Donald is the Northern California Operations Manager for NextWeb. He has over 24 years of experience with all forms of wireless including multipoint process control (oil, gas, water and electrical), satellite communications and extensive microwave knowledge. As International Sales Engineer for California Microwave’s Data Division, he sold and installed wireless control/distribution systems throughout Europe, Middle East and Africa. Donald has held multiple positions in business as Director of Marketing, Product Manager of Western Multiplex’s Lynx and Tsunami unlicensed product lines; and consultant for the California Transportation’s Security System for the Bay Area’s bridges/tunnels providing over 250 1Mbps video streams into CalTran’s and the Highway Patrol’s(CHP) command center in Oakland, CA after 9/11. He has provided wireless training from basic to advanced in over 30 countries and written many articles on the use of wireless mostly for the unlicensed bands.
NextWeb, Inc. is the dominant broadband fixed-wireless business service provider in California. The company utilizes licensed and unlicensed wireless technology to bypass the local telco infrastructure to deliver cost-effective, carrier-class broadband service that can be installed in hours, rather than weeks.
NextWeb was founded in 1999, and started operations with its first customer in 2000. The company has achieved triple-digit annual revenue growth over the past four years, becoming cash flow positive in September 2003 and EBITDA positive in December 2003. The company has raised $8 million in 4 rounds of venture financing.
NextWeb provides service to more than over 2,000 corporate accounts in the largest metropolitan markets in California, including the San Francisco Bay Area, the Greater Los Angeles area, and Orange County. The company’s service area encompasses over 175 cities across nearly 3,000 square miles and covers 50,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in population centers that include nearly 25 million households.
