Bob is currently Executive Director of the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI) focusing academic research on the impacts of competition and technology within the telecommunications industry. Prior to joining CITI, Bob was Deputy Chief of the Federal Communication Commission's Common Carrier Bureau, responsible for developing, implementing and enforcing FCC policies and regulations governing interstate and international telecommunication services. From 1985 to 1998, Bob was responsible for the regulatory, public policy, and external affairs activities of Teleport Communications Group (TCG), the nation's first Competitive Access Provider (CAP) and Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC). In 1994 he became Senior VP for Legal, Regulatory & External Affairs when his role was expanded to include responsibility for TCG's Legal Department. When AT&T acquired TCG in July 1998 and became AT&T Local Services, Bob was appointed Vice President and Chief Regulatory Officer of AT&T Local Services until he joined the FCC. From 1972 to 1985, Bob served in various capacities within the competitive telecommunications industry including Manager, Business Planning at ITT Word Communications Inc.; Manager, International Service Development with GTE Sprint; and Director, New Services Planning and Development at RCA Global Communications, Inc. He also served on the U.S Government's delegations to the international negotiations that created the International Maritime Satellite Organization (INMARSAT) to provide satellite communication to ships at sea. In the regulatory and public policy area, Bob served in Washington, DC as a Government Relations Representative for ITT's Communication Operations Group and as Counsel for Government and International Matters at Satellite Business Systems (SBS). After joining TCG, he co-founded and was the first President of the Association for Local Telecommunication Services (ALTS), the competitive local telecommunications industry's trade association. Bob graduated from the University of Virginia with a BA in Government and Foreign Affairs and later earned a JD from Georgetown University Law Center. He is currently admitted to the bar in New Jersey.
Leonardo is currently Chairman and CEO of fiberSpace, Inc., an optical networking company developing frequency stable semiconductor laser applications for digital communications. From 1987 to 1997, Leonardo held various senior executive management positions including Chairman, CEO and President of AHI Healthcare Systems, Inc. (AHI), an integrator of primary care physicians and specialists. During his tenure at AHI, he successfully orchestrated the company's IPO and engineered the sale of the company to FPA Medical Management, Inc., via a tax-free stock exchange. From 1983 to 1990, Leonardo served as a Senior Partner of Cardiovascular Care Consultants, a medical group devoted to the practice of cardiology and internal medicine. In 1979 he was awarded a Cardiology Fellowship at Cedars Sinai Medical Center. From 1973 to 1979, Leonardo served as Chairman of the Department of Cardiovascular Diseases and Founder of the Cardiovascular Laboratory at Hospital Italiano, Rosario, Argentina. Hospital Italiano housed the area's first cardiovascular laboratory, technically equipped for performing coronary angiography and supporting an open heart surgery program in this city of one million people. He currently serves on the Board and Audit Committee of Micro Optics Design Corporation, which develops automated industrial equipment for lens manufacturing and is Chairman and a Board Member of Systrack, Inc., which develops web-based data gathering and data mining systems. Leonardo earned a medical degree from the University of Rosario and completed post graduate training, an Internal Medicine Fellowship and Cardiology Fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
Ellen has been a regulatory law and policy consultant specializing in energy and telecommunications issues since 2001. She is also a Senior Advisor to The Brattle Group, an international economic consultancy. From 2004 to 2009 she served as Vice-Chairman and Commissioner of the Illinois Executive Ethics Commission. From 1999 to 2004, Ellen provided in-house telecommunication and regulatory policy expertise to CoreComm Comunications, Inc. and USN Communications, Inc, Previously, she was a consultant specializing in domestic and international telecommunications and utility regulatory issues from l994 to l997. From 1989 to l994, she served as Chairman and Commissioner of the Illinois Commerce Commission, the state public utilities regulatory body which regulates electric, gas, trucking, telecommunications, and water utilities. From 1978 to 1989, she was a law and policy advisor to Governor James R. Thompson, and held several management positions including Deputy Chief of Staff. Ellen is a Director of the Environmental Law and Policy Center and several other not-for-profit organizations. She earned a B.A. from Cardinal Cushing College and a J.D. from The John Marshall Law School. She is admitted to practice in Illinois.
