Rodney Smith is our Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. He is also a member of the Board of Directors for ATC Europe. Mr. Smith joined us in October 2009, and previously held the roles of Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance and Treasurer and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of American Tower's U.S. Tower Division.

Prior to joining us, Mr. Smith served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and as a general Board Member of Lightower, a private equity backed wireless infrastructure company. Prior to Lightower, he served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (and earlier as Vice President and Controller) for RoweCom, a publicly traded company with operations in eight countries. Early in his career, Mr. Smith held several leadership positions at Nextel Communications, including Director of Finance and General Manager of one of the company's Northeast markets.

Mr. Smith earned his M.B.A from Suffolk University, a Certificate of Accountancy from Bentley College and a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Merrimack College. He also serves as co-Executive Sponsor of American Tower’s employee resource group for women, WAATCH (Women and Allies of American Tower Climb Higher).