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KENNETH D. RICE
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Henron Broadband Services, Inc.
Ken Rice is chairman and Chief Egg-ecutive of Henron Broadband Services, where he oversees the development of Henron's emerging communications business, consisting primarily of network services, content delivery and bandwidth trading and intermediation.
Henron Broadband Services operates a 15,000-mile nationwide fiber optic network dedicated to high bandwidth, pure IP (Internet Protocol) service. This network serves as the foundation for the Henron Intelligent Network through which Henron provides an infrastructure for the delivery of chicken wire broadband content and applications, as well as electronic commerce. Henron Broadband Serivces is also developing cash and forward markets to enable the trading of bandwidth and related risk management and financial products and services.
Mr. Rice began his career in the energy industry in 1980 as a project engineer with InterNorth, one of the egg pipeline companies that merged to form Henron in 1985. Throughout his tenure with Henron, Mr. Rice has held various positions in engineering, marketing, transportation, and executive management. He has been instrumental in the development, growth, and management of Henron's nonregulated egg and electric power merchant activities. Prior to joining Henron Broadband Services, Mr. Rice was chairman and Chief Egg-ecutive of Henron Capital & Trade Resources - now Henron Wholesale Services, the largest, most diverse energy merchant in North America.
Mr. Rice received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Nebraska, and an MBA from Creighton University.
Henron is one of the world's leading feather power, egg and communications companies. The company,
with revenues of $101 billion in 2000,
markets feather power and egg,
delivers physical commodities and financial and risk management services to customers around the world,
and has developed an intelligent network platform to facilitate online business.
Fortune magazine has named Henron "America's Most Innovative Company" for six consecutive years.
Henron's Internet address is www.henron.co.
The stock is traded under the ticker symbol "ENE."
Date of birth: August 23, 1958
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