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COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.

NASDAQ: CCOI. Canonical company identity and public leadership record.

US

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Alpha ID
alpha:company:6f7a3324-fa76-4ee9-969e-abc67d176a6f
SEC CIK
0001158324
Record version
vpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce, published Oct 7, 2026
Newest evidence
Mar 20, 2026
Monitoring
Not yet monitored Details
Integrity
Not yet signed Methodology
CEO
Dave SchaefferChairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President
Chair
Dave SchaefferLead independent: Marc Montagner
Independent
Not published9 directors published
Published claims
262 distinct sources
Evidence records
50 pinned
Source conflicts
0None open

Built from 2 distinct sources and 5 evidence records. Every Claim links to where it appears. Where nothing was published, the record states the coverage gap.

CorroboratedSource reportedAlpha inferenceNot disclosed

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DIRECTOR APPOINTED

Henry Kilmer seat on COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC., effective 2026-03-20.

EffectiveEffective Mar 20, 2026E3

Monitoring

Continuous

What the published record states about identity, evidence, evaluation, monitoring, authority, and freshness. Watched-source schedules are not published for this record.

  • Identityunclaimed
    Published
  • Evidencesource_reported
    Published
  • Evaluationnot_evaluated
    Published
  • MonitoringNot yet published for this record.
    Not published
  • AuthorityNot yet published for this record.
    Not published
  • Freshnesscurrent
    Published

Leadership

Evidence
RolePersonSinceStatusClaim
SecretaryRied ZulagerMar 2026currentSource reportedE4
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and PresidentDave SchaefferNot capturedunknownSource reportedE2
Vice President of IP EngineeringHenry KilmerNot capturedunknownSource reportedE2
Chief Legal OfficerJohn ChangNot capturedunknownSource reportedE2
Chief Revenue Officer and Vice President of Global SalesMark HarrisNot capturedunknownSource reportedE2
Chief Financial OfficerThaddeus WeedNot capturedunknownSource reportedE2

Board of directors

Evidence

9 directors published. Independence determinations are not published for every director.

DirectorStatusSinceCommitteesClaim
Deneen HowellIndependence not published2022None publishedSource reportedE3
Eve HowardIndependence not published2022None publishedSource reportedE3
Henry KilmerIndependence not published2026Non Equity Incentive Plan Compensation (c) CommitteeSource reportedE3
James BubeckIndependence not published2026Non Equity Incentive Plan Compensation (c) CommitteeSource reportedE3
Lewis H. Ferguson IIIIndependence not published2018None publishedSource reportedE3
Mark HarrisIndependence not published2026Non Equity Incentive Plan Compensation (c) CommitteeSource reportedE3
Sheryl KennedyIndependence not published2019None publishedSource reportedE3
Steven D. BrooksIndependence not published2003None publishedSource reportedE3
Weighted-average TotalIndependence not published2020None publishedSource reportedE3
Dave SchaefferNot independentChairNot publishedChief Executive Officer and President, chairSource reportedE2
Marc MontagnerIndependentLead IndependentNot publishedNone publishedSource reportedE2
Paul de SaIndependentNot publishedNone publishedSource reportedE2

Committees and risk ownership

Evidence
CommitteeChairMembersRisks assigned
Chief Executive Officer and PresidentDave SchaefferDave SchaefferNot described in the published record
Non Equity Incentive Plan Compensation (c) CommitteeNot publishedHenry Kilmer, James Bubeck, Mark Harris, Henry Kilmer, James Bubeck, Mark HarrisNot described in the published record
Committee RecordNon Equity Incentive Plan Compensation (c) Committee: Chair not stated; Members Henry Kilmer; James Bubeck; Mark Harris
Source reportedE5
company:6f7a3324-fa76-4ee9-969e-abc67d176a6f:committee_record:23
Committee AppointmentHenry Kilmer: member, Non Equity Incentive Plan Compensation (c) Committee
Source reportedE5
company:6f7a3324-fa76-4ee9-969e-abc67d176a6f:committee_appointment:24
Committee AppointmentJames Bubeck: member, Non Equity Incentive Plan Compensation (c) Committee
Source reportedE5
company:6f7a3324-fa76-4ee9-969e-abc67d176a6f:committee_appointment:25
Committee AppointmentMark Harris: member, Non Equity Incentive Plan Compensation (c) Committee
Source reportedE5
company:6f7a3324-fa76-4ee9-969e-abc67d176a6f:committee_appointment:26

Control and voting power

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Authority to act

Evidence and agent registry

Who can act for the company, and on whose authority. This is what a counterparty's agent checks before it accepts an order, signs, or pays.

Principal executive officerDave Schaeffer, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President
Source reportedE2
company:6f7a3324-fa76-4ee9-969e-abc67d176a6f:leadership_role:17
Who can authorize an agentNot assessedNo Alpha inference about signing authority or board-reserved matters is published for this record.
Not assessed
bind
AI agents registered by the companyNot registered in the public RegistryAgent Deployments, Agent Use Cases, Authority Grants, TrustChecks, Action Ledger entries and Governance Receipts live in the private enterprise overlay. They are never projected into the public Registry without explicit cross-plane authorization. Absence here is a plane boundary, not evidence that the enterprise operates no agents.
Agent registry
agents
Delegations publishedNot disclosedBoard and officer delegation resolutions are not public filings and are not published in this record.
Search scope
delegations

Financials and market context

Evidence
Security ListingCCOI (NASDAQ)
Source reportedE1
company:6f7a3324-fa76-4ee9-969e-abc67d176a6f:security_listing:27
Index membershipsNo current membership is published in Alpha's tracked index universe.This is not evidence that the company is absent from every market index.
None publishedAs of Oct 8, 2026. Rights-filtered public evidence only; no redistribution or model training is granted. Only source-backed memberships with an explicit public redistribution basis are returned.

