Mr. Bruggemann is our Vice President-Operations. Mr. Bruggemann is responsible for our field force operations, including our central office, service provisioning, dispatch and repair activities. He is also responsible for external contract labor associated with outside plant activities, and for buildings, fleet and supply operations. Prior to joining Iowa Telecom in 2000 in conjunction with the GTE Midwest Incorporated acquisition, Mr. Bruggemann held several positions with GTE Midwest Incorporated. From 1997 to 2000, he was General Manager, Customer Operations for the Midwest Division and had overall responsibility for service operations in the states of Iowa, Nebraska and Minnesota. Prior to that assignment, Mr. Bruggemann held various technical and managerial positions with GTE Midwest Incorporated. Mr. Bruggemann has over 34 years of telecommunications operations experience. Mr. Bruggemann currently serves as president of Iowa One Call, a non-profit organization. |