Frank Ahearn, CEO, McGraw Communications Francis X. Ahearn is CEO of
McGraw Communications where he oversees all aspects of
carrier relationships and overall network design. Ahearn
co-founded IMS Partners, a computer consulting company. He
began his career in telecommunications at Centex
Telemanagement where he was head of sales for New York
City. Ahearn co-founded Business Communications Management
Inc. (BCM). He sits on the Board of Directors for both BCM
and McGraw, as well as Verizon’s Wholesale Advisory
Board, COMPTEL’s CEO Council and PAETEC's Reseller
Advisory Board.
Ken Bisnoff, SVP, Strategic Opportunities, TelePacific
Communications Ken Bisnoff is senior vice
president of strategic opportunities at TelePacific
Communications, and a founding member of the company’s
executive team with 18 years of telecommunications
experience. Bisnoff is responsible for corporate
development, agent channel sales and human resources. Prior to joining TelePacific, Bisnoff was vice
president of carrier sales for CallManage Inc., a
developer of LCR technologies for the business market.
Additionally, he held sales positions with WinStar and
Teleport Communications Group selling competitive local
voice and data services to a broad spectrum of business
and carrier customers. Bisnoff began his
telecommunications career with AT&T Inc., where he was
a national account manager. He earned a Bachelor of
Science in electrical engineering from the University of
Massachusetts-Amherst.
Charlie Cary, Vice President of Marketing, XO Communications Charles Cary, vice president
of small business services at XO Communications Inc., is a
seasoned executive with expertise in telecom, IT,
enterprise software, and Internet industries, both
domestic and international. In addition to running
P&Ls and marketing organizations, Cary has significant
finance, sales and general management experience. Cary has
also worked at AT&T Inc., CGI AMS, Nortel Networks and
PSINet. Cary has a Master of Business Administration
degree from the University of Michigan.
David Goodwin, Principal and Co-Founder, ATC David Goodwin co-founded
Advanced Technology Consulting Inc. (ATC) in 1999 to
introduce a new approach to selecting, managing and
optimizing telecommunications services. He leveraged more
than a decade of experience at Cable & Wireless where
he learned all aspects of the telecom industry and earned
national awards for his performance. Prior to his work in telecommunications, Goodwin played
baseball with the Chicago Cubs. He attended Xavier
University in Cincinnati, and earned a Bachelor of Science
in business management. He serves on the board at the
Heritage Club, sits on a CEO Roundtable and Entrepreneur
Roundtable, coaches baseball and supports several
nonprofit organizations in his community.
Ian
Kieninger oversees the voice & data specialty
businesses at CDW, a FORTUNE 500 provider of technology
products and services for business, government and
education. His teams focus on designing a wide range of
solutions spanning VoIP, Mobile Wireless, IP telephony, and
carrier services. In this capacity, Kieninger is also
responsible for managing CDW’s business relationships with
carriers, manufacturers and other service providers. He has
fostered strong relationships on behalf of customers with
companies such as AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and RIM. A
veteran of the telecommunications industry, Kieninger brings a
wealth of industry experience to his position at CDW. Prior to
CDW, Kieninger had various management roles within AT&T
which included enterprise & SMB sales, product management,
and indirect channel experience. His knowledge is sought after
by top business publications and has been quoted in Forbes,
The Wall Street Journal, and others while speaking on numerous
panels surrounding advance communication technologies. In
addition, Kieninger participates on the advisory boards of
many of CDW’s technology partners. A graduate of Miami
University (Ohio), Kieninger holds a Bachelor of Science in
marketing and finance.
Mark Landiak, President and CEO, Corporate Dynamics Inc. Mark Landiak is president of
Corporate Dynamics Inc. (CDI), a Chicago-based training
and consulting firm that specializes in helping wireless
carriers, master agents, dealers and manufacturers grow
sales, keep customers and manage their operations more
profitably. Landiak is a frequent speaker at industry
events and contributes to magazines on sales, management
and wireless technology topics. In 2008, Landiak will head
the newly formed Wireless Business Owners Consortium.
