Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (Shentel) (NASDAQ: SHEN) announced Wednesday that Edward “Ed” H. McKay will be appointed to the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. McKay will be responsible for the leadership of the Company’s entire integrated broadband business, including Shentel Cable, Shentel Business, Glo Fiber and Beam brands, and the company’s tower portfolio.
McKay is a 25-year veteran of the telecommunications industry, with the past seventeen years as part of Shentel’s management team. He most recently served the company as Senior Vice President, Engineering & Operations, where he has been responsible for delivering on Shentel’s growth strategy for fiber and fixed wireless broadband businesses. He has also been involved in the sale and transition of the company’s wireless affiliate business to T-Mobile as part of the company’s pending wireless operations sale.
Prior to his current position, McKay was Senior Vice President of the company’s wireline segment from 2015 to 2018. He started his career with GTE, UUNET, MCI and Verizon. McKay holds both a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from the University of Virginia.
McKay will assume his new role on July 3, 2021, succeeding David “Dave” L. Heimbach who announced that he is resigning in order to become President and Chief Operating Officer of MetroNet, Inc.
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