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Mr. Taylor is a Senior Advisor at Chanin. Mr. Taylor has more than 20 years experience in the domestic and international telecommunications industry, as well as expertise in network operations, corporate development, operations support systems, sales management, and capital markets.Most recently, Mr. Taylor founded TeleGuam Holdings, LLC, the acquisition vehicle used to acquire Guam Telephone Authority ("GTA"). As the company's President, CEO, and Chairman, Mr. Taylor led the privatization of the largest government owned telecom company in the US. Under his leadership, TeleGuam increased operating efficiency and margins threefold, integrated quadruple play products (cable tv, wireless, internet, and telephone), and significantly improved customer service and employment to the citizens of Guam.Mr. Taylor sits on the Board of Directors for Madison River Communications, a rural incumbent telephone company based in Mebane, North Carolina. In addition, Mr. Taylor sits on the Board of IPLAN Networks, a CLEC based in Argentina.Currently, Mr. Taylor is also the Executive Vice Chairman of the Association for Local Telecommunications Services (ALTS), the nation's leading organization representing facilities-based local exchange carries (CLECs). Mr. Taylor was previously Chairman of the ALTS organization. He is also a member of the Board of the Information Technology Association (ITAA). This organization represents the broad spectrum of the US IT Industry. Mr. Taylor was recently name by the Chairman of the US Government's Federal Communications Commission Michael Powell to be on the Network Reliability and Interoperability Council (NRIC). The role of the counsel is to develop recommendations for the FCC and the telecommunications industry to assure optimal reliability, security, interoperability and interconnectivity of and accessibility to public telecommunications networks and the internet. Mr. Taylor serves on the Entrepreneurial Studies Advisory Board of the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business.Prior to MFS Communications, Mr. Taylor co-founded Focal, a national facilities-based CLEC headquartered in Chicago, IL, and providing service in 23 other markets. Mr. Taylor served as the company's President, CEO, Chairman and a Director since its founding in 1996. Mr. Taylor has testified in front of the US Congress on several occasions as an expert on competitive telecommunications. Mr. Taylor turned over the position of CEO in June 2002 to focus on other business ventures.From 1994 to 1996 Mr. Taylor was a Vice President with MFS Communications (now a part of WorldCom). At MFS Mr. Taylor managed the Global Services organization with customers and staff in 7 countries. These customers represented 20% of the company's revenues. Initially at MFS, Mr. Taylor was responsible for the development and construction of the markets located in the SBC Communications and Ameritech Communications territories.Mr. Taylor holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. | 