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Bruce Shelby's Rap Sheet

Bruce Shelby

 

Title:  Vice President, Sales
Employer:  Continuant
Featured In:
Avaya Faces PBX Maintenance Monopoly Claims, 9/10/08
Nickname/Alias:  Slug

 

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

Not getting pushed around by Avaya.

Other Primary Areas of Expertise:

Basketball, fly fishing

Summary of Professional Background:

Sales of telephone systems and services since 1984.

Prediction on the Future of Telecom & Telecom Managers:

13 years ago my boss predicted there would be a “virtual reality phone” out soon. I guess I’ll go with that.

Weirdest Thing People Usually Don't Know about Me:

I have ADD – actually, I think people do figure that out about me pretty quickly.

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

running my basketball program for boys and girls, which will soon have over 1,000 kids participating. 

Book and author I'm currently reading:

The Reason for God, Timothy Keller.

CD currently or most recently in my car stereo:

Michael Brecker's Pilgrimage.

Blogs I follow regularly:

www.joelrosenberg.com | www.ducksportsnews.com

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

Michael Scott (The Office) taking calls on the speakerphone when people are in his office who shouldn’t hear (or wouldn’t want to hear) the call.


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