Our Team

Tim has 25 years of successful leadership experience in customer facing technology and communications services companies.

Before co-founding GravityPath, Tim served in senior leadership roles including Chief Communications Officer and SVP Service Assurance at ExteNet, north America’s largest privately held provider of communications infrastructure, an owner-operator of fiber and wireless solutions across nearly 600 public and private networks comprised of 85,000 network elements serving rural, urban, enterprise, healthcare, real-estate, and government customers.

Prior to ExteNet Tim worked for 3Com, IBM Global Consulting, and Tellabs developing and managing communications technology solutions for network operators, enterprise, and government clients throughout the world, working extensively in Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Africa.

Tim has a BA in business from North Central College

John has over 25 years of experience in the design, deployment and delivery of converged networks. In addition to his role at Gravity Path, John Cankar is also a founder and principal of WIVERSE.  WIVERSE is a consulting firm specializing in strategic talent for communications and technology infrastructure.

Before WIVERSE, John held senior leadership positions at Jacobs Engineering Group, a global, multi-billion-dollar construction and engineering firm. John was instrumental in developing Telecom and Smart City practices for Jacobs. 

Prior to Jacobs John served as the President of FMHC Corporation. John guided the growth and evolution of FMHC into a nationwide leader in turnkey wireless network services. Under John’s leadership FMHC became a trusted partner to Tier 1 service providers in infrastructure projects across the United States.

John has a BA in Marketing and International Business from Illinois State University.