Our Management Team

Edward W. Forbess, Director of Business Development
Leigh Ann Wooten, Director - Regulatory



Edward W. Forbess
Director of Business Development

A founding member of the Harbor team and a veteran of the United States Air Force, Mr. Forbess oversees all aspects of the company's Technical Sales, network operations, engineering and customer installations. A telecommunications professional with a vast range of hands-on industry experience, he has been responsible for the design and implementation of several large telecommunications networks.

Prior to joining Harbor Communications, LLC, Mr. Forbess was responsible for the successful build-out of a regional voice, data and long distance network for a regional telecommunications provider. In doing so, he supervised a group of engineering and technical professionals across five southeastern states and eleven individual markets. His responsibilities also included the design and completion of a Network Operation Center dedicated to the management of the fully integrated network, one that he also deployed. This industry experience was built on a solid career path that included the successful implementation of a national two-way paging network with Skytel out of Jackson Mississippi. The implementation included not only responsibility for the engineering design, but also for the deployment of technology and underlying contract negations with a variety of national service providers. In this position, Mr. Forbess was responsible for an organization of approximately 75 professionals.

In addition to his vast wireline which included 12 years with MCI, data and wireless paging experience, Mr. Forbess also designed and deployed a wireless Network Management Center for Internet provider Airband. Responsibilities with Airband included the management of the 7 x 24 Network Operations Center and the recruitment of several senior Airband management team members.

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Leigh Ann Wooten
Director - Regulatory

Having spent more than 14 years in the telecommunications industry, Leigh Ann Wooten has established a proven track record administering state and federal regulatory activities for companies such as ITC-DeltaCom, Actel Integrated Communications Inc, and Touch 1 Communications, Inc. As Harbor Communications' Regulatory Director, she is responsible for charting the course through an ever changing telecommunications regulatory environment. She possesses the knowledge and acumen required to tackle the challenges facing today's competitive telecommunications industry. An Atmore, Alabama native, Ms. Wooten received both her undergraduate degree and graduate MBA degree from the University of Mobile.

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