Steve Miller
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
As chairman and CEO of Highwinds, Steve Miller plays a key role in managing all operational responsibilities for the company, including direct management of the sales, information technology, customer service and finance organizations. Under his direction, Highwinds has established a global presence and achieved majority market share of their software and hosting IP services product lines. He has played an instrumental role in launching the company's content delivery services, which today is the fastest growing CDN on the planet.
Mr. Miller's extensive experience in the software industry includes working with Openwave Systems in their enterprise software division, serving as vice president of WebUsenet's software division, and serving as director of sales for bCandid Corporation. In these previous roles, he led an aggressive penetration into the enterprise IP services software market, driving sales initiatives and winning business with the world's leading telecommunications and Internet service providers, including Cox Communications, EarthLink, Telecom Italia, Time Warner Cable, UPC Chello and Verizon.
In both 2007 and 2008, Mr. Miller was named a finalist for the prestigious Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. In 2010 he accepted top honors in the 2010 SMART Awards on behalf of Highwinds. He holds a bachelor's degree in business management from the University of Alabama.
Josh Gagliardi
Chief Technology Officer
Josh Gagliardi is responsible for maintaining and extending the technological advantages of the company's suite of content delivery, network services and IP software products and leveraging those advantages for entry into new markets. Mr. Gagliardi managed all aspects of software development and quality assurance during the creation of Highwinds' Cyclone and Typhoon products as well as the Twister discussion server. His contributions have provided for the advancement of a wide range of technologies – including messaging bus architecture, network management, distributed file systems and advanced routing methods.
Prior to joining Highwinds, Mr. Gagliardi worked as a software engineer with Language Engineering Corporation, and with BBN Systems and Technologies, where he helped develop content aggregation and filtering technology for an early news aggregator.
Mr. Gagliardi received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Gabe Miller
Chief Financial Officer
In his role as CFO, Gabe Miller is responsible for Highwinds' overall financial management, including accounting, budgeting, banking and asset administration. He also manages the company's outsourced legal, accounting, tax, payroll, and banking and insurance relationships, as well as internal human resources functions.
Mr. Miller previously worked as a business analyst with Rotech Healthcare, focused on the integration of an acquired company with $20 million in sales into a parent organization with $650 million in sales. He has also worked as a senior consultant with Nephron Pharmaceuticals.
Mr. Miller holds bachelor's and master's degrees in business administration from the University of Florida.
Van Macatee
Chief Operating Officer, Content Delivery and Network Services
As COO, Van Macatee is responsible for all operational aspects of Highwinds' Content Delivery and Network Services business. In this role, he is instrumental in ensuring that Highwinds' customer experience remains a top priority. His duties include overseeing the integration of newly acquired network and technology companies, and the expansion of the Highwinds RollingThunder network to new, international points of presence.
Mr. Macatee's experience includes high-profile technical leadership roles for the U.S. Department of Defense, Sprint Long Distance, TCI and Level 3. While serving as group vice president, global operations, for Level 3, Mr. Macatee organized and ran the company's worldwide network operations function, overseeing field operations, network provisioning and management, customer service, and IT. Most recently, as founder of consultancy The Evermore Group, he assisted international cable and telecom operators in improving their operational strategies, execution and performance.
Mr. Macatee is a published author and an accomplished public speaker and motivator.
Mark Mullison
Chief Information Officer
As CIO at Highwinds, Mark Mullison is responsible for all aspects of software development as well as Highwinds' Information Technology group. Mr. Mullison has a proven track record of creatively designing, building, implementing and operating leading-edge solutions that deliver shareholder value in large-scale, mission-critical, complex global environments. He has more than 20 years of extensive experience in software development, global information technology infrastructure management and operations.
Throughout his career, Mr. Mullison has successfully managed in excess of $180 million in systems solutions--from concept to operation--for companies including Sprint, Alcatel, Global One/Equant and Level 3 Communications. In 2006 he founded Landmark Technologies Corporation to provide technology and management consulting services that improve the operating performance of companies with complex global operations. He has extensive experience building and managing high-performance processes, systems and organizations around the world.
Mr. Mullison received his bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of Michigan and has completed the Essentials of Management Program at the Wharton School of Business.
Mike Padula, Jr.
Senior Vice President of Global Sales, Content Delivery and Network Services
As senior vice president of global sales for Highwinds' Content Delivery and Network Services business, Mike Padula, Jr. is instrumental in driving global sales growth for Highwinds' portfolio of solutions for CDN, Network Services and Colocation. Mr. Padula is responsible for recruiting and directing the global sales team, building relationships with the customer base, overseeing the channel program, and managing the P&L for the sales organization.
Mr. Padula has nearly two decades of senior management experience in the technology space. He came to Highwinds from Atlantix Global Systems where he held the position of senior vice president of global sales, responsible for the end-user worldwide sales organization, profit and loss, and strategic initiatives for the company's enterprise-class networking hardware, telecom equipment and IT services. Prior to Atlantix, Padula spent ten years at Level 3 Communications, where he held a number of senior management positions within the sales organization including senior vice president, Business Markets Group, and vice president, Wholesale Markets Group. Earlier in his career, Padula held various sales positions at AT&T and BellSouth.
Mr. Padula holds a bachelor's degree from Florida State University.
The Highwinds Board of Directors
Steve Miller, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Highwinds
Frank Bergen, Chief Executive Officer, Xerocole, Inc.
Don Padgett, Certified Public Accountant
Albert A. Prast, Chief Information Officer, Connextions, Inc.
Neil Sequeira, Managing Director, General Catalyst Partners
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