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Tad Weed joined Cogent in February 2000 as Controller and now serves as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Mr. Weed served as Senior Vice President of Finance and Treasurer at Transaction Network Services. At TNS, Mr. Weed undertook a broad range of financial management responsibilities for the NYSE public company, including financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, financial modeling, acquisition and international expansion strategies and pro-forma analyses. He eventually negotiated and completed the sale of the company to PSINet for $720 million. Prior to TNS, Mr. Weed was employed at Arthur Andersen for over ten years, consulting on due diligence and operational improvement issues and working with multiple companies on SEC filings and initial public offerings. Mr. Weed has an M.B.A. from Virginia Polytechnic & State University and a B.B.A. from Roanoke College. He has also fulfilled all requirements for the C.P.A. designation. | 