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Neil Barua
Managing Director North America
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Neil Barua is Global Crossing's managing director of North America. He is responsible for focusing on the full scope of managing a profitable and growing business for the region.
Prior to this position, Mr. Barua was executive vice president for North American enterprise sales and collaboration services responsible for growing the company's North American enterprise and collaboration businesses, specifically focusing on the sale of converged IP services to companies, governments, and other organizations around the world.
Mr. Barua also has served as chief administrative officer managing the office of the CEO and Global Crossing's human resources department. He also co-managed the Global Crossing Operational Performance (GCOP) unit overseeing all functional reviews, planning, and performance metrics globally.
Mr. Barua previously led the significant turnarounds of Global Crossing's enterprise sales for the eastern region of North America, as well as its worldwide collaboration services business that focuses on the video, audio, Web and collaboration needs of conferencing customers globally.
Mr. Barua began his career with Global Crossing in 2000 at Asia Global Crossing based in Hong Kong, where he was responsible for strategic development and corporate finance. He then served as chief of staff, playing an integral part in Global Crossing's restructuring efforts by providing critical policy decision-making and support for Global Crossing's CEO and leadership team. He then quickly moved to managing director of conferencing services for Europe and Asia based in London, England, bringing in several high-profile international videoconferencing customers.
Prior to joining Global Crossing, Mr. Barua was a New York City-based investment banker at Merrill Lynch in the firm's global telecommunications group. Mr. Barua holds a B.S. in economics and finance with a minor in political science from Stern School of Business at New York University.
Mr. Barua is an avid runner, participating in the NYC and Boston Marathons to support the Livestrong Foundation and Dana Farber Institute.
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