Vince Dugan's career spans 35 years in the telecommunications and data communications industries, including 20 years with AT&T and four years with Northern Telecom. Most recently, Vince served as the CEO of a high-tech start-up in Atlanta, Georgia. He led the company from a team of seven in January 1995 with $150,000 in revenues through six years of growth and expansion to a team of 42 and $6 million in revenues, culminating in a successful merger and acquisition in November 2000. During this time, the company won the Best New Software Product of the Year Award at the COMNET Trade Show, and several new products were successfully launched. Mr. Dugan has held officer-level positions in the marketing and operations departments with Tekelec, Inc., and Computer Consoles, Inc. Mr. Dugan received his bachelor's degree in economics from Hofstra University in Hempstead, LI, New York, USA. He proudly served in the US Army attaining the rank of 1st Lieutenant and was a Platoon Leader with the 35th Medium Tank Battalion and then an Executive Officer at Company level.