Fortran Corp. (FRTN)

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FRTN Mr. Rankin joined Fortran Corp., with Fortran's acquisition of CCI- Telecom, Inc., on June 7th where he had been the company's President. He originally started selling telecom systems in in the late 1980's and in 1991 founding General Communications a privatized payphone company he sold in 1997. In 1993, he founded CCI-Telecom, Inc., developed for the retail wireless mobile phone business and later diversified into the telecom equipment business. At CCI's peak, he had grown to 5 retail stores and 50-employees and was a leader in the Charlotte North Carolina markets in sales from 2002 to 2007 for Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) eventually selling the wireless division in May 2012.