DA_00_MCI Case Study

Bert Roberts, CEO of MCI, hired Robin to present their in-use site (acquired in the RCA M&A) as available to WHOI for the proposed world-class oceanography school location, the Cape Cod Commission and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute were scouting.

The Chatham site's functional obsolescence was becoming clear since the wireless boom and ship to shore was pulling on the balance sheet of MCI's core business.

Robin did many things to move forward with this unique MCI asset despite political and corporate constraints.

She helped list it on the National Historical Register and secured MCI approval for an archeological dig that recovered ancient Indian artifacts at the lakeside parcels. 

Robin contracted with local engineers to remove poles from the ocean floor of this historic Guillermo Marconi oceanfront wireless site to detract any potential environmental impact to the Chatham, Massachusetts, wetlands, and marsh area.   

Preserving the property that communicated the Andridoria, Hindenburg, and Titanic disasters with cutting-edge technology in the early 1900s was the most beneficial and rewarding aspect of this endeavor.