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Ali Shadman

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Smart Money Rating: 84 out of 100

Partner, Communications, JK&B Capital

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JK&B Capital
Title
Partner, Communications
Role
Partner
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Record updated 21 September 2026

About

Mr. Shadman has over 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. During the 13 years prior to joining JK&B, Mr. Shadman was with Ameritech with a variety of responsibilities. Immediately prior to joining JK&B, Mr. Shadman was the President of Ameritech New Media, which provided competitive broadband cable services to over 250,000 subscribers. Mr. Shadman was also Ameritech's designee on the board of Americast, a joint venture between Ameritech, Walt Disney, GTE, Bell South, and SNET. Prior to that, Mr. Shadman was the Vice President of Corporate Strategy for Ameritech responsible for developing long-term business strategies. In this capacity, Mr. Shadman led the negotiations for the merger between Ameritech and SBC. Prior to that, Mr. Shadman was the Vice President of Operations and Business Development where he had full technical, operational and budgeting responsibility for implementing the technical infrastructure for delivery of broadband consumer products. Prior to

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Education
Mr. Shadman earned a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, an M.S.E.E. and a B.S.E.E. from Oregon State University.Source (opens in a new tab)

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