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Vlad Shmunis founded RingCentral in 1999 and launched RingCentral's cloud business phone service in 2003. He developed the service based on the need he saw among businesses for an alternative to inflexible and expensive hardware-based phone systems. Since founding RingCentral, Shmunis has led the company in reimagining business communications. Today, the company empowers hundreds of thousands of businesses and their employees to work with unparalleled freedom and in imaginative new ways, via a wide variety of mobile and fixed line devices in traditional as well as dispersed work environments. Shmunis has more than 25 years of industry and management experience. Prior to launching RingCentral, he founded and served as the CEO of Ring Zero Systems, a desktop software communications company. After shipping more than 25 million copies of its Windows software through partnerships with leading PC manufacturers, Ring Zero Systems was acquired by Motorola. Shmunis was named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2011 Northern California Award finalist. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer science from San Francisco State University, and is a named inventor in a number of U.S. patents.

ATX President and CEO Dan Whalen is responsible for the company’s overall strategic vision, global operations and growth. Whalen’s 20 years of senior management experience in the broadband and content industries includes a variety of leadership roles that stretch across multiple technology disciplines. With a background that spans sales, product and operational roles, Whalen has the proven expertise, vision and versatility to help customers expand and excel in an era of unprecedented disruption. Prior to joining ATX, Whalen was Chief Product Officer at ADTRAN, responsible for products from concept to delivery. Before ADTRAN, he held multiple leadership positions at ARRIS, including Senior Vice President of Sales, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Global Services, and President, Network & Cloud. In this role he was responsible for oversight of the development and delivery of the company’s portfolio of broadband and video network infrastructure technologies, cloud-based software solutions, and Global Services business. Whalen’s work history also includes key positions at Cisco Systems, Comdisco, KPMG and Bell Atlantic. Whalen holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Stevens Institute of Technology.

Roy Pottle is the Chairman & CEO at American Messaging Services, LLC. Previously, he was Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer at Arch Wireless. Roy holds an MBA in Finance from Concordia University.