The Eleazar Wheelock Society for Intellectual Discourse, Service and Vocation

JONATHON CRANE

jonathancrane@eleazarwheelock.org

Jonathan Crane is a 35-year veteran of the communications and computing industry, specializing in turnaround efforts. He has led a series of technology companies, the most recent being Savvis, Inc. Previously, he was the Chief Strategy Officer during the restoration of MCI from the infamous Worldcom scandal. Mr. Crane has also been the Chairman and CEO of Adero, Inc, a global Internet-based content distribution firm; Marcam Solutions, a software company focused on ERP management applications; Lightstream, a high speed networking technology company; and the COO of Geotek, an Israeli-backed wireless service. In the 1980s and early 1990s, Mr. Crane spent nine years leading MCI's Multi-National account organization; he had previously fulfilled a similar role at ROLM Corporation. He began his management career in 1973 at Bell of Pennsylvania following two years of public school teaching.

Mr. Crane graduated from Dartmouth College in 1971; his wife, Susan, was one of the first female attendees of Dartmouth. He resides in Hanover, NH.