Barry Rowan

Barry Rowan is Gogo’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He leads Gogo’s financial operations, which includes financial planning and analysis, accounting, treasury, tax and investor relations.

Rowan has more than 30 years of financial management experience including a track record of success leading public companies. He joins Gogo from agricultural tech start-up Cool Planet, where he had served as Chief Financial Officer since 2013. Prior to Cool Planet, he served as EVP, CFO and Chief Administrative Officer for Vonage Corporation, where he was part of the leadership team that successfully turned around the $900 million internet communications company. Before joining Vonage, Rowan was EVP and CFO of Nextel Partners, the fastest growing U.S. wireless company at the time.

Rowan began his career at Hewlett-Packard and held senior leadership positions at Comlinear Corporation and Fluke Corporation. He earned an MBA from the Harvard Business School and his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Chemical Biology summa cum laude from The College of Idaho.