Executive Leadership

PAUL ZIMMERMAN
CEO
Paul has more than 25 years in global business leadership experience in telecommunications, computing and consumer electronics with Cisco Systems, Samsung and Hewlett-Packard. Based out of headquarters in Singapore, Mr. Zimmerman was responsible for Cisco Systems' mobile wireless business across the Asia-Pacific region and was a founding Managing Director of the Softbank Asia Infrastructure Fund – a $2B private equity fund founded with Cisco as its Limited Partner and investing in the technology, media and telecom sectors. Prior to Cisco, Mr. Zimmerman led Samsung's international telecom infrastructure expansion into Eastern Europe, Latin America and South East Asia. Paul had joined the Samsung Group as a founding member of the, now, renowned Global Strategist Group. Reporting directly to the Chairman’s Office, he led internal strategy teams on the highest Group priorities including global branding, digital media convergence, consumer electronics value innovation and M&A initiatives. Most recently, Mr. Zimmerman served as Chairman and CEO of Angstrom Power and led the company through the challenging fuel cell sector with global partnerships and strategic licensing initiatives culminating in the successful sale of the company to BIC, Inc. Paul holds a B.A.Sc. (Engineering Science) from the University of Toronto and an MBA from the International Institute of Management Development (IMD) in Switzerland.

STEVE WILLIAMS
Founder & CTO
Steve is a Chartered Engineer with more than 15 years' experience leading design and development of next generation network solutions for the wireless industry. At UTStarcom, he was Director of Engineering responsible for the company's CDMA system software development. As Chief Architect for Telos Technology, he was instrumental in the engineering and commercialization of Telos' Sonata family of wireless mobile switching products.

BRIAN SIMMERS
CFO & COO
Brian brings more 13 years' experience in the telecommunications and technology sectors with Rogers Communications, Cityfone Telecommunications and Plus International. He was Director Operations for the Cityfone division of Rogers and oversaw its day-to-day operations. Prior to Rogers, Brian was the CFO/GM of Cityfone and helped grow the company’s subscribers and revenue by 400%. In 2010 he oversaw the very successful exit of this MVNO reseller business to Rogers. At Plus he led the reverse takeover process and helped take this software developer public to facilitate a North American expansion plan. Mr. Simmers articled with KPMG LLP and is professionally qualified as a Chartered Accountant in Canada and as a Certified Public Accountant in the United States.

JOHN DANTZLER
VP, Business Development
John is a 20-year veteran of the wireless communications industry. Most recently, he was Accounts Director at Acision, a leader in the mobile data solutions market, where he was responsible for driving sales in the emerging product areas of mobile advertising, media optimization and M2M. Prior to joining Acision North America, John was Director of Operations and later Director of Engineering for Acision Latin America based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He also served as Operations Director of Supportcomm Brazil where he managed the company’s hosted mobile entertainment and content management solutions. Previously, he held the Operations Director position at StarMedia Mobile, aleading media company focused on Spanish and Portuguese content, where he was responsible for managing content management solutions for Bell South properties throughout Latin America. John started his telecommunications career with the US Navy where he served 8 years as a Telecommunications Specialist.

J. SCOTT MAGEE
Director, Sales & Channel Partner Development
Scott has more than 20 years of wireless, telecommunications, and MSO/broadband experience. Most recently, he has worked with a number of domestic and international telecom vendors to define and implement sales strategies to increase market share. Prior experience includes Director of Business and Channel Sales at Lucent Technologies, Director of Business Development at AT&T/Cingular Wireless, and Director of Sales and Business Development at France Telecom.