Bill Power, President & Co-Founder, Association Resource
Group Bill Power is president and
co-founder of ARG, a Washington, D.C.-based full-service
telecommunications agency. ARG, founded in 1991, is a
35-plus person firm with more than 300 years of collective
telecom experience among its staff. Previously, Power
spent 14 years running a national trade association. In
the early days, ARG (then known as Association Resource
Group) represented switchless resellers and marketed
primarily to national trade and professional associations
located in the nation’s capital. Throughout the years,
other products and services were added to ARG’s product
line, resulting in a comprehensive portfolio for ARG’s
clients. Power is also a founding member of the Agent Alliance,
a consortium of telecom agencies.
Peter Radizeski, President, RAD-INFO Inc. After six years as a pharmaceutical chemist and three
years in Novell LAN support, Peter Radizeski moved
into telecommunications. For four years (2000-2004),
Radizeski was half of the team at IEI that posted millions
in sales for BellSouth as a top 5 Gold Partner.
Concentrating on data, not voice, Radizeski sold wholesale
DSL, IP, bandwidth, private lines, frame relay and ATM circuits to more than 65 ISPs
in the Southeast. Over the years, more carriers were added to balance the portfolio and to
service the needs of the existing client base. Today,
RAD-INFO can quote from more than 20 traditional
telecommunications companies, as well as locate fixed
wireless providers, VoIP providers, ASPs and data centers throughout the United States. Radizeski still
prefers data over voice. Radizeski writes for PHONE+’s
Peer-to-Peer blog as well as a telecom-centric blog for
RAD-INFO and a marketing-based blog at marketingideaguy.com.
Radizeski also consults for providers on sales, marketing
and strategy.
Ted Schuman, CEO, PlanetOne Communications, Inc. Ted Schuman
is founder and
CEO of Scottsdale-based PlanetOne Communications (est.
1992). PlanetOne is widely recognized as one of the
largest, most respected master agents in the industry.
PlanetOne currently represents more than 20 providers and
supports more than 1,000 agents with three offices around
the nation. Schuman has more than 20 years’ sales and
marketing experience in the telecom industry and more than
15 years’ experience in indirect channel management. He
is also one of the founding members of the Agent Alliance.
Geoffrey
Shepstone, president of master agency Telecom
Brokerage Inc., professional carrier includes, Heritage
Communications, Harris Lanier, MCI, and LCI/Qwest
Communications. As President and Owner of TBI, Mr.
Shepstone's leadership has been instrumental in building
TBI to become one of the countries largest Master
Agencies. Mr. Shepstone currently holds the following
Board and Advisory Board positions: Eyezon Technology LLC
- Board Member, Channel Partner Conference and Expo -
Advisory Board Member, and Level 3 - Advisory Board
Member.
Dale Stein, Co-Founder & Director of Strategic Planning
& Business Development, TAG National Dale Stein,
CEO
of IPx Connect, co-founded TAG
National, an association of 118 independent leading integrators providing voice and
data services to SMBs. Stein supervises TAG’s strategic
planning and business development and developed its
proprietary Seven Step Sales Solution. Previously, Stein
served as CEO of INET Inc., which achieved over $3 million
per year in internal sales growth and became the No. 1
distributor of Mitel products in North America. Stein also
founded and was CEO of Westec Security Corp. Stein is a member of TAG’s board of directors as well
as PHONE+’s Advisory Board. He received a bachelor’s
degree in electronic engineering technology from DeVry
University in Chicago and certification from Harvard
University’s Small Company Management Program.
Brian Twomey, President, TNCI Brian Twomey, president of
TNCI since 2000, has more than 25 years of experience in
the telecommunications industry. As president, Twomey
oversees all strategic direction, product management,
technology development, sales relationships, marketing,
finance and business operations. Prior to joining TNCI in 1998, he gained executive
experience in sales, marketing, financial management,
product development and network planning disciplines
through positions at AT&T Inc., NYNEX (now Verizon),
Sprint, McCaw Cellular (now Cingular) and FaxNet. Twomey
has combined his strategic and organizational management
experience from large national carriers with experience from
customer-focused telecom startups to mold TNCI into a
sound CLEC and reseller. Twomey earned a Bachelor of Science in
accounting/finance from Merrimack College.
