James Dole
Chief Corporate Development Officer

As chief corporate development officer, James Dole is responsible for strategic transactions, including corporate partnerships, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures.

Prior to joining EarthLink, Jim was senior vice president of strategic implementation at Mpower Communications, a facilities-based provider of broadband data and voice services to business customers throughout California, Las Vegas, and Chicago. At Mpower, Jim led acquisition integration, strategy development and special projects. He successfully integrated $36 million in assets acquired from ICG Communications, producing a significant improvement in reported EBITDA, and played a key role on the team that managed the successful sale of Mpower to TelePacific in 2006.

Previously, Jim spent 15 years at Frontier Corporation and Global Crossing, moving up through the finance and corporate development departments and to serve as chief financial officer for the Business Services Division of Global Crossing and senior vice president of the company's Global Access Management function. In addition, he played a key role in Frontier Corporation's acquisition and divestiture strategy, including the sale of Frontier to Global Crossing in 1999.

Jim holds a master's degree in business administration in finance and corporate accounting from the William E. Simon School at the University of Rochester and bachelor's degrees in finance, economics and business administration. He is currently vice chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Rochester Museum and Science Center.