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Paul Griswold

Senior Vice President of Marketing and General Manager of New York
GoNetspeed
Phelps, New York, United States

Profession:
Currently, Paul is the Senior Vice President of Marketing and General Manager of NY Operations for GONETSPEED, a Fiber to the Home provider in 9 states and over 700 employees.

Previous experience...
Paul served as the President and CEO Ontario & Trumansburg Telephone Companies and Finger Lakes Technologies Group, Inc. for over 20 years. FLTG, the telco’s former CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier) was formed in 1995 to offer deregulated telecommunications services. Since 2005, Paul also has served as President and CEO of the telco’s and Finger Lakes Technologies Group, Inc. Both companies have been owned and operated by the Griswold family for over 100 years and 5 generations. Until 2017, FLTG owned and operated the largest privately held fiber network in Upstate NY. FLTG’s fiber network encompassed over 3,000 miles and connected 75 cities in Upstate NY. Our co-location facility resided at the former Seneca Army Depot in Romulus, NY. Our co-location property encompassed 800 acres and contained 64 Nuclear Warhead Bunkers, secured by triple barbwire fence. FLTG was also one of the largest Cisco partners in Upstate NY, earning one the highest Cisco certifications - CMSP (Cisco Master Service Provider). In 2017, Paul initiated the acquisition of FLTG to FirstLight.

Recently, Paul initiated yet another acquisition of the families 100 year old, 5 generation telephone companies Ontario, and Trumansburg Telephone Companies, to Oak Hill Capital Partners in April of 2021. As a result of the sale, Paul and Oak Hill Capital have created another CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier) called GONETSPEED. This company’s mission is to build fiber to the home (FTTH) throughout all of Upstate NY and into 9 different states. Construction has begun we now pass 500,000 homes. Paul continues to serve as the General Manager of NY and Senior VP of Global Marleting.

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