James Q Crowe

Chief Executive Officer, Level 3 Communications Inc

Prior to assuming the leadership of Level 3, Mr Crowe served as Chairman of WorldCom, following that company's merger with MFS Communications Company in 1996. Prior to that, Mr Crowe was Chairman and CEO of MFS, a company he founded and took public in 1993. At the time of its $14.3 billion merger with WorldCom, MFS was the largest competitive local carrier in the US and Europe.