David Solomon is Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Director of NuVox Communications, an integrated communications provider. Mr. Solomon has demonstrated years of leadership in the telecommunications industry and in public accounting. He is an outstanding example of today's strategic CPA—a current CEO, a past CFO where he was involved in all aspects of strategic development and helped raise more than $1.6 billion in equity, and a former partner at KPMG Peat Marwick. In addition to earning an induction into the AICPA Hall of Fame, Mr. Solomon also received the 2001 Outstanding CPA in Business and Industry Award from the Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants. He earned his bachelor's degree in accounting from Lipscomb University.