Mr. Webber joined QSI with approximately 13 years of experience within the public utility and regulatory fields. During the past 10 years, Mr. Webber has served as the Director of External Affairs for ATX/CoreComm, as a District Manager for AT&T's Law and Government Affairs organization and as a District Manager within AT&T's Local Services and Access Management organization. In addition to working "in-house," Mr. Webber has also provided consulting services to a number of the nation's most notable telecommunications carriers including, for example, AT&T, ATX, MCI, McLeod and XO.

During his tenure within the telecommunications industry, Mr. Webber has been responsible for cost-of-service analyses, business case modeling, contract negotiations and arbitrations, vendor management, operational process improvement, regulatory affairs and tariff management. Beginning his career in telecommunications with the Illinois Commerce Commission, where he served as the Manager of the Telecommunications Division's Rates Department, Mr. Webber has been called upon to provide expert testimony nearly 100 times before federal and state regulatory agencies throughout the United States.

In addition to his experience in telecommunications, Mr. Webber spent a significant amount of time at the Illinois Department of Energy and Natural Resource, where he modeled electricity and natural gas consumption, estimated the impact of DSM initiatives on natural gas and electricity consumption and estimated the benefits and costs of environmental pollutant mitigation strategies.