Company Overview
Neo Network Development Inc. ("Neo Networks") was founded to provide comprehensive solutions to the coverage, capacity and network densification challenges faced by the major US wireless carriers and to enable the deployment of all forms of broadband telecommunications and advanced technology.
With the growing demand for new Network Real Estate, Neo Networks has developed our proprietary Open Access program that provides private sector and public sector agencies with all of the tools and resources they need to self perform the management of their assets and portfolios for wireless, broadband and emerging technology tenants with the option to subscribe to our comprehensive Vertical Infrastructure and Portfolio management program that we we've branded as NeoNet VIP.
Our Open Access and VIP asset management programs also includes cost free access to www.NeoNetWerx.com our on-line Network Real Estate Multiple Listing Service. Similar in intuitive operation to residential and commercial real estate web sites, our site provides detailed information on available properties and assets from owners that understand the value of attracting best in class technology.
In addition to our Network Real Estate management services, Neo Networks offers Fiber Connectivity and Fiber / Wireless hybrid interconnect, transport and backhaul solutions. Operating as a full facilities based, Competitive Local Exchange Carrier, Neo Networks can build, own and operate newly constructed fiber networks as well as aggregate and interconnect existing fiber into our networks to provide the highest value and most reliable network architecture to support any technology.
Neo Networks also offers the full compliment of Network Services including Professional Consulting, Project Expediting, Project and Program Management, RF, Hardware and Network Engineering, Planning, Permitting, Construction, Turn Up, Test and Optimization and are offered on a full turn-key or matrix based services model.
With the growing demand for new Network Real Estate, Neo Networks has developed our proprietary Open Access program that provides private sector and public sector agencies with all of the tools and resources they need to self perform the management of their assets and portfolios for wireless, broadband and emerging technology tenants with the option to subscribe to our comprehensive Vertical Infrastructure and Portfolio management program that we we've branded as NeoNet VIP.
Our Open Access and VIP asset management programs also includes cost free access to www.NeoNetWerx.com our on-line Network Real Estate Multiple Listing Service. Similar in intuitive operation to residential and commercial real estate web sites, our site provides detailed information on available properties and assets from owners that understand the value of attracting best in class technology.
In addition to our Network Real Estate management services, Neo Networks offers Fiber Connectivity and Fiber / Wireless hybrid interconnect, transport and backhaul solutions. Operating as a full facilities based, Competitive Local Exchange Carrier, Neo Networks can build, own and operate newly constructed fiber networks as well as aggregate and interconnect existing fiber into our networks to provide the highest value and most reliable network architecture to support any technology.
Neo Networks also offers the full compliment of Network Services including Professional Consulting, Project Expediting, Project and Program Management, RF, Hardware and Network Engineering, Planning, Permitting, Construction, Turn Up, Test and Optimization and are offered on a full turn-key or matrix based services model.
Executive Leadership
VINCE ARAGONA
President & CEO
Vince Aragona is a wireless and telecommunications industry veteran and pioneer in Distributed Antenna System and Small Cell Network deployment and operations. With over 30 years experience in wireless and fiber optic network engineering, implementation, operations, regulatory affairs, backhaul and fiber network architecture and economics, supply chain, project and program management, Vince is considered to be one of the leading subject matter experts in the fields of outdoor distributed antenna systems (DAS) and small cell based networks.
From 2004 through 2013, Vince held various positions with ExteNet Systems Inc. including National Director of Network Implementation and Operations, Vice President of Network Engineering and Implementation (US) and most recently, Vice President of Network Planning and Development (North America). Vince was responsible for Network Engineering, Process Engineering, Network Design Tool and Software Development, Outside Plant and Fiber Network Architecture, Dark Fiber Agreement Acquisitions, Cost Estimating, Pricing Strategy, Hardware Engineering, ILEC and Electric Utility Agreement Acquisitions, Pre-litigation Mediation and Dispute Resolution. Vince led ExteNet’s Services Qualification and Supply Chain Contracting Program, RFP Response and Customer Proposal Development.
From 2001 to 2004, Vince was Senior Director of Network Implementation and Operations for NextG Networks Inc., a distributed antenna company that was recently acquired by Crown Castle Inc.
From 2000 to 2001, Vince was recruited as Area Director of Network Operations and Construction for Metricom Inc.(A\K\A Ricochet Wireless) responsible for the acquisition of 130 privately negotiated (Non-regulated) municipal franchise agreements, deployment of over 20,000 micro cells and the greenfield acquisition, development, construction and operation of over 350 macro sites in a micro / macro mesh network architecture throughout the Southwestern United States. Major accomplishments include the first national commercial service launch in San Diego, the second national market launch in Phoenix and the fourth and largest market commercial launch nationally in the Los Angeles GSA.
