Carl Grivner, CEO, Colt Technology Services
Carl Grivner was appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Colt in January 2016.
He brings more than 25 years of leadership experience in the telecommunications and technology industry to Colt. This includes 12 years’ operating at the level of CEO for major companies in North and Central America, Europe, and Asia.
Carl joined Colt having spent three years in Singapore as CEO of Pacnet, where he directed the global strategy of one of Asia’s leading end-to-end communications service providers.
Prior to that, Carl was CEO of XO Communications, a US network provider, where he played a key role in transforming the business from a local exchange carrier to a national carrier.
Carl also headed the North American operations of Cable & Wireless plc (Western Hemisphere) as CEO. He has previously held various senior management positions in Ameritech and IBM.