About Us
We don’t claim to have invented the internet. We do claim that our engineering team was the first to install a SIP Softswitch for a major carrier. For over a decade our team has been enriching this technology, making it more feature rich and improving the quality and cost-competitiveness of all Voice and Video over the Internet (VVoIP) products and services. Our development team pioneered the development of most of the VVoIP features that are now in the marketplace. Our patented Direct RTP (Real-Time Protocol) technology for voice and video communications greatly increases call quality and reliability, while significantly reducing latency. As a result, we are proud to claim we have a unique and proprietary technology that offers our customers a complete suite of fully integrated, reliable and scalable services.
Board of Directors
| Patricia Mathis (Founder & Executive Chair) |
Pat is one of the founders of XCast Labs and a leader in the communications and unified communications space for over two decades. She has served on the board or as CEO of several communications companies. |
| Eric Manlunas (Vice-Chair) |
Eric is the founder and Managing Director of Frontera Group, a boutique venture capital firm focused on investing in early-stage emerging companies. Eric is a two-time start-up entrepreneur turned venture capitalist with a strong passion for early-stage investing |
| Stender Sweeney (Director) |
Stender is a founder and Director, Emeritus of the Pasadena Angels, a broadly diversified group of investors providing early-stage financing to promising start-up ventures. He is a retired Vice President of the Los Angeles Times |
Management and Technology Team
| Patricia Mathis (Founder & Executive Chair) |
Pat is one of the founders of XCast Labs and a leader in the communications and unified communications space for over two decades. She has served on the board or as CEO of several communications companies. |
| Vladimir Smelyansky (Founder & CTO) |
Vladimir has over 25 years of leadership in the development and deployment of cutting edge technologies spanning image and voice recognition, real time networking, telephony and VoIP. Prior experience: Webley Systems and GlobalTouch. |
| Roman Marchevsky (Founder & SVP of Engineering) |
Roman has over 30 years of software development experience. Roman was responsible for developing and implementing the first production high-density, SIP-based media-switching platform. Prior experience: Lucent, DigiSoft and GlobalTouch. |
| Susan Kelley (EVP, Sales & Business Development) |
Susan Kelley has over 25 years of cable and telecommunications industry experience in sales, marketing and operations leadership positions. Prior experience includes: Time Warner Cable, Sprint, McCaw, Nextel and Webley Systems. |
| Stephen Nelson (SVP, Operations) |
Stephen has over 15 years of experience in telecom sales engineering, project management, and client account management, including Fortune 500 companies, major movie studios, telecom carriers and several federal agencies. Prior experience: Winstar, Global Crossing, and AT&T. |
| Larry Anthony (SVP, Enterprise Sales) |
Larry has over 30 years of experience in both public and private sectors, including executive and consulting roles at telecom companies and broadband and wireless networks. Prior experience: NEC, Mitel, Winstar, IDT, GlobalTouch and Bandtel. |
| Richard Tew (VP, Wholesale & Private Brands) |
Richard has over 25 years of experience in Sales Management and Engineering positions at telecom companies ranging from private start ups to large publically traded companies. Prior experience: Sprint, Xpedite, Broadwing, Point One, and SinglePipe. |
| Michael Henderson (VP, Indirect Channels) |
Michael has over 15 years of experience in sales and channel management for public and private start-up telecom companies. Prior experience includes MFS, WorldCom, and Point One Communications. |
| Eryn Sears (Director, Finance & Controller) |
Eryn, a veteran of multiple start-ups, has over 15 years of experience in finance and accounting in a variety of industries including telecommuni-cations, advertising and health care. Prior experience: Rubin Postaer & Assocociates, Q Telecommunications, and Tri-Anim Health Services. |
| Sheila Williams ( Director, Implementation & Project Management) |
Sheila has a long track record of achievement in the telecommunications and customer service industries where she has focused on creating team support for complex projects. She has previously worked at Winstar, XO Communications, InterNap Network services, TriNet and Bella Pictures. |
| Thom Krystofiak (Team Leader, Backoffice Systems Development & Support) |
Thom has been a software developer and a manager of development teams for over 25 years with a focus on data access, reporting tools and web development. He has worked as both a consultant and manager in many environments, including AT&T, Symatec, Lotus, ClearAccess, Sterling Software, BenefitAmerica and GlobalTouch. |