Jim Geiger

Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer

Cbeyond Communications

James F. Geiger has been Cbeyond's Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer since he founded the company in 1999.

Prior to founding Cbeyond, Mr. Geiger was Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Intermedia Communications. He was also in charge of Digex, Intermedia's complex web-hosting organization, since acquisition and until just prior to its carve-out IPO.

Before he joined Intermedia, Mr. Geiger was a founding principal and CEO of FiberNet, a metropolitan area network provider, which was sold to Intermedia in 1996.

In the 1980's Mr. Geiger held various sales and marketing management positions at Frontier Communications, Inc. He began his career at Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP) and received a bachelor's degree in accounting and pre-law from Clarkson University.

In addition, Mr. Geiger serves on the board of directors of the Marist School, an independent Catholic School of the Marist Fathers and Brothers, the Hands On Network, a national volunteer organization that promotes civic engagement in communities, and ReachLocal, a privately held, venture capital-backed company headquartered in Woodland Hills, CA, focused on online advertising and search optimization for small businesses.