As Director of Product Management, Mr. Wise brings thirty years of experience in the telecommunications industry to Intelis. Mr. Wise began has career in telecommunications while serving in the military. Upon leaving the military he took a position as a Technical Operation Manager with National Telephone Services (NTS). NTS was one of the original Alternative Operator Services providers providing both automated and live operator services to the long distance carrier and payphone industries. In 1991 he joined US Teledata, also an Alternative Operator Services provider, as the Manager of Network Operations. While at US Teledata the company was acquired by Electronic Data Systems (EDS). Mr. Wise served as a Senior Communications Analyst at EDS responsible for not only the Operator Services portion of the division but also supporting multiple inbound and outbound call centers through out the country. In 1998 he joined Harris Corporation, Digital Telephone Services, as a Sales Engineer where he was responsible for technical sales support of the Harris 20-20 CLASS 4 switch and the enhanced services platforms, (Operator Services, Calling Card, and Prepaid Applications) developed for the system. While at Harris he rose to the position of Manager of Sales Engineering for the division. Mr. Wise left Harris Corporation in March 2000 to join LecStar; an Atlanta based Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC). While at LecStar he last served as the Director of Network Operations. Mr. Wise joined Intelis in his current capacity on April 15, 2002. |