Dr. Ray Powers
Executive Vice President

Dr. Ray Powers has over 40 years of progressive technology and business leadership experience beginning with 30 years at AT&T/US West, followed by accomplishments in non-regulated companies and start-up through IPO entrepreneurial environments. Prior to involvement with Telava Networks, Dr. Powers served as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of International Communications Group Inc., a microwave back-haul wholesale carrier that owned nearly 460 wireless transmits sites throughout the U.S; as President & CEO of ICG, which provided telecommunications, technology management, and project management consulting; President & CEO of Compass Corporate Holdings which owns subsidiaries that provide CLEC, IT services, and wholesale international voice and data carrier services; as Senior Vice President and COO of American MetroComm Corporation, a CLEC providing local, long distance and a broad range of telecommunications services; and Vice President of Technology Management at Dade Behring International Inc., serving in an M&A environment, responsible for technology integration activities worldwide.

As a senior executive at AT&T/US West, Dr. Powers directed the Corporate Project Management group, served on the strategic planning board (Cabinet), and were responsible for evaluation of new technology products. He has had extensive involvement with the Project Management Institute (PMI), served as the Director of Standards for the Institute, and is a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP). Dr. Powers has served on the faculty of the graduate degree programs at the University of Phoenix and at Keller Graduate School of Management, and on the University of Phoenix Advisory Board. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from Arizona State University, an MBA in Technology Management from the University of Phoenix, and a Doctorate specializing in leadership and technology convergence.

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