5. Technical Qualifications
To be granted a CPCN for authority to provide local exchange and interexchange service, an applicant must make a reasonable showing of managerial and technical expertise in telecommunications or a related business.7 Applicant supplied biographical information on its management that demonstrated that it has sufficient expertise and training to operate as a telecommunications provider.8
Applicant represents that no one associated with or employed by GC Pivotal, LLC as an affiliate, officer, director, partner, or owner of more than 10% of GC Pivotal, LLC was previously associated with a telecommunications carrier that filed for bankruptcy, was sanctioned by the FCC or any state regulatory agency for failure to comply with any regulatory statute, rule, or order, or has been found either civilly or criminally liable by a court of appropriate jurisdiction for a violation of § 17000, et seq. of the California Business and Professions Code, or for any actions which involved misrepresentations to consumers, nor is currently under investigation for similar violations.9
7 D.95-12-056 at Appendix C, Rule 4.A.
8 While the Chief Executive Office and Chief Financial Officer of GC Pivotal, LLC, do not have any direct technical expertise in telecommunications, in response to the April 27th ALJ request for more information, GC Pivotal stated that it intends to retain as employees the former Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Global Capacity. These three individuals have extensive background and technical expertise in telecommunications.
9 A.11-03-008 at 11.
