Dan McDonough, Jr.
Mr. McDonough has served as Executive Chairman since our inception in December 2019. Mr. McDonough founded the original Elauwit, LLC in 2002, and Elauwit 1.0, in 2008. He served as Elauwit 1.0’s Chief Executive Officer until 2012 when he became Executive Chairman. In 2018, Elauwit 1.0 sold the majority of its assets to Boingo and Mr. McDonough served as a strategic advisor to Boingo’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for one year. Prior to starting Elauwit, LLC in 2002, Mr. McDonough held news executive positions at Dow Jones & Company, Inc. and Gannett Co., Inc. He also served as a New York special correspondent and the Washington-based Bureau of National Affairs.
Mr. McDonough was chosen to serve as a director because of his extensive knowledge and leadership experience with our Company, Elauwit 1.0, and Elauwit, LLC.
Barry Rubens
Mr. Rubens has served as our Chief Executive Officer and as a director since our inception in December 2019. From August 2018 to December 2019, Mr. Rubens served as Senior Vice President - Development at Boingo. Mr. Rubens joined the board of directors of Elauwit 1.0 in 2009 and served as its Chief Executive Officer from 2012 until its acquisition by Boingo in August 2018. Prior to that service, Mr. Rubens founded Davidson Telecom, LLC, to provide telecommunications services for large shopping mall developers. From 1993 to 2002, Mr. Rubens worked at CT Communications, Inc., where he served in various roles including Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and was responsible for leading the company’s public offering and listing on Nasdaq.
Mr. Rubens was chosen to serve as a director because of his extensive knowledge and leadership with our Company and Elauwit 1.0.
Taylor Jones
Mr. Jones has served as President, Chief Technology Officer and a director since our inception in December 2019. Previously Mr. Jones was Vice President, Technology Solutions for Boingo from 2018 to 2019 and Chief Technology Officer of Elauwit 1.0 from 2008 until its acquisition by Boingo in August 2018. Prior to joining Elauwit 1.0, Mr. Jones served as Chief Technology Officer of a Southeastern “fiber-to-the-home” service provider from 2005 to 2008 and a Carolinas-based internet service provider from 2001 to 2005. Prior to this service, Mr. Jones served as a consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, practicing in the areas of utilities and telecommunications, from 2000 to 2001.
Mr. Jones was chosen to serve as a director because of his extensive knowledge of our Company and the telecommunications industry.
James Di Bartolo
Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Di Bartolo served as Vice President, Structured Investing Group at Goldman Sachs & Co. from October 2024 to March 2026. From June 2021 to October 2024, Mr. Di Bartolo served as Vice President, Strategic Transactions Group at Barclays PLC. He also served in Investment Banking roles at Lazard Frères & Co., Varadero Capital, L.P. and in the Natural Resources Group at Goldman Sachs & Co.
Rick Alder
Mr. Alder has served as our Chief Operations Officer since March 2025. Prior to this service, Mr. Alder served as President of New Business Markets at Hosted America from 2021 to 2025 and as President and Chief Operating Officer at Hosted America from 2016 to 2021. Mr. Alder served as Vice President – Client Relations at Elauwit 1.0 from 2015 to 2016. Prior to this service, Mr. Alder served as President and Chief Operating Officer at RMK Corporation from 2013 to 2015. From 2006 to 2009, Mr. Alder served as Executive Vice President, Operations and Marketing at Capital Broadband, LLC and from 2009 to 2012, he served as President, Primecast (Broadstar, LLC), a subsidiary of Capital Broadband, LLC. From 2002 to 2006, Mr. Alder served in various roles at Madison River Communications.
Sebastian Shahvandi
Effective upon the closing of this offering, Mr. Shahvandi, age 47, will serve as our Chief Revenue Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Shahvandi served as Chief Executive Officer at 7SIGNAL, Inc., a cloud-based wireless network monitoring platform, from 2023 to 2024. From 2021 to 2022, Mr. Shahvandi served as Senior Vice President – Growth at IDeaS Inc. Prior to this service, Mr. Shahvandi served as Chief Revenue Officer at Hypori, Inc. from 2018 to 2021 and as Vice President and General Manager – Enterprise Solutions Division at IMPRES Technology Solutions, Inc. from 2015 to 2017. Before this, Mr. Shahvandi worked at Dell Technologies Inc., where he served as General Manager, Microsoft OEM Business from 2011 to 2013 and General Manager, Enterprise and Federal Software Business from 2013 to 2015. In 2000, Mr. Shahvandi founded HNM Technologies and served as its Chief Executive Officer until 2009.