Former McLeodUSA Vice-President Gregory S. Crosby Appointed to TMone Advisory Board

Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and Database Marketing firm TMone announced today the appointment of former McLeodUSA executive Gregory S. Crosby to its advisory board.

Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and Database Marketing firm TMone announced today the appointment of Gregory S. Crosby to its advisory board. Gregory S. Crosby is currently CEO and President of The NextGen Marketing Group, a new national Marketing and Management consulting agency. From April 2002 to November 2006, Mr. Crosby served as Group Vice-President of Marketing at McLeodUSA, a Cedar Rapids, Iowa based regional competitive communications provider. Prior to McLeodUSA, Crosby was Vice-President of Broadband Services at Sprint Corporation. He also has held executive positions at US WEST and TCI Cable in Denver.

At McLeodUSA, Crosby oversaw the transformation of McLeodUSA's entire product line and led efforts to launch several new services such as VoIP/Dynamic Integrated Access. He also led the company's external communications programs such as Advertising, Direct Marketing and Public Relations executing highly effective programs with IMG/Vijay Singh, The University of Iowa, and Yellow Book USA.

Prior to joining McLeodUSA, Crosby spent a total of 15 years at Sprint from 1982-1994 and later from 1998-2001. His major accomplishments include the formation of Sprint's Clearline Private Line and Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) services and the development and launch of Sprint's DSL High Speed Internet business, including a major strategic partnership with EarthLink.

At US WEST, he served as Vice President of Marketing for the subsidiary of US WEST Long Distance, leading the Marketing efforts for the company's new strategy to enter the interstate long distance market after the passage of the Telecom Act of 1996. Mr. Crosby led the development of all new long distance products and services including the launch of a new branded Calling Card and Prepaid Calling Card platform.

At TCI Ccommunications, he served as Acting Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Marketing and Commercial Services where he led the company's efforts to launch the first cable telephony and high speed internet market launches across the country.

As co-founder of the NextGen Marketing Group, Mr. Crosby and his team of national Principals work with technology, service and consumer branding companies to develop effective business strategies that maximize market performance. NextGen offers outsourced executive services, marketing, sales strategy and management consulting, business development and corporate development assistance, and mergers and acquisitions due diligence. All Principals of NextGen possess over 20 years of practical executive experience and bring a real-world, results oriented approach to their clients across the country. The company is based in Iowa City, Iowa, with offices in Cedar Rapids, Chicago, Kansas City, Stamford, Denver, Seattle and Portland.

"We are thrilled to have Mr. Crosby join our advisory board at TMone," said Anthony Marlowe, CEO of TMone. "Greg brings with him an extensive amount of experience, key relationships, a practical knowledge of the technology industry, outstanding strategic and visionary skills, and a strong passion for our market opportunities." said Marlowe.

"I've been very impressed by TMone and their growth and success, said Mr. Crosby". "I am extremely optimistic about the growth prospects for this company and the contributions I can make. Also, our team at NextGen has tremendous insights and business relationships across the country that we believe will be extremely beneficial to the company as they move forward. Anthony and his leadership team have done an outstanding job building TMone and I look forward to working with them as we drive future success", said Mr. Crosby.

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