Active in the industry for 30 years, Jim Hynes personally directed the establishment of COLT Telecommunications in Europe as their first CEO in 1992. As Chairman of the Board, he led COLT's IPO in 1996 and the company now enjoys annual sales of over $2 billion. Hynes then went to pursue the establishment of MetroRED Telecom in South America and Mexico, as well as KVH Telecom in Tokyo.

Before taking on operating roles, he was Group Managing Director at Fidelity Ventures for 10 years. Focused on telecommunications and technology, he directed all activities in those areas and his group achieved some of the most outstanding returns in the venture business. Representative investments included: Advanced MobileComm (which ultimately merged into Nextel), Geotel (acquired by Cisco) and Nexabit (Lucent). His career has included senior positions with Chase Manhattan, Continental Corporation, Bache & Co. and New York Telephone.

In 2003, he co-founded Neutral Tandem, Inc. He served as CEO until February 2006, when he moved to Executive Chairman. Hynes holds a B.A. and Honorary Doctorate from Iona College, where he is a member of the Board of Trustees, and an M.B.A. from Adelphi University. He is also on the North American Board of the SMURFIT Graduate School of Business, University College Dublin in Ireland.

Peter joined NEA in 1992, became a General Partner in 1993 and Managing General Partner in 1999. Peter specializes in information technology companies. Present board memberships include Boingo Wireless , Broadview Networks, eCommerce Industries, Hillcrest Communications, InnerWorkings, Mkt10, Neutral Tandem and ProtoStar. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the National Venture Capital Association. Prior board memberships include among others, UUNET Technologies (sold to MCI), AMISYS (acquired by HBO), CareerBuilder (acquired by Knight Ridder/Tribune Co.), Mobius Management Systems (NASDAQ: MOBI), SALIX Technologies (acquired by Tellabs) and Tripod (acquired by Lycos, Inc.).

Peter is a member of the Board of Trustees, Northwestern University; Board of Overseers, Tuck School at Dartmouth College; Board of Advisors, Tuck's Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship at Dartmouth; and Board of Directors, Venture Philanthropy Partners. Before joining NEA, Peter was President and Chief Operating Officer at LEGENT and Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Systems Software Division at UCCEL. He also held various management positions between 1977 and 1985 at General Electric, including Vice President and General Manager at GE Information Services. He received a Masters in Business Administration from Dartmouth College and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Northwestern University.

Mr. Hawk is president of Hawk Communications whose mission is to help develop high technology companies. In 1997 he retired as President and CEO of U S West Multimedia Communications, Inc. where he was responsible for the Media 1 cable business and the Time Warner partnership. From 1986 until 1995, Mr. Hawk was president of the Carrier Division of U S West Communications, Inc. Prior to that Mr. Hawk was Vice President, Marketing and Strategic Planning for CXC Corporation, a high technology start up and before that was Director, Advanced Systems Development for American Bell.

From 1997-2002 Mr. Hawk served as a Special Limited Partner of Crosspoint Venture Partners. During that time he served on the boards or advisory boards of fifteen companies that went public. Mr. Hawk previously serves as a director of Covad Communications [Nasdaq] and is a current director for Centillium Communications [Nasdaq] and several private high technology companies. During the past fifteen years Mr. hawk has worked with the CEO's and officers of eighty high tech companies as a board member, advisor and investor.

Larry has been one of Neutral Tandem's Directors since October 2006. He is currently the Chief Financial Officer and on the Board of Directors of mindSHIFT Technologies, Inc. an IT managed services provider which he joined in 2003. Prior to that time, he was the Chief Financial Officer and on the Board of Directors of COLT Telecom Group plc, a European telecommunication services company. Larry Ingeneri was the CFO of COLT Telecom Group plc from 1996 until 2002 and was instrumental in the company's ability to execute its business strategy. He joined COLT prior to the IPO and managed the company's successful public offering on both the London Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ, and helped the company raise $6B in debt and equity financing to fund its aggressive expansion. Prior to COLT, he worked at Salomon Brothers Inc as an investment banker.

Rian J. Wren is a telecommunications industry veteran and pioneer of IP telephony. As Senior Vice President and General Manager of Telephony for Comcast Cable, Wren was responsible for the overall delivery of telephony services for the country's leading cable and broadband communications provider until joining Neutral Tandem in February, 2006.

Wren joined Comcast in 1999 and was named CEO of Broadnet, Comcast's international wireless company in 2000. After returning to Comcast Business Communications (CBC), he served as the business unit's President where he had management and leadership responsibility for providing network solutions to Comcast's business customers.

Prior to joining Comcast, Wren held several senior management positions at AT&T, including President of the Southeast Region, and worked in the Consumer, Business, Network Services, and Network Systems Manufacturing organizations for more than 20 years.

Wren holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology and an MBA from Stanford University.

Mr. Evans currently serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Stelera Wireless, a leader in deploying broadband services to rural markets throughout the United States. Previously, Mr. Evans was CEO and Chairman of Syniverse Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:SVR). Mr. Evans was elected Syniverse's chairman of the board in February 2005 after having served as a director since February 2002. He served as chief executive officer from February 2002 until January 2006, at which time he stepped down from the position. Mr. Evans remained Chairman of the board until January of 2007. From January 1997 to January 2002, Mr. Evans was with Dobson Communications Corporation, first as president of its cellular subsidiaries and then as president and chief operating officer of the organization. Today Mr. Evans serves on the boards of Solix, CTIA – The Wireless Association, Carolina West Wireless, and the Network Reliability and Interoperability Commission, an advisory committee to the FCC. He holds a master's degree in business administration from Georgia State University.