Eugene Eidenberg has served as a director since November 1997 and non-executive chairman of the board of directors since April 2002. From November 1997 until April 2002, Mr. Eidenberg was the chairman of the board of directors. From July 2001 until April 2002, Mr. Eidenberg served as our chief executive officer.
Patricia L. Higgins has served as director on the Internap Board since December 2004, bringing more than 28 years of technology execution and governance to Internap. Ms. Higgins currently serves on the boards of Travelers, Barnes & Noble, and Visteon Corp and formally held a board position with Delta Airlines.
Charles B. Coe has served as a director since July 2003. Mr. Coe is a 28-year veteran of the telecommunications industry, including 15 years with BellSouth. During his career, he served as President of BellSouth Network Services; President of BellSouth Telecommunications; President of BellSouth International; and Group President of Customer Operations for BellSouth Telecommunications.
James P. DeBlasio is President and Chief Executive Officer of Internap. He most recently served as the Company's president and chief operating officer since September 2005. DeBlasio also has served, since August 2003, as a member of the board of directors and chairman of the audit committee. He will oversee the day-to-day operations of the company's engineering, operations, marketing and sales functions. DeBlasio brings more than 23 years of financial experience in the telecommunications industry, holding key senior leadership roles in financial planning and analysis, portfolio analysis and strategic planning. Before joining Internap, he served as Financial Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Wireline and Wireless product portfolio for Lucent Technologies' Mobility and INS Products, where he has overall financial responsibility for all infrastructure products.
William J. Harding has served as a director since January 1999. Dr. Harding has served as a Managing Director of VantagePoint Venture Partners, a venture capital company, since October 2007. Prior to joining VantagePoint Venture Partners, Dr. Harding was a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley & Co., and a Managing Member of several venture capital funds affiliated with Morgan Stanley, where he was employed from 1994 through 2007.
Kevin L. Ober is a Managing Partner of Divergent Venture Partners. Prior to Divergent, he spent seven years with Vulcan Ventures, a national venture capital firm owned by Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft Corporation.
Dr. Daniel C. Stanzione, Ph. D. retired from Lucent Technologies in 2000 where he served as Chief Operating Officer and President of Bell Laboratories. At Lucent's formation in 1995, Dr. Stanzione was President of Network Systems, Lucent's business unit which sold to telecommunication Service Providers around the world.
Gary M. Pfeiffer retired in December 2006 after 32 years with the DuPont Company. During his career with DuPont, Mr. Pfeiffer held a variety of financial and business leadership positions in the United States, Brazil and Japan. For the nine years prior to retirement, Mr. Pfeiffer served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of DuPont. Mr. Pfeiffer was elected to the Internap board in August 2007. He also serves on the boards of Quest Diagnostics and Talbots.
