Welcome to the third podcast in the run up to the Cloud Comms Summit event which is happening September 11th - 12th near Washington, DC! In this episode, Matthew Townend (Director at Cavell Group) interviews StarBlue's CEO Alan Foy about the changes happening in the market as well as the new competition emerging and the role played by international services. ​When Star2Star merged with Blueface, the leading UCaaS provider in Europe, Alan Foy joined the combined company as the Group CEO of the new company: StarBlue. Prior to this role, Alan led Blueface's rapid expansion into the European market and beyond. He was responsible for the strategic direction and overall management of the proprietary platform that serviced businesses, enterprises, and carriers. He also collaborated instrumentally with the management team to execute Blueface's ambitious growth strategy. Listen to find out more, and if you can't get enough make sure you buy a ticket while there are still some available for the Summit itself where you can see Matthew, Alan and a whole host of other amazing speakers! www.cloudcommssummit.com/washington

Welcome to the second podcast in the run up to the Cloud Comms Summit event which is happening September 11th - 12th near Washington, DC! In this episode, our host Dominic Black (Head of Research at Cavell Group) talks to guest Anand Buch, the CEO and Co-Founder of Netsapiens, about the softswitch market and potential areas of differentiation for Service Providers in this highly competitive industry. Anand Buch studied Engineering at the College of Dupage where he received 4 associate's degrees followed by an Electrical Engineering degree at the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign. Anand was honored to be invited by David Wang in the founding of Netsapiens in 2002 which led to him becoming Chief Executive Officer around 2006. Today, as CEO of Netsapiens inc., he leverages his multi-disciplinary experience in business and technology to guide the conception, realization, and delivery of new solutions to the marketplace. Listen to find out more, and if you can't get enough make sure you buy a ticket while there are still some available for the Summit itself where you can see Dominic, Anand and a whole host of other amazing speakers! www.cloudcommssummit.com/washington

Welcome to the first podcast in the run up to the Cloud Comms Summit event which is happening September 11th - 12th near Washington, DC! In this introductory episode, our host Matt Townend talks to guest Alan Rihm, the CEO of CoreDial, about the key secret to working successfully with channel organisations and how the ever-changing market dynamics are impacting future experiences in this space. Alan sets the strategic direction for CoreDial, working closely with the leadership team on all sales, marketing, product management, and operational initiatives. A founding member of CoreDial, he created the company as a spin-off of his 10-year-old ISP in 2005. Listen to find out more, and if you can't get enough make sure you buy a ticket while there are still some available for the Summit itself where you can see Matt, Alan and a whole host of other amazing speakers! www.cloudcommssummit.com/washington

We are proud to be releasing the third of our Cloud Comms Summit podcasts in the run up to the event which is taking place on June 26th - 27th near Washington, DC! In this episode we're happy to be welcoming Dave Dadds, CEO for both Uboss.com and VanillaIP, who has a very interesting perspective on the Cloud Market when it comes to delivering Multi-Tenant Hosted Services. Matt broaches Dave regarding service provider business trends, as well as the provisioning of new solutions and the integration of products in the market! Listen to find out more, and if you can't get enough make sure you buy a ticket while there are still some available for the Summit itself where you can see Matt, Dave and a whole host of other amazing speakers! www.cloudcommssummit.com/buy-tickets

We are proud to be releasing the second of our Cloud Comms Summit podcasts in the run up to the event which is taking place on June 26th - 27th near Washington, DC! In this episode we're happy to be welcoming Alan Foy, the new CEO of StarBlue following the merger of Star2Star and Blueface, the latter of which he has been leading since 2010. Matt and Alan discuss the key differences across the global market as well as key product areas in the world of cloud communications. In May 2017, Alan was shortlisted for Ernst & Young: International Entrepreneur of The Year. He was also listed in the Business & Finance CEO 100. Listen to find out more, and if you can't get enough make sure you buy a ticket while there are still some available for the Summit itself where you can see Matt, Alan and a whole host of other amazing speakers! www.cloudcommssummit.com/buy-tickets

Welcome to the first podcast in the run up to the Cloud Comms Summit event which is happening June 26th - 27th near Washington, DC! In this introductory episode, our host Matt Townend talks to guest Michael Quinn, the founding partner of Q Advisors, about the changes in trends concerning consolidation, and supplier and service-provider deals. Michael has more than 25 years of international operations and investment banking experience in the telecommunications industry, and has originated, structured, and executed more than 100 deals totalling more than $4 billion in transaction value. Listen to find out more, and if you can't get enough make sure you buy a ticket while there are still some available for the Summit itself where you can see Matt, Michael and a whole host of other amazing speakers! https://www.cloudcommssummit.com/buy-tickets