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Frank Ahearn, CEO, McGraw Communications
Francis X. Ahearn is CEO of
McGraw Communications where he oversees all aspects of
carrier relationships and overall network design. Ahearn
co-founded IMS Partners, a computer consulting company. He
began his career in telecommunications at Centex
Telemanagement where he was head of sales for New York
City. Ahearn co-founded Business Communications Management
Inc. (BCM). He sits on the Board of Directors for both BCM
and McGraw, as well as Verizon’s Wholesale Advisory
Board, COMPTEL’s CEO Council and PAETEC's Reseller
Advisory Board.
Ken Bisnoff, SVP, Strategic Opportunities, TelePacific
Communications
Ken Bisnoff is senior vice
president of strategic opportunities at TelePacific
Communications, and a founding member of the company’s
executive team with 18 years of telecommunications
experience. Bisnoff is responsible for corporate
development, agent channel sales and human resources. Prior to joining TelePacific, Bisnoff was vice
president of carrier sales for CallManage Inc., a
developer of LCR technologies for the business market.
Additionally, he held sales positions with WinStar and
Teleport Communications Group selling competitive local
voice and data services to a broad spectrum of business
and carrier customers. Bisnoff began his
telecommunications career with AT&T Inc., where he was
a national account manager. He earned a Bachelor of
Science in electrical engineering from the University of
Massachusetts-Amherst.
Charlie Cary, Vice President of Marketing, XO Communications
Charles Cary, vice president
of small business services at XO Communications Inc., is a
seasoned executive with expertise in telecom, IT,
enterprise software, and Internet industries, both
domestic and international. In addition to running
P&Ls and marketing organizations, Cary has significant
finance, sales and general management experience. Cary has
also worked at AT&T Inc., CGI AMS, Nortel Networks and
PSINet. Cary has a Master of Business Administration
degree from the University of Michigan.
David Goodwin, Principal and Co-Founder, ATC
David Goodwin co-founded
Advanced Technology Consulting Inc. (ATC) in 1999 to
introduce a new approach to selecting, managing and
optimizing telecommunications services. He leveraged more
than a decade of experience at Cable & Wireless where
he learned all aspects of the telecom industry and earned
national awards for his performance. Prior to his work in telecommunications, Goodwin played
baseball with the Chicago Cubs. He attended Xavier
University in Cincinnati, and earned a Bachelor of Science
in business management. He serves on the board at the
Heritage Club, sits on a CEO Roundtable and Entrepreneur
Roundtable, coaches baseball and supports several
nonprofit organizations in his community.
Ian
Kieninger oversees the voice & data specialty
businesses at CDW, a FORTUNE 500 provider of technology
products and services for business, government and
education. His teams focus on designing a wide range of
solutions spanning VoIP, Mobile Wireless, IP telephony, and
carrier services. In this capacity, Kieninger is also
responsible for managing CDW’s business relationships with
carriers, manufacturers and other service providers. He has
fostered strong relationships on behalf of customers with
companies such as AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and RIM. A
veteran of the telecommunications industry, Kieninger brings a
wealth of industry experience to his position at CDW. Prior to
CDW, Kieninger had various management roles within AT&T
which included enterprise & SMB sales, product management,
and indirect channel experience. His knowledge is sought after
by top business publications and has been quoted in Forbes,
The Wall Street Journal, and others while speaking on numerous
panels surrounding advance communication technologies. In
addition, Kieninger participates on the advisory boards of
many of CDW’s technology partners. A graduate of Miami
University (Ohio), Kieninger holds a Bachelor of Science in
marketing and finance.
Mark Landiak, President and CEO, Corporate Dynamics Inc.
Mark Landiak is president of
Corporate Dynamics Inc. (CDI), a Chicago-based training
and consulting firm that specializes in helping wireless
carriers, master agents, dealers and manufacturers grow
sales, keep customers and manage their operations more
profitably. Landiak is a frequent speaker at industry
events and contributes to magazines on sales, management
and wireless technology topics. In 2008, Landiak will head
the newly formed Wireless Business Owners Consortium.
