LEADERSHIP
LEADERSHIP
DR. MICHAEL POTTER
Michael is a Co-founder & Co- CEO of Geeks and is a business and social entrepreneur. He co-founded NASDAQ quoted pan-European ‘Esprit Telecom’ which was sold to GTS. He is an active business and social investor and was a strategic investor and board member of GlobalConnect AS, Denmark’s leading provider of B2B communications services. Michael was appointed to the team advising the U.S. FCC’s Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee regarding strategies for helping to close the Digital Divide in the U.S.
JOHN MORRIS
John, a UK based Co-founder & Co-CEO of Geeks, was a barrister and investment banker before founding the communications services provider ‘Telecom Europa’. John, an active business and social investor, is also the architect and main author of Geeks’ Model Law on DigOnce! and SatelliteConnect! initiatives. He was appointed to the team advising the U.S. FCC’s Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee regarding strategies for helping to close the Digital Divide in the U.S.
NIELS ZIBRANDTSEN
Niels, a Denmark based Executive Board Director of Geeks, is business and social entrepreneur, founded and built GlobalConnect AS, Denmark’s leading provider of B2B communications services which laid 12,500 km of fiber in Denmark and Germany, which was sold to Swedish investor EQT in 2018. Niels also founded inQvation, one of Denmark’s largest incubators for tech start-ups and is an active business and social investor.
ERIN BOWN-ANDERSON
Erin Bown-Anderson, PhD serves as an Advisor at Geeks. She has 20+ years of service in public education in both urban and suburban communities. She has been a classroom teacher, curriculum designer, professional learning supervisor, technology integration director and assistant superintendent for academics. She has her doctorate in School Improvement and uses design thinking and coaching to promote thoughtful and technical solutions for flexible, resilient systems.
KEVIN SCHWARTZ
Kevin serves as an Advisor at Geeks. He has dedicated 30+ years to education and technology with a passion to solve issues of equity and empower communities. Kevin’s work has been recognized with multiple awards at the local, state, national, and global levels from both the technology and education industries.
SCOTT GOSTISHA
Scott Gostisha serves as an Advisor at Geeks. Scott has about 20 years of experience in hands-on background network engineering and security assessments and remediation within information technology industry. He has solid expertise in wireless, satellite, video, and voice communication technologies supporting rural and commercial communities.