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Duane Albro joined WVT Communications in May 2007 as the President and CEO. Prior to joining WVT he was President and CEO of Refinish LP a privately held company in the cellular phone refurbishing business. He has extensive experience in the telecommunications and cable TV industry having served as Operations Vice President at Cablevision a metro-NY cable operator; President and COO of Net2000 Communications a northeast US-based CLEC; Operations Vice President at Bell Atlantic-New York a predecessor company to Verizon; and Group Vice President at NYNEX-New York also a predecessor company to Verizon.
Duane has been active in supporting the positive impact of telecommunications used in education having served on a White House Advisory Council on Technology in Education and provided testimony to Congress on the benefits of technology used in education. He has also served on the Boards of New York Medical College New York Institute of Technology Empire State College and Purchase College. Duane has demonstrated his commitment to workforce issues as the founder Chairman and President of the Long Island Works Coalition a major non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the available workforce for technology industries. Duane has also demonstrated support for communities with personal philanthropic grants that provide funds for the use of technology to improve human services education and business development.
Duane has a B.S. in Business Administration from the State University of New York at Buffalo and is currently pursuing an MBA at the New York Institute of Technology. He has also completed Executive Management Programs at the University of Virginia Darden School and the University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School. | 