David W. Ackerman, Executive Vice President, WinStar Network Services and Business Development, oversees development, construction and operation of WinStar’s state-of-the-art fixed wireless broadband network and the delivery of Wireless Fiber^SM service to WinStar customers.

Mr. Ackerman, who joined WinStar in 1994, is a leader in the commercial development of wireless communications technology and brings more than 27 years of experience in local, long distance and wireless services to the company. Before joining WinStar, Ackerman served as Senior Vice President of Mobile Telecommunication Technologies (Mtel), where he led Mtel’s development of two-way paging and headed corporate strategy and new business development. Previously, Ackerman held a number of senior positions at MCI Communications, where he was responsible for design and deployment of new products and services, including MCI 800, Virtual Network Service and MCI Fax, as well as paging and cellular operations later sold to McCaw Cellular. Before joining MCI, Ackerman held senior positions in operations, planning, development, finance and marketing with GTE, Rochester Telephone Company and New York Telephone.