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Mr. Sidgmore joined UUNET Technologies in June of 1994 as President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Sidgmore was instrumental in UUNET’s $2 billion merger with MFS Communications Company, and became President of the combined companies in August of 1996. With the follow-on $14 billion merger between MFS and WorldCom, Inc., he became Vice Chairman and Chief Operations Officer of WorldCom.

Prior to joining UUNET, Mr. Sidgmore was President and Chief Executive officer of CSC Intelicom (formerly Intelicom Solutions) since 1989. CSC Intelicom was the largest independent software company in the telecommunications industry with approximately $100 million in annual revenue and 600 employees worldwide. Mr. Sidgmore sold Intelicom Solutions Corporation to Computer Sciences Corporation in 1991 and remained as CEO of CSC Intelicom until June of 1994.