Title:  Director, Consulting Services
Employer:  N'compass Solutions

Featured In:
UC and IPT Licenses Primer, 12/3/09

What I'm Best Known For (in the Telecom World):

Presenting at VoiceCon and Voice Report webinars.

Other Primary Areas of Expertise:

Enterprise communication technologies.

Summary of Professional Background:

Sales/technical management at AT&T and Lucent Technologies, and technology consulting.

Prediction on the Future of Telecom & Telecom Managers:

The role and function they have traditionally performed is important and will continue to be critical in the foreseeable future.

Weirdest Thing People Usually Don't Know about Me:

I don't know if this is weird but I did play Junior hockey for a year in Minnesota after graduating from high school.

When I'm not talking or doing something in relation to telecom, I'm usually...

I confess that I'm really quite boring (aka predictable) these days. If I'm not working, I'm either at the Y working out, reading, or just hanging out at home with my spouse and our new yellow lab. 

Book and author I'm currently reading:

"The Good Soldiers" by David Finkel (a great book).

CD currently or most recently in my car stereo:

None – I prefer listening to the radio (Minnesota AM stations or Minnesota Public Radio).

Blogs I follow regularly:

No Jitter, David Pogue (New York Times – Technology ), Bill Plaschke (LA Times – Sports).

The stupidest thing I've ever seen anyone do or say in relation to a phone:

Poke a hole in the gel screen of an Avaya phone thinking the button was a soft key.