I recently had the chance to talk with Henry Kaestner, the CEO of Bandwidth.com. We weren't able to meet at VON due to my scheduling conflicts, we we spoke via phone.

Bandwidth.com isn't unfamliar to me. I've heard them mentioned favorably by a number of their customers, so they've been on my radar for a while now.

I really enjoyed talking with Henry in, what I learned, is his first podcast. He's got a compelling, solid story to tell about how Bandwidth.com provides solid business services to a range of small and medium businesses.

Henry Kaestner - Co-founder, CEO

In his position as Chief Executive Officer of Bandwidth.com, Henry Kaestner presides over the operations of the company and its offices in Cary, North Carolina and Chicago, Illinois.

Previously, Mr. Kaestner was the CEO of Bandwidth International, an international wholesale telecommunications broker based in London, England, a firm that merged with Bandwidth.com in late 2000. He was also a founder of Chapel Hill Broadband, a US based consultant and broker that specializes in dark fiber and large wholesale transactions that was sold to Cantor Fitzgerald. Mr. Kaestner was a Founder and former President and CEO of Chapel Hill Brokers, an energy broker which achieved more than $50 million in daily trade volume on more than 150 transactions, for clients including Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch. Chapel Hill Brokers was sold to APB Energy (now ICAP Energy) in 1999.

Henry was named by American Venture Magazine as one of the Top 40 Under 40 by American Venture Magazine, and together with David Morken was named by Frost and Sullivan as the 2006 CEO of the Year in the North American IP Communications Services industry.

Henry is a graduate of the University of Delaware with a degree in International Relations and now lives in Durham with his wife and 3 boys.