Stephen C. Gray is a Senior Advisor to the Telecom & Media group.

Mr. Gray is the Founder of Gray Venture Partners, LLC. He serves as the Chairman of ImOn Communications, LLC, SecurityCoverage, Inc., Involta, LLC and HH Ventures, LLC (d/b/a, ReadyMobile). He is also a member of the Board of Directors for Carlyle portfolio companies Insight Communications, Syniverse Technologies and CommScope.

Mr. Gray served as President of McLeodUSA Incorporated from April 1992 until December 2004. Prior to joining McLeodUSA, Mr. Gray served from 1990 to 1992 as Vice President of Business Services at MCI and before that, from 1988 to 1990, he served as Senior Vice President of National Accounts and Carrier Services for TelecomUSA. During his tenure with TelecomUSA, the company grew to become the fourth largest long distance company in the United States before it was acquired by MCI in 1990.

From 1986 to 1988, Mr. Gray held a variety of sales management positions of increasing responsibility with WilTel Network Services. An operating unit of the Williams Companies, WilTel was one of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing fiber optic network companies.

Mr. Gray began his career with Clayton W. Williams Companies in Texas in 1981 where he held management positions with several of their companies including ClayDesta Communications Inc. ClayDesta became a provider of long distance service in Texas and throughout the Southwest following the consent decree requiring the breakup of AT&T.

Mr. Gray earned his B.B.A. from the University of Tennessee.