Bud Noel

Bud Noel is Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for American Tower Corporation. Prior to this role, Mr. Noel served as Executive Vice President and President of the U. S. Tower Division.

Mr. Noel has more than 25 years of operations and infrastructure development experience in the telecommunications industry. Prior to joining the Company, he was Vice President of Network Development for LightSquared (now Ligado Networks), with responsibility for the development and implementation of the company’s national network deployment strategy. He spent 11 years with Sprint Nextel, beginning as Director of Radio Services, moving into Vice President for Northeast Site Development, and finally becoming Vice President for National Site Development.

Mr. Noel is a graduate of East Carolina University with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering and has earned an Executive Certificate from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.

Mr. Noel is a former board member of the Tower Families Foundation and of Warriors for Wireless.