Stephen C. Gray - Vice Chairman of the Board
Stephen C. Gray currently serves as Chairman of SecurityCoverage, Inc., a provider of personal security software services and Chairman of ImOn Communications, LLC, a provider of telecommunications, data and video services. Additionally, he is a Senior Advisor to The Carlyle Group and serves on the Board of Directors for two of their portfolio companies, Insight Communications Company Inc. and as Vice Chairman of Hawaiian Telcom Communications, Inc.

Mr. Gray served as President of McLeodUSA Incorporated from April 2002 until he retired on December 31, 2004. He was one of the original founders of McLeodUSA in September 1992 when he began as Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Board of Directors. He was also a member of the Board’s Executive Committee.

Prior to joining McLeodUSA, Mr. Gray served from 1990 to 1992 as Vice President of Business Services at MCI where he was responsible for marketing and sales support of the Business Markets division.

From 1988 to 1990, he served as Senior Vice President of National Accounts and Carrier Services for TelecomUSA where his responsibilities included sales, marketing and customer service. During his tenure with TelecomUSA, the company grew to become the fourth largest long distance company in the nation before it was acquired by MCI in 1990 for $1.25 billion.

From 1986 to 1988, Mr. Gray held a variety of sales management positions of increasing responsibility with WilTel Network Services. An operating unit of the Williams Companies, WilTel was one of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing fiber optic network companies.

Mr. Gray began his career with Clayton W. Williams Companies in Texas in 1981 where he held a variety of management positions with several of their companies including ClayDesta Communications Inc. ClayDesta became a leading provider of long distance service in Texas and throughout the Southwest following the consent decree requiring the breakup of AT&T.

Mr. Gray is married to Sally Gray and they have 3 children. A native of Tennessee, Mr. Gray earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Tennessee.