From 1994 to 2000, Vince held several positions with Paging Network Inc. (A\K\A PageNet) including Regional Director of Field Operations (Pacific Region), Regional PCS Manager & Regional Project Director (Atlantic Region) and Systems Manager (Upstate New York). Prior to PageNet, Vince was a Field Engineer \ Systems Technician for Arch Communications from 1991 to 1994, Owner of Diverse Business Systems, a small telecommunications interconnect and services firm in Upstate NY from 1988 to 1991, Field Service Technician for Executone Telecommunications from 1986 to 1988 and began his career as a Ground Radio Electronics Communications Technician in the US air force from 1982 to 1986.
President & CEO
Vince Aragona is a wireless and telecommunications industry veteran and pioneer in Distributed Antenna System and Small Cell Network deployment and operations. With over 30 years experience in wireless and fiber optic network engineering, implementation, operations, regulatory affairs, backhaul and fiber network architecture and economics, supply chain, project and program management, Vince is considered to be one of the leading subject matter experts in the fields of outdoor distributed antenna systems (DAS) and small cell based networks.
From 2004 through 2013, Vince held various positions with ExteNet Systems Inc. including National Director of Network Implementation and Operations, Vice President of Network Engineering and Implementation (US) and most recently, Vice President of Network Planning and Development (North America). Vince was responsible for Network Engineering, Process Engineering, Network Design Tool and Software Development, Outside Plant and Fiber Network Architecture, Dark Fiber Agreement Acquisitions, Cost Estimating, Pricing Strategy, Hardware Engineering, ILEC and Electric Utility Agreement Acquisitions, Pre-litigation Mediation and Dispute Resolution. Vince led ExteNet’s Services Qualification and Supply Chain Contracting Program, RFP Response and Customer Proposal Development.
From 2001 to 2004, Vince was Senior Director of Network Implementation and Operations for NextG Networks Inc., a distributed antenna company that was recently acquired by Crown Castle Inc.
From 2000 to 2001, Vince was recruited as Area Director of Network Operations and Construction for Metricom Inc.(A\K\A Ricochet Wireless) responsible for the acquisition of 130 privately negotiated (Non-regulated) municipal franchise agreements, deployment of over 20,000 micro cells and the greenfield acquisition, development, construction and operation of over 350 macro sites in a micro / macro mesh network architecture throughout the Southwestern United States. Major accomplishments include the first national commercial service launch in San Diego, the second national market launch in Phoenix and the fourth and largest market commercial launch nationally in the Los Angeles GSA.
From 1994 to 2000, Vince held several positions with Paging Network Inc. (A\K\A PageNet) including Regional Director of Field Operations (Pacific Region), Regional PCS Manager & Regional Project Director (Atlantic Region) and Systems Manager (Upstate New York). Prior to PageNet, Vince was a Field Engineer \ Systems Technician for Arch Communications from 1991 to 1994, Owner of Diverse Business Systems, a small telecommunications interconnect and services firm in Upstate NY from 1988 to 1991, Field Service Technician for Executone Telecommunications from 1986 to 1988 and began his career as a Ground Radio Electronics Communications Technician in the US air force from 1982 to 1986.
Board of Directors
BRAD HIGGINS
SOS Ventures Board Chairman & Chief Financial Advisor
Brad Higgins’ focus is investing in energy and energy efficiency technology. He is also an active participant in the alternative-energy debate, speaking at the Climate Institute forum held as part of the UN-sponsored Climate Change conference in Cancun in 2010.
From February 2006 to January 2009, Brad was the Assistant Secretary of State for Resource Management and Chief Financial Officer to the US Department of State, both positions requiring confirmation by US Senate. In that capacity, he was responsible for the State Department’s $34B budget along with the Department’s strategic and performance planning efforts.
In 2008 he was elected Chairman of the Audit Committee to the Organization of American States (OAS). Prior to his Washington, DC responsibilities, he served two tours in Iraq, first in 2004 as the CFO to the Coalition Provisional Authority and then as the Director of Planning to the US Mission’s reconstruction management office in Baghdad. He returned to Iraq in 2005 as a senior advisor to the US Ambassador, setting up and serving as the first director of Strategic Performance and Assessment office for the US Mission.
Prior to his government service, Brad spent over twenty years on Wall Street, first as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs and CS First Boston and later working in asset management for Pimco and Bear Stearns Asset Management. He started his career as a corporate associate at the international law firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. Brad also serves as chairman of JumpStart International, an economic development organization he worked with in Iraq, now operating in the Republic of Georgia. Brad holds an AB and JD from Columbia University. He is a resident of New Canaan, CT.
SOS Ventures Board Chairman & Chief Financial Advisor
Brad Higgins’ focus is investing in energy and energy efficiency technology. He is also an active participant in the alternative-energy debate, speaking at the Climate Institute forum held as part of the UN-sponsored Climate Change conference in Cancun in 2010.
