Mr. Gies started his professional career in wireless in late 1996 with AT&T Wireless where he quickly became the top producing sales rep in the state of Washington. He then worked his way up the organization as a Lead Indirect Account Executive for the Western Washington Market where he was responsible for the account management, training, and sales quotas for indirect dealer locations throughout all of Western Washington.

In 2000, Mr. Gies was promoted to the Western Area Sales Manager for the Indirect Ecommerce Channel where he was responsible for acquiring, managing, and building ecommerce distribution for the Western US. Mr. Gies quickly took charge in this role by successfully launching Amazon.com and other online channels of distribution. He also managed the development and implementation of the first XML activation platform of any US based wireless carrier. Mr. Gies played a major role in changing AT&T’s policies and procedures with regards to the ecommerce channel which led to significant reductions in churn and overall channel profitability. Mr. Gies consistently exceeded his goals and in 2001 won the President’s Club award (highest award for outstanding sales achievement) and the Spirit of Excellence award (highest award for outstanding contribution).

In 2002, Mr. Gies was promoted at AT&T to National Sales Manager for both the Ecommerce and Direct Marketing channel where he was responsible for all online and direct marketing distribution and the supporting sales teams. In 2003, Mr. Gies was able to reduce fraud and churn by 25% for both channels of distribution while continuously and aggressively growing overall sales. In late 2004, AT&T Wireless was acquired by Cingular Wireless and despite the merger, Mr. Gies was again nominated and awarded the Spirit of Excellence award.

Mr. Gies joined the Telmáge team in January of 2006 with over nine years of Wireless experience. Mr. Gies is responsible for managing and growing telSPACE’s existing channel relationships as well as acquiring new channels of distribution. Mr. Gies oversees all sales, project management, and training teams.

Ryan Reed started his career at Nordstrom.com where he led the development and implementation of the software development life cycle for Nordstrom.com’s IT department. Over his tenure, Mr. Reed consulted on various projects, including the integration of Nordstrom products into the Amazon.com Website, integration of the Altavista Search engine and the launch of the Visa 3D verification system. In 2001, Mr. Reed established Venture Business Solutions as the holding company for any future business opportunities that he would become involved in. In 2002, he joined the team of Vega Technologies taking the position of CTO. Vega Technologies develops proprietary remote camera networks for manufacturing, radio & TV, and security industries.

In addition to his pursuit for success and excellence in all of his business endeavors, Mr. Reed spends a lot of his time helping the community. Over the past several years, he has developed and managed several non-profit sites for local charities in the Seattle Metro area. Recently he took the positions of director and board member for Teddy Bears 4 Trauma, a non profit 501(c) 3 charitable organization, which focuses on providing all police and emergency personnel in the United States an unlimited supply of Teddy Bears for distribution to children and others that are in need of a symbol of comfort and support during a time of need. As Director, he holds a key leadership role in driving the efforts for expanding the network throughout the country.

Mr. Reed graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science in Information Systems from the University of Phoenix, where he majored in the Management of Information Systems. He graduated with honors, Summa Cum Laude.

In 1997, Mr. Sands founded Acrylic Innovations, a company that designs and fabricates acrylic promotional displays that incorporate unique water features. The holder of numerous patents, he quickly established a reputation for excellence in the ability to conceive effective solutions, to tackle difficult design challenges, and effectively convene the essential elements to implement timely, high quality production. The company grew to define various innovative products, including bubble panels, column bubblers and water effect systems.

The company formed a division: Aquasphere Dynamics, to address potential markets of the defined products. Exposure in the marketplace and through Internet promotion and search engine ranking, resulted in the solicitation of several formidable companies desiring use of Aquasphere’s technology and expertise in the use of specialized Point-of-Purchase display projects. These include Skyy Blue, Coors Brewing Co., American Film Institute, Hewlett Packard and Phillip Morris.

In 1999, Sands created another division with Michael Gordon, Ltd, as a means of expanding the horizon to a more diverse market. Mr. Sands brought his expertise, energy and reputation into the fold. Several major contracts, as a result of his efforts, were merged into the new division. In addition, he developed numerous bubbler displays that were added to the product line of Michael Gordon, Limited. Within six months, the new bubblers became the number one selling product line.

Also In 1999, Mr. Sands co-founded Flat Spin Media, LLC, a company that focuses on creative digital marketing and shaped CD’s. Mr. Sands possesses strong talent and experience in video/audio production as well as multimedia design and management. His expertise in production, operations and management has allowed him to grasp and expound upon the great potential of shaped CD’s and digital marketing. His diverse background, coupled with his deep domain experience in marketing provided a powerful combination in the ultimate success of Flat Spin Media.

In 2002, Flat Spin Media was acquired by Unified Signal. Mr. Sands then took control of all Unified’s marketing and completely overhauled Unified’s brand image. Mr. Sands was responsible for working with Unified’s channels and helping them with their marketing strategies, product development, and due to his efforts landed very large channel opportunities.

Mr. Billstin began his career in the hardware technology industry with Precision Digital Images (PDI), a manufacturer of high-end image capture hardware, where he was quickly promoted to Manager of Customer and Technical support. As manager of the support teams, he was responsible for identifying potential add on sales opportunities and decreasing the support wait time from days to less than 20 minutes.

