Robert Keane to Lead Spirit Telecom and PalmettoNet
October 28, 2010
October 27, 2010 – Robert Keane has been named President and CEO of Spirit Telecom and CEO of PalmettoNet.
Keane joins the two companies with headquarters in Columbia after 25plus years of experience in the telecommunications industry.
Bob spent 18 years with AT&T in telecom equipment sales,business development, product management and access management andprovided leadership in the development of local Internet, cable andaccess services. In 1997, he was named vice president of AT&T’slocal services with responsibility for strategic and fundamentalplanning in support of business, consumer and Internet business units,which included the integration of Teleport Communications Group (TCG)into AT&T.
In 1999, Bob joined Comcast and formed Comcast BusinessCommunications the following year. As President and CEO, he had fullfinancial and operating responsibility for the development of asubsidiary to provide fiber based services to small and mediumbusiness.
In 2002, he joined Cavalier Telephone as its President and COOoverseeing the day-to-day operations of a regional CLEC operating infive states and an inter-city long haul optical network providingservices in 15 states.
Most recently he served as president and President and CEO of Arena Racing LLC.
“We are very pleased to have Bob join the board and lead bothPalmettoNet and Spirit Telecom. Bob’s experience in largecommunications companies, a large cable company and an entrepreneurialCompetitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC), are truly experiences thatwill benefit our customers, employees and shareholders alike,” saidBrian Singleton, Chairman of PalmettoNet and Spirit Telecom, and CEO ofTruVista of Chester, S.C.
“I am very excited about the opportunity to lead these companieswith the solid support of the board and an outstanding reputation inits operating markets and from within the broader industry”, Keane said.
