Hunter Newby is the Founder & CEO of Allied Fiber.

He is a member of Standard & Poor's Society of Industry Leaders and is a former Vice Chairman of the Pacific Telecommunications Council's Advisory Council 2004-2008.

Prior to Allied Fiber, Mr. Newby served as Chief Strategy Officer of The telx Group. Mr. Newby was one of the original founders of telx in 2000, and was with its predecessor, telx Communications Corporation, a licensed 214 international wholesale voice carrier, since 1998. 

Mr. Newby's responsibilities at telx included creating the carrier-neutral interconnection business model, identifying and developing the trends in the industry and formulating the strategies that shaped the company's direction, vision and leadership position in the marketplace. 

During his tenure at Telx, Mr. Newby engaged in the capital raising process to fund the business as it grew. Through his role at Telx as Chief Strategy Officer and ultimately a member of the Board, he was directly involved in more than $500 million in transactions between 2003 and 2007. He built and trained an outstanding team which produced consistent positive monthly, quarterly and annual revenue and EBITDA growth even through the telecom industry's downturn in the early 2000’s.

Prior to joining telx, Mr. Newby was with WorldCom, the United States Treasury Department, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) and the Philadelphia Electric Company (PECO Energy). 

Mr. Newby earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications from Drexel University.

Mr. Newby is a published author and frequent speaker and moderator at industry conferences. He has written and presented numerous technical and business reports in the communications industry.  In addition he currently writes a regular monthly column for Internet Telephony magazine titled Infrastructure Peering. 

To read some of Mr. Newby's published works, click here.

To download a list of previous published works, click here.

For a list of upcoming and previous speaking engagements, click here.

For a list of topics for briefings or presentations, click here.