansion of this startup company's network and construction of an NOC prior to the sale of Norlight to MRC.

As Vice President of Engineering and Operations for Intermedia Communications of Florida (ICI), a competitive access provider (CPA) he expanded the network from two to five cities and built the NOC in Tampa.He returned to North Carolina to become Vice President of Engineering and Operations for Access-On when the company was started.Access-On was a consortium of 14 independent telephone companies that came together to build the NC Information Highway in their territories.Bill founded Diamond Consulting LLC, a telecommunication consulting company that grew to 15 people with major clients such as BellSouth Long Distance, MCI, Cable and Wireless, Comcast, ICG, and several independent telephone companies.

Bill joined TriVergent/NuVox as Senior Vice President of Engineering and directed the network design and construction of over 150 collocation POPs in 17 cities for the CLEC.He retired at the end of 2001 from NuVox.Bill earned a Bachelor in Electrical Engineering degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering from N C State University.

orking companies.He successfully created and operated two major multi-regional networks based in the Carolinas, one operating on a wholesale basis to ILECs, the other operating on a retail CLEC basis.

Tim is a former US Air Force officer, having held the rank of Captain.He has spent many years operating as both a planning consultant and troubleshooter.He has a diverse range of knowledge and industry experience including aviation, pharmaceuticals, clinical laboratory, biochemistry, industrial process control, database design, systems programming, and data network architecture.

Tim accurately predicted most of the early years of the Internet boom and acted upon those predictions, persuading a conservative independent telephone company to join forces with him.In July 1993, this alliance resulted in the formation of the first commercial ISP in South Carolina, a company now known as Info Avenue Internet Services.Over the next 5 to 6 years, he worked to establish the company as a wholesaler of back-end Internet services, primarily to independent telephone companies across the United States.As a result of this activity, he became rather well-known and respected by the ILEC community.

Bill Adams began his career at Bell Telephone Laboratories in network design for radar systems and later headed the development of the Mechanized Loop Testing system, the most widely deployed system in the old Bell System.He worked for Southern Bell / BellSouth and was President of BellSouth Systems Technology, a shared tenant company, in the mid-1980s.

Bill retired from BellSouth to become Vice President of Operations for SouthernNet, an IXC constructing and operating a fiber optics and switching network in seven states.He directed the building of two Network Operations Centers (NOCs) during the rapid expansion of SouthernNet and its later merger to become TelecomUSA.He was selected to be Vice President of Engineering and Operations for Norlight, a fiber optics transmission company owned by three power companies and operating in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.He directed the rebuilding and expansion of this startup company's network and construction of an NOC prior to the sale of Norlight to MRC.

As Vice President of Engineering and Operations for Intermedia Communications of Florida (ICI), a competitive access provider (CPA) he expanded the network from two to five cities and built the NOC in Tampa.He returned to North Carolina to become Vice President of Engineering and Operations for Access-On when the company was started.Access-On was a consortium of 14 independent telephone companies that came together to build the NC Information Highway in their territories.Bill founded Diamond Consulting LLC, a telecommunication consulting company that grew to 15 people with major clients such as BellSouth Long Distance, MCI, Cable and Wireless, Comcast, ICG, and several independent telephone companies.

Bill joined TriVergent/NuVox as Senior Vice President of Engineering and directed the network design and construction of over 150 collocation POPs in 17 cities for the CLEC.He retired at the end of 2001 from NuVox.Bill earned a Bachelor in Electrical Engineering degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering from N C State University.

Bill Adams has worked in the telecommunications industry since 1960, and he brings a wealth of experience and expertise to his role at TriVergent.Prior to TriVergent, he was president of Diamond Consulting, LLC of Charlotte, NC.This firm worked with major clients on engineering, operations, management, and business case development in long distance, local, and competitive access services.His distinguished and extensive telecommunications career includes positions as a vice president in the areas of engineering and operations with Access/On in North Carolina, Intermedia Communications of Florida, Norlight in Wisconsin, and SoutherNet/Telecom USA in Atlanta.He began his career with Bell Telephone Laboratories before working for Southern Bell/BellSouth.He was president of BellSouth Systems Technology in the mid-1980's.Bill received a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University.

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