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TELECOMMUNICATIONS 2025: MERRITT, JEFF
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS 2025: KEEGAN, MICHAEL

As CEO of TNS since 2013, Keegan is responsible for setting global strategy for the privately held networking, integrated data and voice services provider. TNS was acquired by a Koch Industries subsidiary in 2021, and in 2022, TNS acquired Agnity Global, a provider of intelligent business communication applications and infrastructure to organizations in the telecommunications […]

TELECOMMUNICATIONS 2025: MERRITT, JEFF
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS 2025: HALLBACH, MAGGIE

With more than two decades at Verizon, Hallbach served in a number of senior executive positions before being promoted to her current position in 2022. Verizon Public Sector is the telecommunication company’s government contracting arm and is responsible for Verizon Frontline, a 5G communications service for first responders. In January, the U.S. Air Force selected […]

TELECOMMUNICATIONS 2025: MERRITT, JEFF
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS 2025: ANDERSON, WES

After 26 years of working for Microsoft, Anderson began a new venture at AT&T in December 2024. He transitioned in February to his current role as president of public sector and corporate officer, where he leads a team of 3,200 employees who deliver advanced communications and technologies including 5G, fiber and professional services to government […]

TELECOMMUNICATIONS 2025: MERRITT, JEFF
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS 2025: MERRITT, JEFF

Merritt is responsible for leading more than 1,000 employees in Hampton Roads, Cox’s largest market in Virginia, representing more than 60% of the home and business telecommunications and cable TV provider’s customer base in the state. Nationwide, Cox Communications, a division of Cox Enterprises, sees annual revenues of more than $13 billion. In the role, […]

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Transportation 2025: WOODHOUR, WILLIAM

A University of Delaware alumnus, Woodhour has devoted 33 years to Maersk Line, rising to president and CEO in 2016. Headquartered in Virginia with offices in Norfolk and Dulles, Maersk is the U.S. arm of Danish shipping giant A.P. Møller-Mærsk and has the largest U.S. flag fleet in commercial service. Founded in 1983 to support the […]

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Transportation 2025: YOCHAI, NISSIM

Yochai was tapped as Zim American’s president in 2022. The U.S. company, a subsidiary of Israeli cargo shipping company Zim Integrated Shipping Services, moved to the Hampton Roads region in 2001. Last year, Zim American relocated and expanded its U.S. headquarters, moving from Norfolk to Virginia Beach. In 2011, Yochai joined Zim’s parent company, which has operations […]

Retail | Wholesale | Food | Beverage 2025: WEIHRAUCH, POUL
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Retail | Wholesale | Food | Beverage 2025: WOODFIN, JACK

Woodfin’s parents, John and Anne, started Woodfin Heating in 1977 to sell heating oil, growing it into one of the largest privately held HVAC-related businesses in Virginia. A Virginia Military Institute and University of Virginia Darden School of Business alum, Jack Woodfin began working with his parents in 1995 as a retail manager. He took […]

TELECOMMUNICATIONS 2025: DESCH, MATTHEW J.
Telecommunications 25 September 2, 2025

TELECOMMUNICATIONS 2025: DESCH, MATTHEW J.

Desch joined Iridium as CEO in 2006, took the company public in 2009 and subsequently replaced its first-generation network with new satellites that are expected to last into the mid to late 2030s. Last year, after the global satellite communications company acquired Reston-based Satelles, Iridium unveiled the Iridium Satellite Time and Location service, which is […]

TELECOMMUNICATIONS 2025: MERRITT, JEFF
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS 2025: FRENCH, CHRISTOPHER E.

In April 2024, Shentel completed its acquisition of Horizon Telcom, a commercial fiber provider, for $385 million. The combined company has approximately 15,400 fiber route miles across seven states. Shentel rebranded the Horizon commercial and residential fiber businesses to Glo Fiber. Shentel’s 2024 revenue increased 21.9%, to $328.1 million, mostly due to $47.7 million of […]

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Transportation 2025: ANDERS, DEVON

Since Anders became president of InterChange in 2000, the logistics and industrial land development company’s portfolio has grown to nearly 2 million square feet and over 500 acres of prime industrial and commercial land. That includes more than a dozen warehouses in the Shenandoah Valley and a cold storage facility in Mount Crawford. The company’s […]

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