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Global-i Executive Team

Dave Roy, Founder and President

After leading the successful operations of leading Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) Companies in 2007, Dave founded Global-i Consulting. Dave is principally responsible for overall strategy development and manages the company’s operations. His work has helped shape, define and implement client growth strategies across the full breadth of Global-i’s portfolio. With over 15 years experience in the Telecommunications and IT industries, Dave has worked on more than 100 client management consulting engagements across the full-lifecycle. Working with senior management of ICT companies across the Communications Service Provider (CSP), OEM, Enterprise and Government space, he has overseen initiatives tasked with analyzing new investments, developing strategies, product development, product architecture, service launch, program managment, service deployment and pre-sales activities.

Prior to founding Global-i, Dave worked at Sprint-Nextel’s Enterprise Development Projects Group, where he was leading Sprint’s technology investments program management across the business. Dave has also led blue-chip product and service lines operations working in Product Development Management for Sprint's Nextel division, T-Mobile USA, NEC America, XO Communications and Time Warner Cable.

Dave holds an M.B.A. from University of Toledo and an M.A./M.P.A from University of Akron, both in Ohio, USA. Dave has a Bachelors degree in Economics from Delhi University in India. Dave can be reached at ceo@globaliconsulting.com.

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Dave's Press Coverage

Global-i's Founder and President's Webinar with Nortel Global Services on Adoption of Unified Communications in the Enterprise (Launch VoIP News Webinar)

(August 5, 2009): Global-i Founder and President Says "Satellite, Wireless and SAAS to Emerge as Winners for Broadband Stimulus" in an Interview with TMCNET.com

Richard Lewis, CFO..

Richard Lewis, serving as the CFO, brings senior level experience providing vision and direction in the financing of telecommunications and IT projects. In this position, Richard manages overall financing of projects for the company. .

Most recently Richard was with Wells Fargo Bank as the Vice President of their Government Services Group, where he assisted fast track companies that required financial support. Richard has been a featured speaker at a variety of organizations and events around the Country. From the 1990 to 2003, Richard was a CFO/CEO counselor to start up, fast growth technology and service businesses. As CEO/CFO from 1985-1990, he initiated a "business plan only" Initial Public Offering for Virtusonics Corporation, a software development company, some 10 years ahead of the "dot.com" trend of the l990’s. He began his career in banking with A.J. Armstrong & Co. (Bank of America Business Credit) in 1974. He moved to The Chase Manhattan Bank as Vice President, Leveraged Acquisition Team, to start its leverage buyout group in 1980, then to General Electric Capital Corporation, as a marketing manager, to help start an ABL financing vertical in the Retailer Finance Division. .

Richard earned his B.S. Degree in General Business and a MBA in Finance and International Business from New York University's, Stern School of Business, where he was a scholarship student. Richard is active in golf, bicycling, minority business support, community activities, and governmental issues. Richard can be reached at rwlewis@globaliconsulting.com.

Pat Verrington, CTO

Pat Verrington, serving as the CTO, brings more than 20 years of experience in product management, product development, product architecture, business development and sales engineering. He has solid global background in next generation network technologies, legacy circuit switched networks, digital cellular networks, value-added services and communications devices. In this position, Pat manages overall technology office across convergence technologies and business development by spurring new business activities and strengthening existing relationships of Global-i’s services. .

Prior to this, from 2001 – 2006, Pat worked for Watchtower Solutions, a management consulting company, where he was responsible for all facets of client services including consultation and execution of services for, and on behalf, of clients. Before that Pat worked at Glenyre Electronics from 1990 – 2001, in various positions and worked his way up to the VP of Product Management and then VP of Business Development.

In his prior roles Pat successfully developed solid relationships with strategic global partners and created alliance programs. .Pat has a Bachelors in Business Administration in Computer Information Systems and Marketing and graduated Cum Laude from Georgia State University. Pat can be reached at pverrington@globaliconsulting.com.