What Happened?
Broomfield, CO-Level 3 Communications has appointed Jack Waters as Chief Technology Officer.
About the Company
We understand how important your network is to accelerating growth, driving efficiency and securing the assets you depend on. Level 3 builds, protects and manages the networks you rely on to connect everyone in your enterprise to the resources they need, to each other and to your customers. We know how important your network is to you, because networks are everything to us. Ultimately, Level 3 is committed to one vision: To be the trusted connection to the networked world.
About the Person
Jack Waters is the chief technology officer for Level 3 Communications, with responsibility for information technology, business process innovation, network architecture and engineering and global security. He is responsible for assuring that the company’s technology development in network, systems, processes or security leverages innovative solutions that deliver efficiency and customer satisfaction. He is also responsible for ongoing integration planning and integration execution oversight. Mr. Waters joined Level 3 in 1997, and under his leadership Level 3 has achieved numerous milestones in Internet protocol (IP) communications, including softswitch networking, multi-protocol label switching (MPLS), and advanced optical networking. Before joining Level 3, Mr. Waters served as an executive staff member for MCI Communications, Inc. with responsibility for network architecture, design and implementation. In that role, he was also an original member of the team responsible for InternetMCI, the company’s initial Internet service. Prior to MCI, Mr. Waters worked as director of engineering and operations for SURAnet, the Southeastern University Research and Academic Network, the nation’s largest regional network, funded by the National Science Foundation.
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