Management
Bill DeKay, CEO
Bill has over 22 years experience in telecommunications in the areas
of wireless, paging and specialized mobile radio. As a former COO, CEO
and founder for several leading wireless technology companies, Bill
provides significant expertise in sales and marketing, M&A and business
development.
As chief operating officer and vice chairman at Dial Page, Inc., Bill created
Dial Pages Dial Call subsidiary, which became the second largest iDEN
carrier in the U.S. As a result, Dial Pages equity value grew more than
400 percent, to nearly $1 billion, before its eventual merger into Nextel
Communications. Bill was the co-Founder of Conxus Communications, an advanced
paging services provider and is a former managing director at Blue Hill Group,
a venture consulting firm focused on the wireless industry.
Bill received his MBA from Harvard Business School and his B.S. in business
administration from the University of Southern California.
Jim Lavine, CTO & VP Engineering
Jim has 17 years experience in developing local and wide area network
based communications and real-time information systems. Previously,
he was with Data Broadcasting Corporation where he served as CTO and
VP of Engineering. Jim managed and ran the technology and engineering
organizations that are responsible for DBCs ticker plant development,
web products development, and eSignal and InSite product development.
Jim also spent eight years at Automatic Data Processing (ADP) developing
transaction-based financial services systems and working on new ventures
and initiatives within the ADP Brokerage services division.
Jim received his degree from Drexel University in Electrical and Computer
Engineering with a focus on Microprocessor-based Systems Design and
Local and Wide Area Network Design.
Ellen Schwab, VP Sales and Business Development
Ellen has over 17 years experience in business development and marketing
for telecommunications and data communications infrastructure companies.
Most recently, Ellen was VP of business development at CoSine Communications.
In that role, she developed the software licensing, OSS, and network
interoperability partnership strategies for the company. Prior to CoSine,
Ellen directed business development, marketing, and product management
for Advanced Fibre Communications (AFC). While at AFC, she assisted
in growing the company's business to over $200M annually.
Ellen holds a Masters in Business Administration from the University
of Chicago and a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.
