Mike Frane is vice president of product management at Windstream Enterprise. His responsibilities include the company’s overall SD-WAN strategy, as well as the network and security service portfolios. Since joining the organization in 2008 with the acquisition of Earthlink, Mike has overseen the launch and lifecycle of services, including LTE wireless, Ethernet and MPLS IPsec access elements, Secure WiFi & Analytics, Application Performance Optimization, IPsec VPN and Unified Communications. Prior to Windstream’s acquisition of EarthLink, Mike led the launch of EarthLink’s SD-WAN service, their most successful product introduction in over a decade.
Mike has a Bachelor of Science in Genetics and Cellular Biology from the University of Minnesota and was involved in gene therapy research at the Institute of Human Genetics before entering the telecommunications industry.
