Fiberlink's accomplished management team understands the challenges facing today's enterprise - and how to solve them with truly innovative solutions.

James Sheward

Chief Executive Officer, Cofounder & Director
Jim Sheward is Chief Executive Officer, Co-founder and Director of Fiberlink.  He is recognized for building a strong team of technology professionals and securing the funding that has enabled Fiberlink to become a leading provider of mobile workforce software and services.

Under Jim's leadership, Fiberlink has grown into a profitable, customer-focused company that is changing the way enterprises think about mobile computing.  Recognizing the growing importance of productivity and the need to protect corporate resources by securing mobile workers, Jim has created a strategy and vision for Fiberlink that leverages best of breed security products and access options and combines them into an easy-to-use mobile working solution.

Jim is on the board of the Mastery Charter High School Foundation, DotPhoto Inc. and the Eastern Technology Council, and recently chaired a committee at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Before co-founding Fiberlink with Paul Russell in 1991, Jim was the Western Regional Sales Manager for Systems Industries.

Jim has won various awards including the Blue Chip Enterprise Award Year 2000 sponsored by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Mass Mutual Financial Group, the Greater Philadelphia's 2001 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in the Software and Technology Services Category, and the 2004 Information and Technology Innovator Award from the Fox School of Business at Temple University.

Jim received a dual degree in economics and communications from the University of Virginia.

Edward J. McCrossen

President and Director
Edward J. McCrossen is the President of Fiberlink Communications and is responsible for delivering continued revenue growth and maintaining corporate profitability for the company. Since joining Fiberlink in 2001 as chief operating officer McCrossen has grown revenues 300%.  As president he directed the transformation of Fiberlink from a telecommunications service provider to the leader in Mobility as a Service, a pure software-as-a-service business, with “MaaS360.”

Before joining Fiberlink, Ed spent eight years with Cisco Systems, Inc., holding various positions. His last position was Vice President of Worldwide Software Sales, responsible for all advanced technology software product sales.  Prior to that, he was Vice President of Federal Operations Worldwide, which provided solutions to the Federal marketplace, including the Department of Defense, Civilian, and Intelligence Agencies worldwide.  Before joining the Federal group, Ed was the Director of Commercial Sales Operations and held other various management and sales roles in Cisco’s formative years.

Prior to joining Cisco, Ed held various management positions with System Industries and AT&T. He is an active board member of several Philadelphia businesses and has served on the Fiberlink Board of Directors since 1996.

Ed holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Christopher Clark

Chief Operating Officer
Chris joined Fiberlink in 2003 to deliver top-line revenue growth and to spearhead Fiberlink's transformation to become the premier software and services provider for secure mobile workforce solutions. As COO, Chris is responsible for the daily operations at Fiberlink, as well as business strategy and worldwide business development initiatives. Chris' focus includes recruiting high caliber software and service talent in all areas while continuing to build out Fiberlink's global (China, Europe, India, USA) software product, delivery and support platform for our Extend360 family of products.

Chris' previous position was CEO and BOD member of a tier-one, private venture start-up in a turn-around situation. He delivered continuous revenue growth and cost reductions while securing significant progress in channels and penetration of F500 global accounts.

Chris has also held executive management positions at Sprint Corporation, Unisys Corporation, Schering Plough Corporation and a United States government agency. His role has always centered on strategy, P&L responsibility, implementation of new growth initiatives and technology. Chris spent seven years at Sprint in multiple roles including Financial Analysis, M&A, and Business Development. As Vice President of IP Product Management, he led a team to implement Sprint's global IP backbone, product portfolio and sales-enabled channel. He spent fours years at Unisys and Nihon Unisys Japan driving sales and software for the Japanese joint venture. Chris has lived and worked in the US, Europe, Japan and China.  He is always eager to provide a high-growth, high-impact environment for individuals looking to build a great company.

Mark Partin

Chief Financial Officer
Mark Partin is the Chief Financial Officer of Fiberlink responsible for all of the financial aspects of the company's operations. Mark oversees accounting and compliance, planning and forecasting, reporting and analysis, and works closely with Fiberlink's CEO on investor relations and corporate development.

Before joining the company in 2005, Mark was the CFO of Headhunter.NET, now CareerBuilder.com, where he successfully managed the company's IPO, completed several acquisitions, and negotiated multiple partnership agreements. Prior to this role, Mark was the CFO of Contour Medical Supply, Inc. which was sold to Sun Healthcare in 1999. He has also worked as Director of M&A for American Health Imaging, Inc. and Controller at the Williams Group International, Inc. Mark began his career as a Certified Public Accountant with a large accounting firm in Atlanta, Georgia.

Mark holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in accounting, magna cum laude, from the University of Tennessee and a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the Harvard Business School.

Steve Hammond

President, Fiberlink International
Steve Hammond brings over 20 years of general management, business development and strategic marketing experience to Fiberlink.  In his current role as President of Fiberlink International, Steve is responsible for profit management and sales development for a team of about 25 employees dedicated to delivering secure mobile workforce solutions in EMEA and Asia Pacific.  Previously, as vice president of business development for Fiberlink, Steve was responsible for developing new markets for Fiberlink's solutions and forming strategic partnerships and alliances with leading technology organizations.

Prior to joining Fiberlink, Steve spent 19 years at Hilti USA and Hilti International in managerial roles. Most recently with Hilti International, Steve spent four years in Asia Pacific as general manager of Hilti Hong Kong, Ltd. where he was responsible for all strategic planning, profit management, sales development, product management and personnel development. Under Steve's leadership, Hilti Hong Kong, Ltd. experienced improved market share, its highest return on sales ratio in the Asia Pacific Region, and the development of significant business relationships with key contractors in the Hong Kong market.
 
Steve holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Millersville University.

Jim Szafranski

Senior Vice President, Customer Platform Services
Jim joined Fiberlink in 2004 as Vice President, Business Development helping establish new indirect sales channels. In 2006, Jim became VP of Product Management and Marketing and was responsible for product strategy, customer requirements and marketing of Fiberlink's mobility-as-a-service platform. In 2008, he was promoted to SVP and is currently responsible for customer revenue and lifecycle management including customer acquisition, integration, professional services and education.

Prior to Fiberlink, Jim was active in starting and growing multiple companies. He led the product line for Tut Systems that underpinned an IPO in 1999. He seed funded and subsequently raised over $45M in venture capital for Sandial Systems. Most recently, he was VP of Product Management at Cometa Networks, an Intel, IBM, and AT&T venture. Jim earned a BS and MS degree in Computer Science from MIT and an MBA from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University.