Craig Gunderson, President and CEO

Craig Gunderson is President at Oxford Networks. He has over 14 years of marketing, sales, and operations management experience in the telecommunications industry.

Prior to joining Oxford Networks in January of 2003, Gunderson was employed as Minnesota State Vice President for Frontier/Citizens Communications where he was responsible for all facets of providing telecommunications services to 280,000 access lines in Minnesota and North Dakota.
 
Craig holds a MBA Degree with concentrations in Finance & Marketing from Georgia Southern University. He also holds a BA Degree in Economics from Dickinson College. Craig, his wife Carolyn and their 3 daughters reside in Falmouth.

Michael Harder, Chief Financial Officer

Mike Harder has over 30 years of corporate financial, and executive management experience.

Prior to joining Oxford Networks, Mike was with Jordan’s Meats in Portland Maine for 10 years with his last responsibility being CEO. For 20 years prior to joining Jordan’s, Mike worked for the Colgate Palmolive Company, completing assignments in the USA, Asia and Africa.

Harder holds an MBA Degree in International Finance and Economics from Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey and a BBA in Accounting from Pace University in New York. He resides in Yarmouth with his wife Jane, and is the father of three sons.

 

Brian Paul, Vice President, Business Development

Brian Paul has worked in the telecommunications industry for 19 years. He began his career in Johnstown, NY with Contel/GTE. He has held diverse Management positions including Customer Service, Sales & Marketing, Engineering, Legislative/Regulatory, and Business Development.

Brian came to Oxford via a merger with Revolution Networks where he was the Vice President and General Manager. Brian helped start Revolution Networks,  which at the time of merger had constructed a 380 mile high speed network throughout Maine and New Hampshire. 

His current responsibilities include overseeing the operations of Business Development, Construction/ Engineering and the Optical network at Oxford Networks. 

Brian holds two bachelor’s degrees from Geneva College; BS in Business Administration with focus in finance and marketing, and BS in Psychology with focus on behavior and motivation. Brian resides in Hampden with his wife Kelly and their daughter Reagan.

Michael L. Tompkins, Vice President of Operations

Michael Tompkins has been in the telecommunications industry for 12 years. He spent 6 years working in the Verizon Authorized Sale Agent Program, where he had responsibilities that included Outside Sales, Sales Management and Agency Liaison with Verizon. During that period he also managed a sales team that sold Mitel, Comdial, InterTel, Adtran and Cisco customer premise equipment.

Michael came to Oxford Networks through the acquisition of Revolution Networks, where he served as the Director of Sales and Marketing for 2 years. He served as Director of Sales and Marketing at Oxford where he was instrumental in the implementation of enhanced sales and marketing practices, which have led to double digit annual sales growth.

As Vice President of Operations, Tompkins is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Oxford Networks’ day to day operations, including new customer acquisition, installation, service, repair, and support.

Michael spent 4 years in the Air Force which included duty stations in Germany, Las Vegas Nevada and Saudi Arabia in support of Desert Shield and Desert Storm. He resides in Gray, Maine with his wife Deedee, daughter Quinn, and son Cole.