Bill Power, President & Co-Founder, Association Resource
Group
Bill Power is president and
co-founder of ARG, a Washington, D.C.-based full-service
telecommunications agency. ARG, founded in 1991, is a
35-plus person firm with more than 300 years of collective
telecom experience among its staff. Previously, Power
spent 14 years running a national trade association. In
the early days, ARG (then known as Association Resource
Group) represented switchless resellers and marketed
primarily to national trade and professional associations
located in the nation’s capital. Throughout the years,
other products and services were added to ARG’s product
line, resulting in a comprehensive portfolio for ARG’s
clients. Power is also a founding member of the Agent Alliance,
a consortium of telecom agencies.
Peter Radizeski, President, RAD-INFO Inc.
After six years as a pharmaceutical chemist and three
years in Novell LAN support, Peter Radizeski moved
into telecommunications. For four years (2000-2004),
Radizeski was half of the team at IEI that posted millions
in sales for BellSouth as a top 5 Gold Partner.
Concentrating on data, not voice, Radizeski sold wholesale
DSL, IP, bandwidth, private lines, frame relay and ATM circuits to more than 65 ISPs
in the Southeast. Over the years, more carriers were added to balance the portfolio and to
service the needs of the existing client base. Today,
RAD-INFO can quote from more than 20 traditional
telecommunications companies, as well as locate fixed
wireless providers, VoIP providers, ASPs and data centers throughout the United States. Radizeski still
prefers data over voice. Radizeski writes for PHONE+’s
Peer-to-Peer blog as well as a telecom-centric blog for
RAD-INFO and a marketing-based blog at marketingideaguy.com.
Radizeski also consults for providers on sales, marketing
and strategy.
Ted Schuman, CEO, PlanetOne Communications, Inc.
Ted Schuman
is founder and
CEO of Scottsdale-based PlanetOne Communications (est.
1992). PlanetOne is widely recognized as one of the
largest, most respected master agents in the industry.
PlanetOne currently represents more than 20 providers and
supports more than 1,000 agents with three offices around
the nation. Schuman has more than 20 years’ sales and
marketing experience in the telecom industry and more than
15 years’ experience in indirect channel management. He
is also one of the founding members of the Agent Alliance.
Geoffrey
Shepstone, president of master agency Telecom
Brokerage Inc., professional carrier includes, Heritage
Communications, Harris Lanier, MCI, and LCI/Qwest
Communications. As President and Owner of TBI, Mr.
Shepstone's leadership has been instrumental in building
TBI to become one of the countries largest Master
Agencies. Mr. Shepstone currently holds the following
Board and Advisory Board positions: Eyezon Technology LLC
- Board Member, Channel Partner Conference and Expo -
Advisory Board Member, and Level 3 - Advisory Board
Member.
Dale Stein, Co-Founder & Director of Strategic Planning
& Business Development, TAG National
Dale Stein,
CEO
of IPx Connect, co-founded TAG
National, an association of 118 independent leading integrators providing voice and
data services to SMBs. Stein supervises TAG’s strategic
planning and business development and developed its
proprietary Seven Step Sales Solution. Previously, Stein
served as CEO of INET Inc., which achieved over $3 million
per year in internal sales growth and became the No. 1
distributor of Mitel products in North America. Stein also
founded and was CEO of Westec Security Corp. Stein is a member of TAG’s board of directors as well
as PHONE+’s Advisory Board. He received a bachelor’s
degree in electronic engineering technology from DeVry
University in Chicago and certification from Harvard
University’s Small Company Management Program.
Brian Twomey, President, TNCI
Brian Twomey, president of
TNCI since 2000, has more than 25 years of experience in
the telecommunications industry. As president, Twomey
oversees all strategic direction, product management,
technology development, sales relationships, marketing,
finance and business operations. Prior to joining TNCI in 1998, he gained executive
experience in sales, marketing, financial management,
product development and network planning disciplines
through positions at AT&T Inc., NYNEX (now Verizon),
Sprint, McCaw Cellular (now Cingular) and FaxNet. Twomey
has combined his strategic and organizational management
experience from large national carriers with experience from
customer-focused telecom startups to mold TNCI into a
sound CLEC and reseller. Twomey earned a Bachelor of Science in
accounting/finance from Merrimack College.
