Telecommunications 2024: ED MORCHE

Morche, a 30-year telecommunications industry veteran, joined GTT in October 2023 after serving as president of Lumen Technologies’ North American Enterprise and Public Sector business. He worked at CenturyLink, which rebranded as Lumen in 2020, and Level 3 Communications, leading the consolidation of multiple commercial and technical organizations following Level 3’s merger with CenturyLink.

As CEO and member of the board of directors for the global provider of secure cloud networking solutions, Morche is focused on cementing GTT’s position in the managed secure access server edge (SASE) and network communications marketplace, leveraging his experience at Igaea Communications, Teleglobe, Global One and Sprint. 

Morche replaced Ernie Ortega, who was named interim CEO in 2020 and became permanent CEO the next year. Ortega oversaw GTT’s selling of its infrastructure division to a Miami firm and filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2021, as well as its emergence from bankruptcy.

Morche attended the Catholic University of America, where he received a bachelor’s degree and a graduate degree from the School of Architecture and Planning. Morche previously served as director on the Virginia Hospital Center’s foundation board.