TNCI Operating Company LLC has appointed Blaine Gilles as senior vice president of network services at TNCI.
In his new role, Gilles will oversee all network deployment, planning and operations for TNCI. The practices and policies that he aims to instill “will better serve the end user community that relies on TNCI for data, long distance and local services,” the company said.
Gilles served at WilTel Communications and later with Level 3. During his time with WilTel, he led its voice services business unit from inception to generating well over $1 billion in annual revenue. And, his time included the deployment of a of service infrastructure that enabled WilTel to provide long distance to more than 25 million end users in under four years.
Additionally, Gilles has been an expert witness on behalf of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and Ameritech Corp. and has provided management consulting services to numerous private equity and telecom carrier clients.
“Blaine Gilles will make an outstanding addition to the TNCI team with his depth of knowledge and experience in designing and implementing effective strategies within the rapidly changing technology industry,” said Jeff Compton, CEO and president of TNCI. “He knows what it takes to deploy efficient nationwide network infrastructure in a way that will generate revenue while satisfying the needs of our many end users. We are excited to welcome him to the TNCI team and for the positive effects his knowledge and leadership will generate for TNCI.”
