Chief Executive Officer & Founder
As founder and CEO of Phoenix Tower International, Mr. Kasavana guides the strategic direction of the company, oversees capital investment and sales, development activities across various countries and transaction types, and leads all other significant corporate initiatives, personnel matters, financial oversight and day to day operational matters for the business. Mr. Kasavana founded PTI with a focus on transparent, mutually beneficial transactions and business with its customers, landlords, wireless site developers, owners, and owners of infrastructure and the communities PTI does business in as well as the development of a scalable platform to own and operate wireless infrastructure across multiple international markets and product classes. Today, Phoenix Tower International owns and operates towers multiple countries across North America, South America, the Caribbean and Europe including the United States where it is a leading tower operator.
Prior to founding Phoenix Tower International, Mr. Kasavana was Senior Vice President of Mergers & Acquisitions for Global Tower Partners from 2006 to 2013. In that role, he was responsible for overseeing all mergers and acquisitions conducted in both the United States and Latin America, including the negotiation, closing, and integration of the acquisitions of thousands of towers and other wireless infrastructure. During his tenure, he played a key role in the growth of the company and oversaw more than $1.5 billion deployed towards the acquisition of wireless infrastructure.
Prior to GTP, Mr. Kasavana worked at Ernst & Young, LLP in auditing (1998-2004) where he practiced as a Certified Public Accountant and transaction advisory services (2004-2006). He specialized in providing expertise to clients in the areas of technology, wireless infrastructure, manufacturing, and telecommunications.
Mr. Kasavana graduated from Fairfield University with a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting.