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As NaviSite's Chairman of the Board of Directors, Mr. Andrew Ruhan provides strong, visible leadership and steers the company's growth toward profitability and industry leadership. Prior to joining NaviSite's Board, he was a founding member and Chief Executive Officer of ClearBlue Technologies, Inc., a company started in 2000 with the purpose of acquiring distressed Internet infrastructure companies. Mr. Ruhan is also Managing Director of Atlantic, LLC, an investment fund company that he started with NaviSite CEO Arthur Becker, which acquired the assets of Colo.com in and purchased the assets of PSINet Europe, re-establishing that company as an Internet Infrastructure and Services leader in the European Union. From 1998 through 2000, Mr. Ruhan was Chief Executive of Global Switch, the world's largest carrier-neutral colocation company. He co-founded Global Switch in 1998 with his brother, Gabriel Ruhan, and Simon Cooper. Under his leadership the company grew to 12 facilities in 9 countries, covering 3.7 million square feet. Mr. Ruhan has a strong background in property and telecommunications, with a highly successful history of entrepreneurship and business development in the commercial property sector. He founded the Kingspark Group in the United Kingdom in 1993, together with three partners, and was responsible for corporate acquisitions and development. The company became the largest commercial property provider in the UK over the following five years and was sold to Prologis in 1998. In 2001, Mr. Ruhan was named regional winner of the prestigious Ernst & Young Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year awards. | 