In 1996, Mr. Billstin was recruited by Appian Graphics to focus on enterprise sales, where he won numerous accounts with fortune 500 companies, including JP Morgan, Chase Manhattan, Paine Webber, Morgan Stanley, and ABN AMRO. Appian Graphics was then able to leverage these wins further into OEM offerings by IBM, Dell, and HP.

In late 1999, Trikinetic Technologies recruited Mr. Billstin as their VP of Sales and Marketing. During his tenure, he achieved month over month profitability through the execution of exclusive marketing and distribution agreements with Cybercore (acquired by Charles Schwab), Data Translation News – DTN (acquired by Financial Times), and Equis (acquired by Reuters), in addition to establishing a distribution channel for the market focused hardware.

In 2001, Mr. Billstin was re-recruited by Appian Graphics, where he ultimately assumed the position of Director of International and North American Sales. The team implemented a major distribution strategy throughout the US in addition to successfully expanding distribution through Europe and Asia. When Appian Graphics was acquired in 2005 by Colorgraphic Communications, Mr. Billstin was promoted to Acting Vice President of Sales where he then transitioned the company from a direct sales model to a distribution and channel model. Because of the successful transition, sales doubled within two months and continued to increase 15% every month thereafter.

Mr. Billstin graduated from Central Washington University with a B.S in Business Administration, emphasis on Marketing. Hobbies include spending time with his wife and son, skiing, boating, and bicycling.

Chris comes with 20 years experience in the computer industry. He had software development experience in the area of credit checking, banking, insurance, telecommunication, customer relationship and personal finance.

Before joining telSPACE Chris had worked for Microsoft for over 9 years. He worked on MSN Billpay since version one and also contributed his energy in many areas in the msn money web site. He has extensive experience in building very scalable, robust web sites and the knowledge and experience to build scalable and robust database back end.

He also experienced couple of startup companies in secured online payment processing and online advertisement management service.

Mr. Levine comes to us with 10 years of retail management, marketing and sales experience, including 5 years of wireless experience. David was previously with REIT giant Simon Property Group where he was responsible for increasing incremental revenue for the 2nd highest grossing shopping center in Simon’s portfolio located outside of Washington, DC. After his experience in retail management, David moved on to the wireless industry with Simply Wireless based outside Washington, DC. As the Senior Sales and Project Manager, David developed marketing plans to make Simply Wireless the nation’s largest Direct Response TV wireless distributor and make back-end processes more efficient which in turn increased sales and lowered overall costs through this channel. David was also responsible for managing the on-site product management team, and directing all back-end processes, including customer service, rebate programs, forecasting, inventory procurement, and training Home Shopping Network (HSN) and Simply Wireless staff. David negotiated all new vendor contracts to exclusively sell wireless telecommunication products on Home Shopping Network, negotiated and structured product offerings including P&L and strategic planning and analysis, and presented offers to senior management and buying team at HSN for on-air promotion. David has also appeared on-air at HSN as product expert on more than twenty occasions.

David grew up in Washington DC and attended the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and graduated with a BBA in Marketing. David is enjoying his adjustment to the Seattle area and likes watching baseball, football and basketball and the Seattle music scene while taking advantage of the numerous outdoor activities in the area including hiking. He also is a big fan of the Public Market and likes shopping for fresh foods at Seattle’s most recognizable landmark.

Gary began his post-graduate career in the Business Process Management Division of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP in Pittsburgh, PA. During his time at PwC, he began by working on and eventually leading various teams for tax outsourcing engagements with the trust departments of several divergent financial institutions. In addition to the tax work, he developed skills in staff management, process review, and client relations. Though primarily engaged in the Tax/BPM Department, ultimately it was the audit experience, required for CPA certification, with a regional telecom company that led Gary to pursue a career in telecommunications.

In 1999, Gary moved to Seattle to accept a position as Revenue Assurance Manager for Fox Communications. In his role at Fox, he was primarily responsible for all aspects of Revenue Assurance including the design and implementation of processes relating to carrier invoice audits, customer bill verification, and rate plan financial models to manage cellular retail and wholesale plan assignments. The revenue and costing analysis on existing internal procedures and rate plans resulted in a 5% annual direct operating cost reduction. Additionally, as part of a planned national launch, he was able to develop valuable skills in the areas of system requirements design, vendor review and selection, and the development of future state inventory management and fulfillment processes.

In May 2000, Gary joined AT&T Wireless as a Financial Process Design Manager. This position afforded him the opportunity to work on a number of diverse, cross-functional projects; advancing his skills in project management, process (Sarbanes-Oxley) documentation/review, and system requirements/testing. He was responsible for managing Finance sub-teams on larger project teams including a bill-on-behalf-of enhancement that enabled third party content providers to sell data products such as ringtones, games, and other media content on the AT&T Wireless platform. He was primarily responsible for the development of the business rules and accounting flows in order to collect, remit, and record these transactions. Additionally, he led the Finance side of an external RFP process for an automated settlement system, ultimately deciding on the design of an internally developed system. Gary also served as project manager for the Finance sub-team on several large acquisition/divestiture projects, consisting of 10+ functional areas, 30+ team members and totaling more than 250,000 subscribers. Responsibilities included development and implementation of Finance project plans, facilitating team meetings, reporting to senior management on finance issues/progress as well as working with the acquired/acquiring company to draft the legal documents, address issues, and facilitate the transition of financial processes and information.

Gary graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree from Duquesne University, with a major in Accounting, before continuing his education with a Master of Science Degree from Robert Morris University, majoring in Taxation.