USTelecom Names Technology Leader Jonathan Spalter as New CEO

USTelecom announced it has selected veteran technology leader Jonathan Spalter to be President and Chief Executive Officer, effective Jan 1, 2017. Spalter brings a blend of public policy, entrepreneurial and executive experience to USTelecom’s helm. For the past eight years, he has served as chair of Mobile Future, the national wireless technology association. He has a long track record leading innovative technology companies in the US, Asia/Pacific, and Europe. He also held key positions in national security policy and technology management in the Clinton Administration. Spalter will replace Walter B. McCormick, Jr. who is retiring after 16 years of service.

Spalter is a veteran of President Bill Clinton’s Administration where he served as Associate Director of the United States Information Agency and also managed the agency’s global technology resources as Chief Information Officer. In the Clinton White House, he served on the staff of the National Security Council and as Vice President Al Gore’s chief international affairs spokesperson and speechwriter. He also was a policy aide to the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy at the Pentagon. In the private sector, Spalter’s executive roles include serving as CEO of Snocap, the digital content services company founded by the creators of Napster. He also was CEO of Atmedica Worldwide, the online healthcare affiliate of the Fortune 100 telecommunications and media company Vivendi Universal, where he also served as Executive Vice President for Business Development and Strategy at its Internet subsidiary VivendiNet; and as the group's Senior Vice President for global public policy. He has been an advisor to and board member of cutting-edge technology companies, financial institutions, and not-for-profit organizations in Silicon Valley and beyond.

A graduate of Harvard College and Cambridge University, he currently resides in the Bay Area of California with his wife Carrie Goux, the Vice President of Communications at GreatSchools, the Oakland-based non-profit, and their four children.