Brightspeed, the nation’s fifth-largest incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC), today celebrated the completion of its more than 27,000-square-foot corporate headquarters in Charlotte with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The recently launched telecom company’s headquarters on the seventh floor of Vantage South End east tower at 1120 South Tryon Street is in the heart of the Queen City’s vibrant South End neighborhood. Brightspeed’s planned investment of more than $2 billion to build a faster, more reliable fiber network includes increasing its workforce. The company has already created about a hundred jobs in Charlotte and plans to continue to grow in the coming years.
Front Row (from L-R): James Weaver (Secretary of the NC Dept of Information Technology and the state’s CIO), Bob Mudge (Chief Executive Officer). Back Row (from L-R): Nate Denny (Deputy Secretary of the ND Dept of IT), Jonathan Spalter (USTelecom President), Amy Wulfestieg (Chief Communications Officer), Tom Maguire (Chief Operating Officer), Chris Creager (Chief Administration Officer), Steve Tugentman (Chief Legal Officer), Jeff Lowney (Chief Commercial Officer), Ashok Kumar (Chief Technology Officer), Courtland Madock (Chief Marketing Officer), Colon McLean (Chief HR Officer), Christie Grumbos (Chief Financial Officer).