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Mr. Weber joined Cbeyond in early 2006 as the company's first in house counsel. Today, as Chief Administrative Officer, he leads Cbeyond's Legal, Regulatory and Human Resources Departments.
Prior to joining Cbeyond, Mr. Weber was the Vice President, Regulatory Affairs & Operations, at Covad Communications. He joined Covad in 2002 as a regulatory attorney for the seven-state BellSouth region, and spent the following four years there in various positions including Senior Counsel and Regional Vice President. When he left Covad in 2006, Mr. Weber was responsible for leading the regional teams controlling all of the company's regulatory and legislative affairs in 35 states.
Mr. Weber grew up in Decatur, Georgia. He attended the United States Naval Academy where he received a B.S. in English in 1987, graduating with honors and accepting a commission as a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps. As a Marine tank platoon commander stationed in Camp Pendleton, California, Mr. Weber completed deployments to Okinawa, Japan and to Korea. Later, during Operations Desert Shield and Storm, he served as a platoon commander in the 1st Light Armored Infantry Battalion. Following the conclusion of hostilities, Mr. Weber was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V" for his actions in the Al Burquan oil fields on February 25, 1991. Five other Marines under his command were also awarded the Bronze Star Medal.
The Marine Corps sent Mr. Weber to law school at the University of Georgia where he graduated cum laude in 1996. He practiced law for the Marine Corps at Parris Island, South Carolina, but acted as military defense counsel in numerous courts martial in other parts of the country. After leaving the Marine Corps as a major in 1999, Mr. Weber taught trial and appellate advocacy at the law school at the University of Georgia before moving to a commercial litigation practice at a large Atlanta law firm in 2000 and then in-house in 2002.
Mr. Weber and his wife, Kristen, have been married for nineteen years and have six children. They live in Marietta, Georgia. | 