Arthur L. Smith, Chief Executive Officer and President of ATSI Communications, Inc., has over 14 years of specialized experience in the telecommunications industries within Mexico and the U.S. As the founder of ATSI, Mr. Smith has held various positions within the Company, including Chairman and CEO from June 1996 through July 2002 and President of ATSI de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. from August 2002 through April 2003. Prior to founding ATSI, he served as the Director of International Sales for GeoComm Partners, Inc., an international communications firm based in Los Angeles , California , providing satellite network services to Fortune 500 corporations. As one of the original members of the founding team, Mr. Smith was responsible for planning, organizing and implementing all sales-related activities while spending the majority of his time in Mexico . Mr. Smith is frequently invited to speak or serve on panels at professional and trade events related to the telecommunications industry in Latin America such as the Simposio Annual ASISAT 2001 organized by the Asociación de la Industria Satelital Mexicana and the Latin America Telecommunications Conference 2002 organized by the North Texas Global Telecommunications Society. Arthur's Mexican heritage affords him fluency in Spanish and knowledge of the Latin culture.