Inteliquent announces Matt Carter Jr to the Board of Directors as upcoming CEO

– USA, IL – Inteliquent, Inc. (Nasdaq:IQNT), a leading provider of voice services, announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed Matthew Carter, Jr. as President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Carter will assume his new responsibilities and join the Board of Directors, effective on June 22, 2015. As previously announced by the Company, G. Edward Evans, Inteliquent’s current Chief Executive Officer, will remain as CEO until Mr. Carter assumes his new position.

Prior to joining Inteliquent, Mr. Carter served in various roles at Sprint. From 2010 until November 2014, Mr. Carter served as President of Sprint Corporation’s Enterprise, Emerging and Wholesale Solutions business unit, which provides platform solutions serving a broad range of industries and customers in over 165 countries. Prior to that, Mr. Carter served as president of Boost Mobile, part of Sprint’s prepaid group, from 2008 until 2010. Prior to that, Mr. Carter served as Senior Vice President of Base Management at Sprint from 2006 until 2008. Prior to joining Sprint, Mr. Carter served in senior marketing roles at PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., Leap Wireless International, Inc., Royal Bank of Canada and BellSouth Corporation. Mr. Carter serves on the board of directors of USG Corporation and Apollo Education Management. Mr. Carter also serves on USG’s Compensation and Organization Committee and Governance Committee. Mr. Carter holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Northwestern University and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.

Jim Hynes, Founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Inteliquent, stated, “We are thrilled to have successfully completed our executive search to lead the next phase of Inteliquent’s development, and I am confident that Matt’s pedigree and track record of delivering results will be valued by our shareholders, customers, and employees alike. In recent quarters, we have made positive strides in positioning the Company for long-term, profitable growth. We are confident that Matt is the right leader to execute our long-term strategy and drive our next leg of growth, and the Board and I look forward to working closely with him. We thank Ed Evans for his fine work on Inteliquent’s behalf over the past four-plus years and wish him all the best in his future endeavors.”

In response to his appointment by the Board, Mr. Carter stated, “Inteliquent is a great company with a distinguished history as a market leader in the voice services space. I am honored to have been asked to lead the Company and I look forward to working together with the Board, the management team, and all of our talented employees to help Inteliquent achieve its considerable potential and drive long-term, profitable growth for our shareholders.”

The Board was assisted in the search by Howard Fischer Associates.

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