Founded in March, 2003, the Gilead Group brings together an executive team with extensive background in the telecommunications, cable and internet industries. We leverage that experience by investing in and providing management leadership to a portfolio of Gilead Group companies.

As Chairman of the Gilead Group, Howard Wood brings broad experience gained through a distinguished career. That experience began in 1961 at Arthur Andersen & Co, where he served as a CPA and an eventual Regional Tax Partner responsible for eight mid-western offices. During that time, he assisted with financing the building of the cable television systems of Telcom Communicatons, and later was instrumental in the formation of Cencom Cable Associates, which he ultimately joined in 1987 as CEO. After the sale of Cencom to Hallmark in 1991, Mr. Wood, along with his partner Jerry Kent, formed Charter Communications in 1993. Charter eventually grew to be one of the largest cable systems in the world. In January 2002, Mr. Wood along with Mr. Kent founded Cequel III, where he also serves as Chairman.

Prior to founding Gilead Group, LLC in February, 2002, Dave was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Charter Communications, Inc. Dave was promoted to that position in July 2000, having previously served as Senior Vice President of Operations – Western Division from June 1997 to July 2000. Prior to joining Charter in 1995, Mr. Barford held various senior marketing and operating roles during nine years at Comcast Cable Communications, Inc. He received a B.A. degree from California State University, Fullerton, and an M.B.A. degree from National University.

Prior to founding Gilead Group, LLC in February, 2002, Kent was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Charter Communications, Inc. Kent was promoted to that position in July 2000, having previously served as Senior Vice President-Finance and Acquisitions. Kent joined Charter in July, 1995 to head up the mergers and acquisitions department. From July, 1995 through his departure, Charter grew from an MSO of approximately 500,000 customers to the third largest MSO with approximately 7 million customers. Prior to joining Charter, Mr. Kalkwarf was employed for 13 years by Arthur Andersen LLP, where he attained the position of senior tax manager. He has extensive experience in cable, retail and international tax issues. Mr. Kalkwarf has a B.S. degree from Illinois Wesleyan University and is a certified public accountant.

Paul came to the Gilead Group in 2003 after serving in a variety of management roles focused in marketing and Internet technologies most recently as the E-commerce Director for American Century Investments. From 1994 to 2001, Paul served as the E-commerce Project Lead and Interactive Marketing Manager for Hallmark.com, the Hallmark Cards Website. He was Hallmark.com’s first employee and helped to grow that organization to more than 120 employees. He received a B.S. degree from the University of Missouri, Columbia, and a MAPW degree from Carnegie Mellon University.

Ann joined the Gilead Group team in 2004 where she has played an increasing role in both the accounting and human resource functions for the company. In 2006, she was promoted to her current position where she oversees all accounting and HR for the Gilead Group and our portfolio companies. Prior to joining the company, Ann spent five years as an accountant for a direct marketing firm and several years a senior accountant in the cable industry. Most recently, she served as an accountant for Trane. Mrs. Regan received a B.A. degree from Webster University.

Prior to joining the Gilead Group, Kim served as accounting supervisor at Reuters America. In this role, she provided communication cost support for the U.S., Canada and Latin America markets. From 1999 to 2003, Kim served as a cable programming account manager at Charter Communications. In this role, she managed relationships with national cable programmers and conducted a variety of audit work. Mrs. King has a B.A. degree from the University of Texas at Austin.