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Glenn Ehley, President and CEO of AirNet. Photo by Craig Rubadoux.

When Glenn Ehley's wife was expecting their first child, Ehley found himself at a business convention in Geneva, Switzerland. He recently had started a new job as director of marketing for AirNet Communications Corp. in Melbourne, and he felt loyalty to the company demanded he attend the overseas event.

His boss's wife saw things differently. When she heard Ehley's wife was due to deliver at any time, she ordered him on the next flight home. He left, and his daughter was born the next day.

The same loyalty that had him in Geneva six years ago has taken him to his position today at the helm of the company, which makes equipment for wireless communications companies.

Ask Ehley why he took on the perhaps unenviable task of turning around the company last year, and the word loyalty comes up a lot.

"There were two reasons to stick around," Ehley said. "Loyalty to the stakeholders… and loyalty to the 129 families who were depending on AirNet to survive."

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