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"I have known the members of the Telarus leadership team for years now and I am
continually impressed with their innovative ideas and leadership in the industry.
Most companies in telecom are "me too" types, so to meet a group that thinks outside
of the box and are just plain nice guys is very refreshing!"
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"The Telarus management team is solid. I've been in this business
for a long time, and I have met a lot of people, but these guys really
are different. They say what they do, and do what they say - and where
I'm from, that means a lot. Most importantly, they know how to focus
a large organization on sales production as evidenced by Telarus being
our number one dealer for two years running.
Now, this blurb is over. Go sell something!" |
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Telarus Management Profiles
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| Photo: Telarus receives the
top partner award from executives of WindStream. |
Leadership for the Next Generation of Telecom
Telarus was founded on the principle of strong, flexible, progressive leadership.
Over the years, we have assembled a team of all-star executives that shine in their
respective fields. Their collective attention to detail, integrity, and ability to execute on
the Telarus vision makes them integral to the success of our company and to the
success of our partners.
Since 2002, our management team has achieved unparalleled success in sales growth,
recruiting, intellectual property, software development, and carrier relationships.
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Mr. Edwards is a co-founder of Telarus, Inc. and serves as our president.
Mr. Edwards is a well-respected member of the Channel community who sits on numerous advisory
boards, including PHONE+ in 2009, and is a frequent keynote speaker on industry discussion
panels and forums. Prior to co-founding Telarus, Inc. in 2002, Mr. Edwards was the Vice President
of Finance for Quest Manufacturing, Inc. Mr. Edwards served from 1999
through 2001 as the Vice President of Finance for Silicon Film Technologies, Inc. In his role
at SFT, Mr. Edwards prepared the company for its successful financing in 2000 in which the
company raised $6 Million. Mr. Edwards holds
a B.S. in Accounting from Brigham Young University and is a CPA. |
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| Patrick Oborn, VP of Marketing |
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Mr. Oborn is a co-founder of Telarus, Inc. and currently serves as our VP of Marketing.
He is responsible for public relations, press releases, trade show coordination,
web design, internet marketing strategy, search engine optimization, agent web marketing
tools, and training. Mr. Oborn is an expert in search engine marketing and is highly respected
by agents who attend his seminars and web trainings regularly. He is also the co-author of the
recently-patented GeoQuote, the technology on which real-time carrier quoting is based.
Mr. Oborn graduated with Honors from Brigham Young University in 1998 with a Masters degree
in Electrical Engineering.
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| Lance Akins, VP of Sales - East |
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Mr. Akins understands our unique sales process better than anyone - he was Telarus' first employee.
Hired back in 2003 as the first agent sales manager, Mr. Akins has played a direct role in the
development and growth of our company and our software that has allowed us to scale our revenue so
quickly. All of our in-house technologies owe their existence in part or in full to Mr. Akins and
his creative mind and vision. Mr. Akins primary duties include both supervising the agent and
VAR sales channels, and in maintaining our current carrier relationships.
Before coming aboard to Telarus Mr. Akins served as a senior sales channel manager
for New Edge Networks from 2000 to 2003.
Mr. Akins holds a bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of Texas, Austin. |
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| Robert Butler, VP of Sales - West |
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Robert Butler serves as Vice President Sales - West, and has been with Telarus since January 2007.
Mr. Butler oversees all sales activities, departments, and personnel involved in Sales in the Western United States.
Mr. Butler is a telecommunications veteran and has a proven track record of accomplishments within the
telecommunications industry. In this capacity, Mr. Butler manages agents, VARS, sales employees
nationwide who interact daily with Telarus and Telarus suppliers. Previously, Robert was Director
of Telarus VAR Channel, Director of sales, and held sales leadership position at New Edge Networks.
Robert holds a Finance degree from Southwest Texas University. |
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| Andrew Morgan, VP of Web Operations |
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Mr. Morgan is the main driver behind all of Telarus' web development, both internal and external. Under his
supervision Telarus has released GeoQuote, GeoScan, the award-winning Telarus back office CRM,
as well as spearheading many important future projects such as Sabiona; the complete master-agency-in-a-box
platform that will be the industry standard for years to come. Before Mr. Morgan took over the reigns at
Telarus, Andrew served as the Internet Marketing Director of PowerNet Global Communications from 2005 to 2007.
Mr. Morgan graduated with Honors from Oklahoma Christian University in 2001 with a Masters in Business
Administration with an emphasis in E-Business.
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| Doug Miller, VP of Operations |
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Mr. Miller leads Telarus' Operation department; providing a wide variety of logistical assistance to our sales agents, vendors, customers and
in-house sales managers. His team has responsibility for all Telarus pricing, ordering, service provisioning, invoicing, trouble ticketing, agent training and
vendor relations. He is directly involved in developing the company's new provisioning and support tools, and is a primary consultant
to Telarus on Carrier network issues and developments. Mr. Miller enjoys consulting with agents and industry professionals at all levels - having sharpened his skills as a global account consultant during
a twelve-year career at Qwest Business.
He has also worked in all aspects of television, radio, film, and voice/data communications.
Mr. Miller holds a BA in Telecommunications from the University of Utah and an MBA in Marketing/Finance from Brigham Young University.
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