Star2Star Communications CEO and leadership

Mr. Norman Worthington A. III is a Chief Executive Officer at Star2Star and is based in United States.

Chairman and Former CEO of Blueface/member of the Senior Leadership Team of Comcast Business and Non-Executive Director and former CEO of StarBlue and Star2Star. Conducted the management buy-out of Blueface and led the expansion of one of Ireland's leading technology companies to new global markets through product innovation, organic sales growth, key partnerships and International M&A strategies. Founding CEO of StarBlue (the merger holdco of Blueface and Star2Star). Blueface was successfully acquired by Comcast Business in January 2020 and Star2Star was successfully acquired by Sangoma Technologies in March 2021.

Chairman and Founder of VentureWave Limited the group and affiliate holding company comprising VentureWave Partners, Blue Face Holdings and VentureWave Capital - an innovative impact investment Venture Capital Fund Manager which is focused on scaling \'technology for good companies\' in Healthcare, Education, Food and Agriculture and Energy & the Environment. Manages the Impact Ireland Fund which is supported by investors representing leading members of the Irish Diaspora, Global Entrepreneurs, Executives, Philanthropists and Family Offices.

Sergey Galchenko is the Chief Technology Officer at Star2Star Communications. brings to Star2Star over fifteen years of executive-level experience in VoIP technology companies. Sergey was a key technology leader in two successful VoIP startups and spent the last two years in a corporate environment. Sergey brings to the table a wide range of hands-on experience in VoIP, networking, and enterprise technologies, as well as expertise in business process design and improvement. In the past, Sergey has served as the Director of Technology for Jo-Ann Stores, Inc., CTO at Broadvox, and Manager of Network Design and Planning at Nexbell. Sergey has an MBA from Myers University and a Masters in Computer Science from Don State Technical University.

Bruce Illes brings over 25 years of experience to Star2Star. Bruce started his legal practice in Cleveland, Ohio representing small and medium-sized businesses and entrepreneurs. During that time Bruce represented several developers and other real estate entrepreneurs. He also represented an international company based in New Delhi, India in the acquisition of several U.S.-based businesses. Other interesting transactions from his years in private practice included the sale of a genuine Antonio Stradivari violin played by a member of the Cleveland Orchestra and the leasing of recently retired NASCAR race cars for use by a driving school. In 2003, during his last year of private practice, Bruce was named an Ohio Super Lawyer by Super Lawyers magazine. Bruce relocated to Florida in 2004 to join a regional commercial construction and development firm. As general counsel he was responsible for all construction and development-related diligence and contract documents, authoring in excess of $250M in contracts. Since joining Star2Star in mid-2011, Bruce has become involved in all aspects of the Company’s business and corporate governance. He has been intimately involved in the documents for our channel partners and most recently has been involved in the extensive revision of the subscriber agreement and channel partner agreements related to our new 3.0 pricing structure. In addition to our sales-related documents, Bruce touches almost everything legal for the Company, from vendor contracts and carrier agreements, to employment-related matters, defending intellectual property rights, and internal governance documents. Bruce has a degree in Business Management from Kent State University and a Juris Doctorate from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. Bruce holds a law license in both Florida and Ohio.

Dynamic, operationally focused Chief Financial Officer of publicly traded and private equity backed small and mid-sized companies. Experienced in bringing significant economic value through proficiency in managing finance, accounting, operations, business planning, FP&A, strategy and M&A functions for multinational businesses ranging from $15 million to $17 billion in revenue. Expertise in aligning financial expectations and investments to core strategic business goals, building risk management strategies, leading business restructure initiatives, implementing post acquisition integration plans and driving performance based profit maximization. Strengths include leadership, matrix managed teamwork, results orientation and making financial issues understandable to non-finance personnel.Specialties: • Executive Leadership• Strategy Development• Relationship Building• Technology/SaaS Experience• Business Analytics • Financial Modeling • Accounting and Cash Flow Management • Budgeting• Risk Assessment • Dashboard Metrics Management • Debt Refinancing • SEC Reporting• Merger, Acquisition and Divestment • Business Process Redesign • Change Management

Michelle Accardi is an award-winning marketer and author of Agile Marketing. Michelle is responsible for leading Star2Star’s overall marketing strategy and integrated marketing initiatives including corporate marketing, digital marketing and product marketing. Previously, Michelle was head of digital marketing at Computer Associates. In this role, she led the company’s extensive digital and social transformation. An accomplished 20-year marketing veteran, Michelle is a world-renowned technical thought leader on next-generation marketing and communications strategies. She brings to Star2Star substantial executive-level and tech industry experience having driven innovative, agile, revenue-producing corporate, digital, product, field and channel marketing programs for one of the world's most relied upon technology companies. In 2011, Michelle published the de-facto book on Agile Marketing, which chronicled her experiences applying agile methodology to the marketing process for better results and faster time to value. In 2009, she was named to the Gulf Coast Business Review’s 40 under 40, and in 2008 she was recognized by South Florida Business Journal as Woman Who Means Business for South Florida. Michelle holds an MBA from American Intercontinental University and earned a bachelor's degree from University of South Florida.

Randy Richardson is a Senior VP:Information Services at Talbots and Chief Information Officer at Star2Star. He has worked as Chief Operating Officer at Star2Star, Senior VP/CIO at BEST BUY CO INC, and Product Manager at Computer Assoc Intl Inc.

Mr. Norman Worthington A. III is a Chief Executive Officer at Star2Star and is based in United States.