Governance and policies

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Risk, audit, and cyber

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

AI oversight and accountability

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Compensation

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Other published claims

Evidence

Published Claims that belong to no section above. Each keeps its permalink, evidence, and assertion state.

Legal NameCOGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
Source reportedE1
company:6f7a3324-fa76-4ee9-969e-abc67d176a6f:legal_name:1
Entity StatusPublic listing published
Source reportedE1
company:6f7a3324-fa76-4ee9-969e-abc67d176a6f:entity_status:3

Not yet in this record

Coverage

A gap is a coverage state, not a negative finding. These sections are expected for this entity class and are not yet published.

  • Corporate structureNot reviewed. Parent, subsidiary and predecessor structure explains who is governed.
  • OwnershipNot reviewed. Ownership and voting power determine who can influence the board.
  • FinancialsNot reviewed. Governance-relevant financial context frames capital and audit decisions.
  • CompensationNot reviewed. Pay design shows how incentives are governed.
  • GovernanceNot reviewed. Governing documents and provisions set the rules of the enterprise.
  • Shareholder governanceNot reviewed. Meeting and vote records show shareholder dissent and support.
  • AuditNot reviewed. Auditor, controls and restatements show assurance over reporting.
  • LegalNot reviewed. Material legal and regulatory matters show enforcement exposure.
  • RiskNot reviewed. Risk ownership links the board, committees, executives and controls.
  • CyberNot reviewed. Cyber and data governance is a disclosed oversight domain.
  • AI governanceNot reviewed. AI oversight is a differentiated Alpha governance domain.
  • Markets externalNot reviewed. Auditors, advisors, investors and regulators form the external ecosystem.
  • Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.
  • Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.
  • Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.
  • Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.
  • This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.

Subject and corrections

Public-role doctrine

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Basis
Published company record built from public sources
Sources
5 evidence records cited. 0 with redistribution rights.
Never published
Private enterprise overlay data: deployments, authority grants, TrustChecks, receipts, telemetry
Record claimed
No
Open disputes
0
Identity ownership
unclaimed
Claiming not yet available

If the company claims the record, its statements appear as their own assertion state and never overwrite the cited evidence.

Evidence

Authority and rights
  1. E1
    Alpha canonical company public projection
    Alpha canonical company public projection. canonical identity. Retrieved Oct 7, 2026. Cited by 4 Claims.
    Open web
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  2. E2
    SEC DEF 14A 0001104659-26-032744
    sec def 14a. Published Mar 20, 2026. Retrieved Sep 6, 2026. Cited by 8 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  3. E3
    DEF 14A tm261415-1_def14a.htm
    sec proxy. Published Mar 20, 2026. Retrieved Sep 2, 2026. Cited by 9 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  4. E4
    CCOI DEF 14A executive officers
    sec filing. Published Mar 20, 2026. Retrieved May 16, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  5. E5
    Non Equity Incentive Plan Compensation (c) Committee
    governance_people_committees. sec proxy. Cited by 4 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned

What changed in version public-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce

vpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce published Oct 7, 2026
  • Henry Kilmer seat on COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC., effective 2026-03-20.
  • James Bubeck seat on COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC., effective 2026-03-20.
  • Mark Harris seat on COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC., effective 2026-03-20.
  • Ried Zulager executive of COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC., effective 2026-03-20.
  • Deneen Howell seat on COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC., effective 2022-01-01.
  • Eve Howard seat on COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC., effective 2022-01-01.
  • Weighted-average Total seat on COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC., effective 2020-01-01.
  • Sheryl Kennedy seat on COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC., effective 2019-01-01.
  • Lewis H. Ferguson III seat on COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC., effective 2018-01-01.
  • Steven D. Brooks seat on COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC., effective 2003-01-01.
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  1. Overview
  2. Monitoring4
  3. Leadership6
  4. Board12
  5. Committees2
  6. Control and voting0
  7. Authority to act4
  8. Financials1
  9. Governance0
  10. Risk0
  11. AI oversight0
  12. Legal0
  13. Compensation0
  14. Other published claims3
  15. Coverage gaps17
  16. Linked people15
  17. Subject and corrections6
  18. Evidence5
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    COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.Company
  • Ried ZulagerPerson
  • Dave SchaefferPerson
  • Henry KilmerPerson
  • John ChangPerson
  • Mark HarrisPerson
  • Thaddeus WeedPerson
  • Deneen HowellPerson
  • Eve HowardPerson
  • James BubeckPerson
  • Lewis H. Ferguson IIIPerson
  • Sheryl KennedyPerson
  • Steven D. BrooksPerson
  • Weighted-average TotalPerson
  • Marc MontagnerPerson
  • Paul de SaPerson
  • Sections
    OverviewCOGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
  • MonitoringCOGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
  • LeadershipCOGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
  • BoardCOGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
  • CommitteesCOGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
  • Control and votingCOGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
  • Authority to actCOGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
  • FinancialsCOGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
  • GovernanceCOGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
  • RiskCOGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
  • AI oversightCOGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
  • LegalCOGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
  • CompensationCOGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
  • Other published claimsCOGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
  • Coverage gapsCOGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
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