Doug is currently a Senior Executive at Enbridge Inc. (NYSE: ENB), a $20 billion energy transportation and distribution company which operates the world's longest crude oil and liquids transportation system. As Vice President Gas Transmission and Development for Enbridge Energy Co. Inc. and President of the Enbridge Offshore Pipeline assets, Doug directs gas and oil pipeline operations in the Gulf of Mexico as well as natural gas business development and interstate pipelines located in North America. Prior to joining Enbridge in 2005, Doug served as President of Shell Gas Transmission responsible for the development of the Gulf of Mexico gas pipeline infrastructure since 1996. From 1974 to 1996 he held various executive positions with Northern Natural Gas and Enron. Doug has more than 30 years of energy industry experience with emphasis in areas of interstate and gathering pipeline development and management. He has been involved with the development and management of a number of major capital investments and businesses in natural gas pipeline, storage fields, gas processing and acquisitions. Doug is a member of INGAA as well as the Southern Gas Association. He earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from the University of Nebraska.
With over four decades of executive management and operations experience, Joe spearheads all activities within LifeSciences & Healthcare. From 1962 to 1978 Joe held financial and management positions at Fortune 500 Companies including Ford Motor Company, Rockwell International, Admiral and United Brands respectively. In 1978, Joe was recruited to Searle, now a unit of Pfizer, as a member of a turnaround team. At the time, Searle suffered from declining profits within its various businesses as well as a severely depressed stock price. During his tenure, Joe served in various capacities including VP & Corporate Controller; VP & General Manager of the U.S. Pharmaceutical Group, a unit with annual sales of over $300 MM; VP of Corporate Planning, working with Searle's CFO to develop and implement a three-phase growth plan for Pearle Vision Centers, resulting in an IPO and sale to Grand Metropolitan; and VP of the R&D Division, a unit with approximately 1,400 scientists and technicians and an annual expenditure budget of $120 MM. Once Searle obtained a patent for NutraSweet, the non-caloric sweetener, Joe became COO of The NutraSweet Company, growing annual sales to $1 BN. In 1987, Joe started a private consulting practice which included merger and acquisition work, investment banking, market studies for new products, installation of management reporting systems, and restructuring analysis. In 1999, Joe became COO of Triangle Laboratories, an analytical laboratory which he departed in early 2004 when the company became the target of a hostile takeover. Prior to joining White Cap Private Equity Management, LLC, Joe served as COO, Summit TCD Corporation, a boutique consulting firm which develops custom software for Fortune 500 companies in the diagnostic and healthcare industry. Joe earned a B.A. in International Relations from the University of Southern California, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. He was subsequently awarded a Woodrow Wilson Foundation fellowship for graduate studies in economics at Princeton University.
Guillermo is currently President and Chief Executive Officer of ALO.COM, an Internet media portal company targeting the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking online community by offering personalized information and entertainment through a growing offering of "third generation" channels. Prior to forming ALO.COM, he served as Managing Partner of Axis Group, a merchant-banking firm that has acted as a principal and financial advisor for some of the largest transactions in Mexico. Prior to Axis Group, Guillermo served as Chief Corporate Officer, Executive Vice-President and President of the Executive Committee at Grupo Televisa S.A. de C.V., the world's largest Spanish language media company. His responsibilities included evaluating potential mergers and acquisitions, directing strategic and financial planning, managing investor relations, and overseeing the company's re-engineering of its administrative systems, internal procedures and technological development. Guillermo joined Grupo Televisa in 1990 as a member of the Board of Directors and Director of the Office of the President. During 1991, he was the principal force in taking Grupo Televisa public, both in Mexico and in the international markets. In December of 1993, Guillermo conducted Grupo Televisa's listing on the New York Stock Exchange (TV). In the fall of 1994, he was promoted to Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. In this capacity, he led the financial restructuring of Grupo Televisa's debt during Mexico's worst financial crisis. He was appointed Executive Vice President in March of 1996, and later, Chairman of the Board and Chief Corporate Officer. Guillermo also worked for the world's foremost sports marketing and licensing group for eight years and was involved in many significant international sporting events including the 1986 World Cup and the Summer and Winter Olympic Games in 1988. Additionally, he served as both a financial analyst and institutional salesperson at a leading Mexican brokerage firm.
© White Cap Private Equity, LLC
