José Collazo
Jose Collazo has the distinction of being the longest serving CEO of any company within the telecommunications industry. He was instrumental in the start up of Infonet Services Corporation in 1969. Jose Collazo became CEO in 1975, Chairman and CEO in 1985 and continued in that capacity as they became a publicly traded company on the NYSE in 1999. At that time, this ten billion dollar IPO was the largest within its industry segment. Mr. Collazo was a major contributor to the development of global value added data communication services, making Infonet Services Corporation a recognized leader in the market for deploying Network Based Critical Global Applications with operations in more than 75 countries. Infonet was acquired by BT PLC, the English Telecom operator, in 2005. As a key executive of this 40 billion dollar Telecom enterprise, Jose Collazo was appointed to the position of President Products and Services of BT Global services in 2007, a position from which he retired in January of 2009.
In December of 2008, Jose Collazo was appointed to the Board of Directors of Clearwire Corporation as an Independent Director. Clearwire is a NASDAQ listed company that is rolling out a nationwide 4G Wimax communications network. He has been an active member of the Board of Regents of Pepperdine University over the past 11 years where he is a member of the Executive Committee. In 2002, Jose Collazo became the recipient of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the year award and in 1999 he was awarded the Outstanding Alumni Award by Pepperdine University.
In December of 2008, Jose Collazo was appointed to the Board of Directors of Clearwire Corporation as an Independent Director. Clearwire is a NASDAQ listed company that is rolling out a nationwide 4G Wimax communications network. He has been an active member of the Board of Regents of Pepperdine University over the past 11 years where he is a member of the Executive Committee. In 2002, Jose Collazo became the recipient of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the year award and in 1999 he was awarded the Outstanding Alumni Award by Pepperdine University.
