Michael Gallagher
Chief Executive Officer, FDN

A Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) pioneer and 15-year telecommunications veteran, Michael Gallagher has extensive experience as a CLEC industry executive. He founded Florida Digital Network in May 1998.

Previously, he served as regional vice president of Brooks Fiber Communications (WorldCom), where he had overall responsibility for all operations, engineering, finance and sales in Texas. Mr. Gallagher joined Brooks as a result of the merger of Metro Access Networks (MAN), where he was president and co-founder of the Texas regional CLEC. At MAN, Mike Gallagher developed all business strategies, designed network architecture and secured contracts with the company?s original customer base.

Prior to his service at MAN, he worked for Williams Telecommunications Group (WilTel) in sales management and for Intermedia Communications in sales.

A Florida native, Mike Gallagher holds a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and physics from Rollins College.