MARK C. FULLER
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
mfuller@chesapeakepartners.net
Mr. Fuller is an accomplished leader and manager with over 26-years of experience in large corporate and start-up ventures interfacing with government and commercial enterprises.
Today, he is the Co-founder and CEO of Chesapeake Partners, Inc., a firm specializing in building Equity Programs, providing Mergers and Acquisition-related Investment Services, and delivering Strategic Business Advisory Services to Fortune 500 Companies and large private/public technology and non-technology investor groups seeking to improve the performance of business units and investments or to diversify or restructure their portfolios. Chesapeake provides buy-side and sell-side representation, investment strategy, acquisition valuations, due diligence and assessments, financial and business restructuring, and overall strategy and business plan development assistance.
Prior to founding Chesapeake Partners, Mr. Fuller was a President at Verizon Avenue. Originally founded as OnePoint Communications, this company provided bundled local access, long distance and internet services. The company quickly and profitably grew market share until 2000 when it was acquired by Verizon, a transaction in which Mr. Fuller played a key role. While President, he was responsible for creating an initial business plan, building the back office, customer care, provisioning, engineering, carrier relations, network management and project management functions and developing an integrated support plan with sales and marketing.
Prior to Verizon Avenue, Mr. Fuller was part of the original executive team at ACSI, which later became known as e.spire. There, he developed the Network Services business plan that included the back office functions, operations, engineering and network construction. He also held the positions of VP - AT&T Account Team, Regional VP/GM of the Eastern Region (where he oversaw the entry into 24 new markets) and led the Switched Business unit as VP of Program Implementation overseeing the implementation of the switched services infrastructure.
Mr. Fuller’s first CLEC experience was with Teleport Communications Group (TCG) where he headed the MCI Wholesale Account Team. Before TCG, Mr. Fuller worked at MCI where he held positions in engineering, operations and marketing.
He is the past Chairman of the Business Committee of the Northern Virginia based Potomac Officers Club, a non-profit organization of “C-level” executives from various industries.
Mr. Fuller is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York where he received a Bachelor of Science in Engineering.
JOHN D. CROWLEY
President
jcrowley@chesapeakepartners.net
Mr. Crowley is a seasoned business executive with a successful track record spanning more than 20 years in leadership positions growing large corporations, consulting firms, mid-market technology enterprises and working with international investors to restructure businesses and investments.
He is the Co-founder and President of Chesapeake Partners, Inc., a firm specializing in building Equity Programs, providing Mergers and Acquisition-related Investment Services, and delivering Strategic Business Advisory Services to Fortune 500 Companies and large private/public technology and non-technology investor groups seeking to improve the performance of business units and investments or to diversify or restructure their portfolios. Chesapeake provides buy-side and sell-side representation, investment strategy, acquisition valuations, due diligence and assessments, financial and business restructuring, and overall strategy and business plan development assistance.
His industry experience spreads across telecommunications, systems integration, IT services, healthcare, and government services. He also presently serves as Chairman of Chesapeake Healthcare Technologies, Inc., an equity investment of Chesapeake Partners.
Prior to founding Chesapeake, Mr. Crowley was Vice President for Global Partnerships and Alliances at AT&T Corporation, a division that he founded. There, he successfully built multiple highly strategic business partnerships and launched several value added go-to-market initiatives.
Prior to AT&T, Mr. Crowley was a Vice President/Director at MCI where he successful launched its Strategic Ventures and Alliances unit, which is still in place and growing today. He also held positions as Chief Marketing Officer for MCI Wireless and Vice President - Strategy, Marketing and Business Development - Special Markets Unit - where revenues grew to $2.5B. During his wireless tenure, Mr. Crowley opened 80 markets for MCI, participated in successful acquisitions and partnership initiatives, and helped grow wireless revenues from $350M to greater than $1.5B.
Prior to joining MCI, he held various consulting and leadership positions including one as Chief Operating Officer of a privately-held $80M computer technology and services firm.
Mr. Crowley is a former senior management consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers’ New York City Practice Group. He is a graduate of the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business and a member of the Potomac Officers Club, a non-profit organization of “C-level” executives from various industries.