Investor Relations ~ Alaska Communications Systems

Management Team

Our management team realizes the vital role of representing the interests of our shareholders. Select from the list below to learn more about an individual Management Team member.

Liane Pelletier
Chief Executive Officer, President and Chair

Liane Pelletier serves as Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors for Alaska Communications Systems (“ACS”) (NASDAQ: ALSK). Since joining the Company in 2003, Ms. Pelletier has rebuilt the executive lead team, reconstructed the Board of Directors, and implemented a new business strategy, operating model and an organization structure to reflect the Company’s strategy, as well as overhauled the Company’s image with investors, customers, employees and the community. Key tenets of the ACS operating model and culture are customer centricity, performance management and continuous process improvement. Under her leadership, the company designed and constructed Alaska’s only statewide 3G CDMA wireless network and marketed a set of voice and data services responsible for sector leading growth. Operating as an integrated telecommunications company, ACS has introduced wireless-wireline integrated products and services that are industry-firsts, nationwide. The company is now pursuing a new growth opportunity through investment in infrastructure to serve enterprise customers with locations in Alaska and the Lower 48, including the build of its own undersea fiber optic cable.

Prior to ACS, Pelletier’s career included 17 years at Sprint as a member of the Executive Management Committee.

Pelletier earned her M.S. in Management at the Sloan School of Business at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a B.A. in Economics, magna cum laude, from Wellesley College. She currently serves as a Trustee on the Board of Alaska Pacific University.

Sheldon Fisher
Senior Vice President Sales and Service

Sheldon Fisher serves as the Senior Vice President of Sales and Service for ACS.

Prior to joining the ACS management team, Mr. Fisher served as Vice President, Broadband Direct at Sprint Corporation. In this position, Mr. Fisher was the general manager of Sprint's wireless broadband business, with broad operational and product development responsibilities. Mr. Fisher helped spearhead Sprint's development of existing and future wireless data products, services, and technologies, including next generation initiatives such as ITFS/MMDS, EV-DO, EV-DV and Wi-Fi. Mr. Fisher worked for Hughes Electronics where he was responsible for Business development and as the director of legal affairs. At Hughes, Mr. Fisher supported the EVP of the Wireless Networks Division in the development and implementation of the business strategies to expand Hughes’ mobile wireless infrastructures business.

Mr. Fisher earned a Juris Doctor degree from Yale Law School and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Brigham Young University.

Anand Vadapalli
Senior Vice President Network and Information Technology

Anand Vadapalli serves as Senior Vice President for Network and Information Technology for Alaska Communications Systems (“ACS”) (NASDAQ: ALSK). Vadapalli joined ACS in 2006 and is responsible for operation of the ACS Network including local exchange, inter-exchange, wireless and Internet functions.

Vadapalli’s focus at ACS is in creating and operating best-in-class wireless and data networks and enabling process improvement through information technology – through an emphasis on extraordinary customer experience, technology leadership, operational excellence, and employee development.

Mr. Vadapalli’s personal hallmarks include customer-focused innovations, high performance standards, a strong work ethic, and endless energy. Mr. Vadapalli has held various technology and business executive positions at Valor Telecom, Network Telephone Corporation, and Broadwing/Cincinnati Bell.

Vadapalli holds a BE in Mechanical Engineering from Osmania University in Hyderabad, India as well as a PGDM from the Indian Institute of Management in Calcutta, India.

David Wilson
Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

David Wilson serves as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Alaska Communications Systems (“ACS”) (NASDAQ: ALSK). Wilson joined ACS in 2004 and is responsible for the ACS treasury, finance, revenue requirements, and tax functions.

Wilson was a key player with the new management team in the successful re-make of ALSK in the investment community. He served as a leader in refinancing and restructuring ACS’ debt structure, de-levering by over $90 million; reducing the weighted average cost of debt down from over 8% to 6.5%; extending maturities; and fixing interest rates on 100% of the debt. Wilson remains a key player in cost structure rationalization and accelerating revenue growth. He has driven the organization to move forward with a culture based on measurement and metrics.

Prior to joining ACS, Wilson most recently worked for Telocity, DIRECTV and Triumph Communications. Wilson helped lead Telocity through its initial public offering and eventual sale to DIRECTV. DIRECTV Broadband appointed Wilson as its Chief Financial Officer after previously serving Telocity as its Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer. Wilson also served as Chief Financial Officer of Triumph Communications, a subsidiary of Hughes Electronics.

Wilson has ten years of experience working in public accounting at PricewaterhouseCoopers in both international and domestic offices. At PricewaterhouseCoopers, Wilson managed a portfolio of high-profile publicly- traded network and communications audit clients.

Wilson is a Chartered Accountant, and holds a Bachelor of Commerce, from the University of Birmingham, UK. Wilson serves on the Alaskan board of Junior Achievement as well as Alaska Children’s Services.

Leonard Steinberg
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Leonard Steinberg serves as Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Ethics Officer for Alaska Communications Systems (ACS) (NASDAQ ALSK). Steinberg joined ACS in 2000 and is responsible for the company's legal affairs and risk management functions. Steinberg’s legal responsibilities include compliance with SEC and NASDAQ rules, corporate organization, compliance with all telecommunications laws, corporate transactions, and litigation. Steinberg’s risk management duties include oversight of contract administration, real estate management, insurance coverage, safety programs, OSHA/EPA compliance, and emergency planning.

Before joining ACS, Steinberg was of Counsel with Brena, Bell and Clarkson, P.C., in Anchorage, Alaska, where he represented telecommunications and energy clients. Previously, Steinberg was a partner at Hosie, Wes, Sacks and Brelsford (since acquired by Perkins Coie) where he focused on oil and gas royalty and tax disputes while working out of the firm’s offices in Anchorage, Alaska and San Francisco, California.

Steinberg holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California's Hastings College of Law. He also holds a Master of Public Administration degree from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, a Master of Business Administration degree from U.C. Berkley's Haas School of Business, and a Bachelor of Arts Degree from University of California at Santa Cruz. Steinberg is an active member of the bar in both Alaska and California.

Nathan Cagle
Vice President of Human Resources and Chief Compliance Officer

Nathan Cagle serves as Vice President of Human Resources and Chief Compliance Officer. Prior to joining ACS in 2008, Cagle had been a Human Resources consultant serving start-up and emerging businesses that require senior human resources services. Cagle was Managing Partner and President of SunRise Partners of Sea Bright, N.J. since 2003. Prior to that, he served as Vice President of Human Resources at NUI Corp. of Bedminster, N.J., a $1.25 billion diversified energy company.

Cagle served as Senior Vice President, Human Resources for Fine Host Corp., and held senior-level positions in human resources for Barnes Group Inc., Kraft General Foods/Philip Morris, Lender’s Bagels Corp., and Frito Lay/PepsiCo.

Cagle is a retired U.S. Naval Reserve Commander. He holds an MA in labor and industrial relations from the University of Illinois, and a BA with honors from High Point College in North Carolina.