A tech company you can trust.
NorthState provides high-speed fiber internet, wall-to-wall Wi-Fi, voice, and Fiber TV services to residential and business customers across North Carolina and Virginia, where we’re known as Lumos. Our customers enjoy the fastest fiber speeds available built on a network they can truly count on – all backed by local, expert customer care teams. We know that fast, reliable Fiber Internet is what you need to stay connected to the things that matter.
Leadership Team
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Diego B. Anderson
Chief Executive Officer
Diego Anderson serves as our Chief Executive Officer for Lumos and NorthState. He has extensive leadership experience driving business initiatives involving product development, deploying innovative technology, and advancing new market-driven economic development expansions. Previous experience includes senior leadership and business management roles at Segra, NTELOS and Sprint. He earned his B.S. in Electrical Engineering Technology from South Carolina State, a Masters in Administration from Central Michigan University, and a Master’s in the Management of Information Technology from the University of Virginia, McIntire School of Commerce. Diego has also served on several civic community boards, including current board member appointments on the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank and the Botanical Garden of the Piedmont.
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Jay Winn
Chief Customer Officer
Jay Winn is Chief Customer Officer for Lumos and NorthState, leading the company’s brand, customer experience, marketing, customer care, and sales channels. He has worked for many respected brands, including leadership roles at well-known agencies such as Ogilvy. Jay has a proven record of driving growth and transformation for technology companies, including Verizon, CenturyLink, Windstream, Comcast and the successful launches of the CenturyLink and Comcast Business brands. He earned the Gold Effie for marketing effectiveness as well as a Cannes Lion nomination for creativity. Jay received BBA and MBA degrees from Abilene Christian University.
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Shane Ward
Chief Financial Officer
Shane Ward is Chief Financial Officer for Lumos and NorthState, leading all financial strategy, forecasting, analysis, accounting, and controls. With more than 24 years of diverse accounting and finance experience, he previously served as Chief Financial Officer for CTI Towers. During his tenure at CTI Towers, Shane navigated the company through sustained growth with $70 million in mergers and acquisitions transactions involving Vyve, Mediacom, and Cable One, expanding from an initial four towers to more than 1,100. Prior to CTI, he was the Director of Corporate Accounting for American Tower Corporation. Shane is a Chartered Accountant CA(SA) and a graduate of the University of South Africa.
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David Smith
Chief Network Officer
David Smith is Chief Network Officer for Lumos and NorthState, leading operations, engineering, outside plant, facilities, supply chain, safety, and product development teams. He has over 15 years of experience in information technology and telecommunications and has held numerous business management leadership roles, including Booz Allen consulting. David holds a B.S. in Information Systems Management from Bridgewater College and an MBA from Averett University.
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Scott Roy
Chief Human Resources Officer
Scott Roy is Chief Human Resources Officer for Lumos and NorthState, leading the company’s employee engagement and organizational culture initiatives. With extensive experience in executive human resources leadership roles both domestically and globally, Scott has been in human resources leadership roles for various manufacturing entities such as Caparo Bull Moose, SPX, Faurecia Automotive, and Doosan Construction Equipment Co., ranging from multi-million to multi-billion dollars in revenue. He received a BA degree from Bowdoin College as well as Mind Spring in Asheville, NC, and finance for non-financial managers at Insead in Paris.
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Tony DeGregorio
Head of IT Transformation
Tony DeGregorio is Head of IT Transformation for Lumos and NorthState, leading the company’s digital strategy, cybersecurity and IT transformational enablement activities. Tony brings more than 30 years’ of IT leadership experience with global organizations. Tony previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Harsco Corporation and, earlier in his career was Chief Information Officer at Tyco Flow Control, a division of Tyco International, now Johnson Controls. Tony served in the US Navy and subsequently received an Associate of Science degree in Electro-Mechanical Drafting and Design from the American Institute of Design in Philadelphia, PA.
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Nora Mitchell
Corporate Controller
Nora Mitchell is Corporate Controller of Lumos and NorthState, overseeing all financial operations and reporting, along with vital treasury and tax functions. Before joining the company, Nora worked at Segra, where she served as senior director, assistant controller and director of accounting. Nora has extensive experience in accounting and finance with nTelos and in the auditing practice at Ernst & Young. Nora earned an M.S. degree in accounting as well as her BBA degree in accounting from James Madison University. She is an active CPA in the state of Virginia.
