Don Gips
Chief Executive Officer at Skoll Foundation
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Gips is currently the Chief Executive Officer at Skoll Foundation.
He also holds director positions at NextNav LLC, NextNav Holdings LLC, Liquid Telecommunications Ltd., and Albright Stonebridge Group LLC.
In the past, Gips served as the Chairman of the US South Africa Business Council at the Chamber of Commerce of The United States of America from 2009 to 2013.
He was also a director at Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. from 2004 to 2009.
Gips held director positions at LightSquared I LP, Zayo Group LLC, Zayo Group Holdings, Inc., Omnispace LLC, The African Leadership University, and Level 3 Parent LLC.
He was a venture partner at Columbia Capital LLC (Virginia) and a senior advisor at The Blackstone Group, Inc. (Illinois).
Gips worked as an executive manager at McKinsey & Co., Inc. from 1989 to 1993 and as the Head of the International Bureau at the Federal Communications Commission from 1994 to 1997.
Gips completed his undergraduate studies at Harvard University and earned an MBA from Yale School of Management.
Don Gips active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
NextNav LLC
 NextNav LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services NextNav LLC provides location services for indoor and urban environments. It offers positioning technology to allow mobile phones and other devices to reliably determine their location in indoor and urban environments where GPS signals can’t be received. The firm's technology combines accurate horizontal positioning with floor-level height precision. The company was founded by Ganesh Pattabiraman, Subbu Meiyappan and Arun Raghupathy in 2007 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
NextNav Holdings LLC
 NextNav Holdings LLC Wireless TelecommunicationsCommunications NextNav Holdings LLC operates as a holding company. The company is headquartered in McLean, VA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Albright Stonebridge Group LLC
 Albright Stonebridge Group LLC Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Albright Stonebridge Group engages in the provision of risk management services. It offers growth strategies, positioning, and strategic communications. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Skoll Foundation
 Skoll Foundation Financial ConglomeratesFinance The Skoll Foundation invests in social entrepreneurs through its flagship award program, the Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship. These three-year awards support the continuation, replication or extension of programs that have proved successful in addressing a broad array of critical social issues: tolerance and human rights, health, environmental sustainability, economic and social equity, institutional responsibility, and peace and security. The foundation was founded in 1999 by Jeff Skoll and is located is Palo Alto, California. | Chief Executive Officer | 2019-04-08 |
Liquid Telecommunications Ltd.
 Liquid Telecommunications Ltd. Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications Liquid Telecommunications Ltd. provides telecommunication and technology services. The company was founded on October 28, 2003 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom. | Director/Board Member | - |
Former positions of Don Gips
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|---|---|---|
Zayo Group LLC
 Zayo Group LLC Major TelecommunicationsCommunications Part of Zayo Group Holdings, Inc., Zayo Group LLC is a private company that provides tailored connectivity and edge solutions. The company is based in Boulder, CO. Zayo Group was founded in 2007 by John Louis Scarano, Matthew Erickson, Daniel Philip Caruso, and Sandi Mays. The company's future-ready network spans over 17.5 million fiber miles and 142,500 route miles, enabling carriers, cloud providers, data centers, schools, and enterprises to deliver exceptional experiences from core to cloud to edge. Stephen Michael Smith has been the CEO of the company since 2020. | Director/Board Member | 2020-03-08 |
| ZAYO GROUP HOLDINGS, INC. | Director/Board Member | 2020-03-08 |
Chamber of Commerce of The United States of America
 Chamber of Commerce of The United States of America Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The Chamber of Commerce of The United States of America provides information on how businesses can adapt their workforce development and management strategies to deal with the changing labor market. The non-profit company is based in Washington and has subsidiaries in the United States. The Chamber of Commerce of The United States of America is the world's largest business organization, advocating, connecting, informing, and fighting for business growth and success. The American company was founded by Michael Scown, and Suzanne P. Clark has been the CEO of the company since 2014. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2012-12-31 |
| MINDSPEED TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | Director/Board Member | 2009-01-14 |
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Training of Don Gips
| Harvard University | Undergraduate Degree |
| Yale School of Management | Masters Business Admin |
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| Private companies | 17 |
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Level 3 Parent LLC
 Level 3 Parent LLC Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications Level 3 Parent LLC engages in the provision of integrated communications services. The firm offers internet protocol and data such as internet, virtual private network (VPN), Ethernet, content delivery network (CDN), media delivery, vyvx broadcast, managed, and cloud and information technology; and transport and fiber including voice, colocation and data center and security services. It distributes its products to enterprise, content, government and wholesale customers. The company was founded by Kevin J. O'Hara in 1941 and is headquartered in Broomfield, CO. | Communications |
Columbia Capital LLC (Virginia)
 Columbia Capital LLC (Virginia) Investment ManagersFinance Columbia Capital LLC (Columbia Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1989 by Dave P. Mixer. The firm is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia. | Finance |
Mindspeed Technologies, Inc.
 Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. manufactures semiconductor solutions for network infrastructure applications. The firm offers communications convergence processing products that include ultra-low-power, multi-core digital signal processor system-on-chip for the fixed and mobile carrier infrastructure, residential and enterprise platforms. The company is headquartered in Lowell, MA. | Electronic Technology |
LightSquared I LP
 LightSquared I LP Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications LightSquared I LP provides mobile satellite communications. It offers wireless data, voice, fax, and dispatch radio services via its two MSAT satellites. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Reston, VA | Communications |
Skoll Foundation
Skoll Foundation Financial ConglomeratesFinance The Skoll Foundation invests in social entrepreneurs through its flagship award program, the Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship. These three-year awards support the continuation, replication or extension of programs that have proved successful in addressing a broad array of critical social issues: tolerance and human rights, health, environmental sustainability, economic and social equity, institutional responsibility, and peace and security. The foundation was founded in 1999 by Jeff Skoll and is located is Palo Alto, California. | Finance |
Albright Stonebridge Group LLC
Albright Stonebridge Group LLC Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Albright Stonebridge Group engages in the provision of risk management services. It offers growth strategies, positioning, and strategic communications. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC. | Commercial Services |
McKinsey & Co., Inc.
 McKinsey & Co., Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Commercial Services |
Chamber of Commerce of The United States of America
Chamber of Commerce of The United States of America Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The Chamber of Commerce of The United States of America provides information on how businesses can adapt their workforce development and management strategies to deal with the changing labor market. The non-profit company is based in Washington and has subsidiaries in the United States. The Chamber of Commerce of The United States of America is the world's largest business organization, advocating, connecting, informing, and fighting for business growth and success. The American company was founded by Michael Scown, and Suzanne P. Clark has been the CEO of the company since 2014. | Commercial Services |
| Federal Communications Commission | Government |
The Blackstone Group, Inc. (Illinois)
 The Blackstone Group, Inc. (Illinois) Engineering & ConstructionIndustrial Services The Blackstone Group, Inc. provides marketing research services. It provides custom market research services for clients in industries as consumer packaged goods, financial services, healthcare and technology. The firm's clients include eBay, Harris Bank and Pfizer. The company was founded by Ashref A. Hashim in 1987 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL. | Industrial Services |
Zayo Group LLC
Zayo Group LLC Major TelecommunicationsCommunications Part of Zayo Group Holdings, Inc., Zayo Group LLC is a private company that provides tailored connectivity and edge solutions. The company is based in Boulder, CO. Zayo Group was founded in 2007 by John Louis Scarano, Matthew Erickson, Daniel Philip Caruso, and Sandi Mays. The company's future-ready network spans over 17.5 million fiber miles and 142,500 route miles, enabling carriers, cloud providers, data centers, schools, and enterprises to deliver exceptional experiences from core to cloud to edge. Stephen Michael Smith has been the CEO of the company since 2020. | Communications |
Zayo Group Holdings, Inc.
 Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. Major TelecommunicationsCommunications Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. engages in the provision of communications and bandwidth infrastructure services in the United States, Canada, and Europe. It operates through the following segments: Zayo Networks, Zayo Colocation (zColo), Allstream, and Other. The Zayo Networks segment includes access to bandwidth infrastucture. The Zayo Colocation segment refers to data center and cloud infrastructure solutions to a range of enterprise, carrier, cloud, and content customers. The Allstream segment consist of cloud volp and data solutions. The Other segment comprises of zayo professional services (ZPS), which provides network and technical resources to customers. The company was founded by John Louis Scarano, Sandi Mays, and Daniel P. Caruso on November 13, 2007 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO. | Communications |
NextNav LLC
NextNav LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services NextNav LLC provides location services for indoor and urban environments. It offers positioning technology to allow mobile phones and other devices to reliably determine their location in indoor and urban environments where GPS signals can’t be received. The firm's technology combines accurate horizontal positioning with floor-level height precision. The company was founded by Ganesh Pattabiraman, Subbu Meiyappan and Arun Raghupathy in 2007 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. | Technology Services |
NextNav Holdings LLC
NextNav Holdings LLC Wireless TelecommunicationsCommunications NextNav Holdings LLC operates as a holding company. The company is headquartered in McLean, VA. | Communications |
Liquid Telecommunications Ltd.
Liquid Telecommunications Ltd. Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications Liquid Telecommunications Ltd. provides telecommunication and technology services. The company was founded on October 28, 2003 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom. | Communications |
Omnispace LLC
 Omnispace LLC Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications Omnispace LLC engages in the development and operation of mobile satellite services and related networks services. It provides scheduled communications and machine-to-machine (M2M) connectivity services enabling low-cost/low-complexity communications modules to communicate with the satellite. The company was founded on May 08, 2012 and is headquartered in Dulles, VA. | Communications |
The African Leadership University
 The African Leadership University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services African Leadership University is a network of institutions with operations in both Mauritius and Rwanda. It offers undergraduate, postgraduate and executive education programs. The company was founded by Fred Swaniker and Graça Machel in 2013 and is headquartered in Pamplemousses, Mauritius. | Consumer Services |
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