Our Leadership Team

Our executive management team is comprised of successful and determined leaders with extensive telecommunications and operations experience.  With varied backgrounds in engineering, finance, marketing, and sales, this group represents a critical advantage in the marketplace and will continue to differentiate New Horizon from its peers.

Robert Fabbricatore, Chief Executive Officer
Bob Fabbricatore founded New Horizon Communications in October of 2002.  He draws on 40 years of telecommunications experience including interconnect, networking, technology development and entrepreneurial ventures.  He also brings extensive senior management experience in finance, operations, marketing, and sales.  Prior to starting NHC, Bob founded CTC Communications (now One Communivations) in 1980.  As Chairman and CEO, he built CTC into the largest CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier) in the Northeast region of the U.S.

Stephen Gibbs, President & Chief Operating Officer
Steve Gibbs joined New Horizon at its inception in 2002 and was named President in May of 2003.  He brings over 20 years of telecommunications experience to NHC.  Prior to helping start NHC, Steve was responsible for a $120 million business unit of CTC Communications, overseeing sales and operations of the New York/New Jersey market.  Before CTC, he served in sales and sales management positions at Verizon and MCI.

Glen Nelson, Vice President - Marketing & Business Development
Glen Nelson has nearly 25 years of experience in telecommunications sales and marketing.  Before joining New Horizon at its inception in 2002, he worked for 13 years in various sales and marketing positions at CTC Communications.  As Vice President of Marketing at CTC, Glen developed, implemented, and scaled to production one of the first networks to deploy T1-based integrated services.  His background also includes relevant work in marketing research, strategic planning, sales, sales management, and marketing management for companies including IBM, Motorola, and other telecom service providers.

Paul Wieners, Vice President - Operations
Paul Wieners joined New Horizon in June, 2004 and currently manages all after-hours repair and escalations. Prior to NHC, as Global Operations Manager of Network Operations at Dimension Data, he helped the firm's managed services annual revenues grow from $4 million to $42 million.  He also worked with several NHC colleagues at CTC Communications, where he was responsible for 7x24 installation, repair, and maintenance of a nine-state network.  Paul's telecom career began at NYNEX (now Verizon) in 1980, where he managed service centers as well as operations centers with team sizes ranging from 10 to 200 representatives.