LightSquared Appoints New Senior Vice President of Public Relations and Communications

LightSquared, the nation's first wholesale-only integrated 4G-LTE wireless broadband and satellite network, has named Terry Neal as the company's new senior vice president of public relations and communications.

In his new role, Neal will oversee earned media strategy and implementation for LightSquared and will report directly to Frank Boulben, chief marketing officer.

"Terry brings to LightSquared an outstanding reputation and a record of achievements both as a communications professional and as a journalist," said Frank Boulben, chief marketing officer for LightSquared, in a press release.

As a key member of the executive team, his extensive experience in developing and leading a wide variety of corporate and government communications programs is a tremendous asset to LightSquared. We are looking forward to Terry's contribution to LightSquared's success."

Prior to joining LightSquared, Neal worked in Hill & Knowlton's Washington office as senior vice president/director of strategic media, managing the agency's Strategic Media Practice. 

He has also served as the managing director for The Caraway Group, where he counseled a variety of corporate partners, government agencies and non-profit organizations.

An award-winning journalist, Neal has also served in a variety of positions with The Washington Post including assignments as assistant metro editor, national political columnist and national political reporter.

Earlier, he covered Maryland state and local politics. While at the Post, Neal also produced and hosted a weekly video series for washingtonpost.com called "Political Players with Terry Neal," a joint project with Yahoo News. 

Neal said: "I am excited and looking forward to using my public relations and journalism experience to play a strategic role in the success of LightSquared."  

In related news, LightSquared outlined a comprehensive solution to the problem of interference with Global Positioning System receivers.

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