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Mr. Samples has served as a Director of Pac-West since January 2005. Mr. Samples has over 20 years experience in the communications industry. Since January of 2003, he has been the Principal in Sapience LLC, in Scottsdale, Arizona, where he does consulting work and serves as a non-executive Director for two telecommunications companies. From February 2001 to June 2002, he served as CEO, President and Chairman of the Board of Management for Completel N.V. in London, England and Paris, France, a Dutch registered CLEC. From February 2000 to February 2001, Mr. Samples served as CEO and President of Firstmark Communications, a Pan-European broadband company with operations in seven Western European countries. From September 1997 to February 2000, he was CEO of One2One, a GSM service operator created through a joint venture between MediaOne group and Cable and Wireless. From July 1995 to May 1996, Mr. Samples served as Vice President and General Manager for US West Cellular/Airtouch in Phoenix, Arizona. Prior to 1995, Mr. Samples held various management, sales, and marketing positions with US West/MediaOne Group.
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