Lance Boxer is Chief Executive Officer of IPC. Appointed to the position in June 2003, Boxer brought 25 years of experience and success in the telecommunications services industry to IPC. A veteran of two of the world's most recognized names in telecommunications, MCI and Lucent Technologies, Boxer also headed up XOSoft, a leading content delivery solutions provider, and Sphera Optical Networks, an optical metropolitan service provider.

Prior to joining IPC, Boxer was Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of Universal Access, an innovator in global transport and network optimization services. He spent two years with Lucent Technologies where he was Group President of the Communications Software Group, which sold network management systems, intelligent networking software, billing systems and Internet software solutions. Boxer began his career at MCI, where he spent 16 years that culminated in a 2 ½-year term as its Chief Information Officer. Among his many responsibilities, Boxer oversaw the global development of the company's information systems. In 1996, 1997 and 1998 CIO Magazine included him among its "CIO 100: Top I.T. Performers." In 2008 Boxer was selected by Ernst and Young as "Entrepreneur of the Year", seeing his company grow from 200M to 700M dollars, acquiring 5 companies and overseeing the sale of IPC from Goldman Sachs to Silver Lake Partners. This award is considered by many to be one of the most coveted awards an executive can receive in business.

Boxer, who has been a member of IPC's Board of Directors since January 2002, has also served on the Board of Advisors for the National Science Foundation's Network Executive Committee where his expertise in networking and security was instrumental in developing launching the internet for commercial application, the Board of Advisors for Pacific Broadband, the State University of New York MBA. Advisory Board, the Board of Directors of the Collin County, Texas Children's Advocacy Center, National Children's Cancer Society, the Board of Directors of such companies as Advanced Network Systems and Digital Link. In addition, Boxer was a City Council Member in Fairview, Texas. Currently Boxer is the Vice Chairman of the USO of Metropolitan New York and Vice Chairman of the Planning Board in Bedminster Township New Jersey.

Boxer holds a BA and an MBA from New York University.