From February 2006 to January 2009, Brad was the Assistant Secretary of State for Resource Management and Chief Financial Officer to the US Department of State, both positions requiring confirmation by US Senate. In that capacity, he was responsible for the State Department’s $34B budget along with the Department’s strategic and performance planning efforts.
In 2008 he was elected Chairman of the Audit Committee to the Organization of American States (OAS). Prior to his Washington, DC responsibilities, he served two tours in Iraq, first in 2004 as the CFO to the Coalition Provisional Authority and then as the Director of Planning to the US Mission’s reconstruction management office in Baghdad. He returned to Iraq in 2005 as a senior advisor to the US Ambassador, setting up and serving as the first director of Strategic Performance and Assessment office for the US Mission.
Prior to his government service, Brad spent over twenty years on Wall Street, first as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs and CS First Boston and later working in asset management for Pimco and Bear Stearns Asset Management. He started his career as a corporate associate at the international law firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. Brad also serves as chairman of JumpStart International, an economic development organization he worked with in Iraq, now operating in the Republic of Georgia. Brad holds an AB and JD from Columbia University. He is a resident of New Canaan, CT.
GEORGE A. KING
Corporate Development Advisor & Director
George A. King is the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Infrastructure Group, Inc., which provides asset management and corporate development for United States and international clients. Mr. King has more than twenty-five years of experience in financial markets, executive corporate management and legal / regulatory matters. He began his career with the Wall Street law firm of Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander & Ferdon and as a Vice President in the New York office of the global investment banking firm of Credit Suisse First Boston. He was a co-founder of an investment banking spin-off from CSFB, Cambridge Partners, LLC, and operated his own corporate finance advisory firm. He was a founding board member and then a co-founder of two publicly traded telecommunications companies where he also served in various president and chief financial officer roles from startup through IPO and eventual sale of the companies after attaining levels of $144 million and $65 million in annual revenues, respectively. Mr. King holds an A.B. (cum laude) from Colgate University and a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Fordham Urban Law Journal.
Corporate Development Advisor & Director
George A. King is the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Infrastructure Group, Inc., which provides asset management and corporate development for United States and international clients. Mr. King has more than twenty-five years of experience in financial markets, executive corporate management and legal / regulatory matters. He began his career with the Wall Street law firm of Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander & Ferdon and as a Vice President in the New York office of the global investment banking firm of Credit Suisse First Boston. He was a co-founder of an investment banking spin-off from CSFB, Cambridge Partners, LLC, and operated his own corporate finance advisory firm. He was a founding board member and then a co-founder of two publicly traded telecommunications companies where he also served in various president and chief financial officer roles from startup through IPO and eventual sale of the companies after attaining levels of $144 million and $65 million in annual revenues, respectively. Mr. King holds an A.B. (cum laude) from Colgate University and a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Fordham Urban Law Journal.
ANITA TAFF-RICE
Acting General Counsel & Board Director / Secretary
Anita Taff-Rice is the founder of iCommLaw and has twenty years of experience in the technology and telecommunications industries, as both an attorney and journalist. Her experience includes analyzing, writing and counseling clients on a range of domestic and international technology, regulatory, public policy, intellectual property, network deployment and mobile content issues. Ms. Taff-Rice’s transactional experience includes corporate formation, certification, business counseling, media strategies, contract negotiation and drafting. Her litigation experience includes proceedings in state and federal courts, arbitrations and investigative proceedings at the state and federal regulatory commissions. Ms. Taff-Rice’s clients include competitive technology and telecommunications providers in the wireline and wireless industries, application developers and independent filmmakers in the U.S. and international locations. Ms. Taff-Rice graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown Law Center in Washington, D.C. and holds a Bachelor of Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin. In addition, Ms. Taff-Rice has specialized expertise in broadband technology, Android applications development and telecommunications Operations Support Systems.
Acting General Counsel & Board Director / Secretary
Anita Taff-Rice is the founder of iCommLaw and has twenty years of experience in the technology and telecommunications industries, as both an attorney and journalist. Her experience includes analyzing, writing and counseling clients on a range of domestic and international technology, regulatory, public policy, intellectual property, network deployment and mobile content issues. Ms. Taff-Rice’s transactional experience includes corporate formation, certification, business counseling, media strategies, contract negotiation and drafting. Her litigation experience includes proceedings in state and federal courts, arbitrations and investigative proceedings at the state and federal regulatory commissions. Ms. Taff-Rice’s clients include competitive technology and telecommunications providers in the wireline and wireless industries, application developers and independent filmmakers in the U.S. and international locations. Ms. Taff-Rice graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown Law Center in Washington, D.C. and holds a Bachelor of Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin. In addition, Ms. Taff-Rice has specialized expertise in broadband technology, Android applications development and telecommunications Operations Support Systems.
