David Hagan was the former Chief Executive of Global

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solutions company Boingo Wireless. He was the company's President since 2001 and was appointed CEO in 2004. He retired as CEO in March 2019.

Education

David is a graduate of the

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and obtained an

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from

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Career

Hagan began his career working for a Midwest advertising agency, and one of his first clients was United Telecom, the predecessor of long distance company

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. Sprint hired him a few years later, and he spent 15 years with the company. An interest in the Internet led him to join

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(IAC), an internet commerce company led by

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. Hagan was COO and President of

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and

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, the first online city guide. Hagan joined Boingo Wireless in 2001 as President. When company founder

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left in 2004, Hagan succeeded him as CEO. In September 2016, Hagan was named Chairman of the Executive Board for the

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, the group that hosts CES. He served as Chair until October 2018. In March 2019, Hagan retired as CEO of Boingo, and reportedly continued as a member of the company's board.

References

Year of birth missing (living people) Living people University of Kansas alumni Baker University alumni {{US-CEO-stub, career=Legion Partners, an LA-based activist investor, in letter to investors published on Seeking Alpha, says that Boingo was mismanaged under CEO Dave Hagan, and that Boingo needs to be aligned with shareholders which will “necessitate removing the former CEO Daveid Hagan from the Board.”, references=https://seekingalpha.com/article/4359953-legion-partners-asset-management-q2-2020-investor-letter