Telespan and Total Call Spend Some Time
Date: 05/18/2009
Darcy and Dominic Bohnett, CEO of Telespan, and Eric Pomeroy and his wife Kay. Telespan is a California based, specialty carrier servicing mobile telecom operators by providing private lines and switched minute terminations. Total Call is also California based, and one of the largest pre-paid calling card companies in the USA.
Chris Edgecomb and Mike Dyer
Date: 05/18/2009
Chris Edgecomb, CEO of Sirius Telecom, Mike Dyer is the former president of Cherry Communications and also worked for ZPDI, Star Telecom, WCT Telecommunications, Wiltel and LDX Networks. Currently Mike is VP of Development for a company in San Antonio Texas building hotels and medical office complexes.
A Gathering of Entrepreneurs
Date: 05/18/2009
To the left is Dick Frockt, former COO of TMC Communications, talking with Mary Kirkhart, co-founder and President of Star Telecommunications. In the middle is her husband Mark Kirkhart.
East Coast Meets West Coast
Date: 05/18/2009
CEO, Paul Rius of Routetrader, a neutral exchange for carriers to interconnect for the purchase and sale in international traffic. George Amandola is the CEO of GeoTel, a carrier's carrier.
Too Good Looking To Be In Telecom?
Date: 05/18/2009
Paul has worked in the industry for close to 25 years, starting his career with the Bell System and later owning his own operator service and long distance telephone company in Las Vegas. He later was VP of Operations for one of the largest operator service companies in the US called Teltrust. He is now the CEO of Routetrader.
Barb and Don Hutchins
Date: 05/18/2009
Don Hutchins currently currently runs Fusion Telecommunications, a carrier's carrier specializing in international minutes terminations. His wife Barb for many years has been one of the key organizers and managers of Comptel events, the leading telecom tradeshow in the USA for carriers. "Don't forget to buy a badge."
Paul Rius, George Amandola and David Hess
Date: 05/18/2009
All three are CEO's of telecom companies. David Hess runs a mobile satellite company offering voice and data communications to freight and passenger ships and off shore oil platforms. In this photo all three are arguing which one of them is the most eligible bachelor of telecom.
Jeffrey Sudikoff
Date: 05/18/2009
Jeffrey Sudikoff, founder and former CEO of IDB Communications which was also the predecessor company of WorldCom. His relaxed and cheerful demeanor is due to his retirement from telecom, and he is no longer at the top of any escalation list for late night trouble calls.
Chris Edgecomb and Joyce
Date: 05/18/2009
Two former co-workers at WCT who sold carrier services share a moment talking about the good old days. Joyce later went on to head up sales for Pacific Gateway's Exchange, one of the first international carriers in the USA.
David and Page Glickman
Date: 05/18/2009
Serial entrepreneur, David Glickman was the founder of Justice Telecommunications, one of the first callback companies in the world. He later was the founder of Telepacific Communications, one of the first CLEC's in California. Telepacific remains one of the largest CLEC's on the west coast. David also founded Hometown Telecom, a VOIP enabled carrier for international minutes sold to consumers through Internet marketing.