Shawn Odonnell

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About Shawn Odonnell

SHAWN O’DONNELL, currently a Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting, is a unique executive who is not only intellectually curious and future-oriented, but leads by building operational effectiveness and inspiring employee commitment. Shawn brings light to solving complex problems and re-inventing the technology-based processes of challenged or growing companies. He is known for bringing a S.W.A.T. mentality to intricate and urgent situations, and above all, getting the job done. His most recent assignment with FTI Consulting was as the President and CEO of Caribbean Asset Holdings, a telecommunication services provider in the US Virgin Islands, where he modernized the network, products, and services which led to the successful sale of the business. Previously, as President and CEO of Primus Telecommunications Group's International Carrier Services Division and NASDAQ-traded Arbinet (both telecommunications companies) Shawn developed new strategies, refocused the businesses, and affected the profitable sale of Arbinet and several divisions of PTGi. Previously, Shawn provided executive and operational oversight through a series of interim and turnaround consulting engagements including bankruptcy restructurings and operational performance improvement programs. His corporate experience began at MCI/WorldCom where he rose through the engineering ranks to Director of Transmission Engineering overseeing the building of MCI’s fiber optic transport network. Subsequently he served as Executive Vice President of Network Services and Systems for Pathnet, a provider of long haul telecommunications capacity. Shawn currently serves on the board of Lumos Networks, a facilities based telecommunication services provider, and has served on the boards of several technology companies including Caribbean Asset Holdings, Shared Technologies, Arbinet, Mobile Satellite Ventures, and Terrestar.