Kevin Donoghue, President – Telesoft
Kevin Donoghue, president of Telesoft, has more than 20 years of extensive sales and management experience and a proven track record of building successful companies in the enterprise software industry. Kevin is responsible for leading company strategy and operations at Telesoft.
Prior to joining Telesoft, he served as vice president of sales for NetPro Computing Inc., where he grew company revenue 200% during a four-year period, ultimately resulting in a favorable acquisition by Quest Software in 2008. Previous positions include senior vice president of sales and marketing at Intesource Inc.; vice president of Americas Operations at Viasoft Inc.; and sales executive at IBM Corporation. Kevin holds dual degrees in accounting and marketing from Drexel University.
Jason Fisher, Co-Founder & Chief Software Architect – Asentinel
Jason Fisher is co-founder and chief software architect at Asentinel. Jason graduated from the University of Memphis in 1995 with a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering. Upon graduation, he founded Fisher Research Inc., a technology solutions provider specializing in Internet software development for enterprises using a new programming language released that year called Java.
After a mission trip in 1997 to Romania, Jason sold Fisher Research and founded Cornerstone Technologies International, a software development firm based in Romania. Using business as a platform for ministry in Bucharest, Jason helped build churches, promote Bible studies in Parliament and organize Romania’s National Prayer Dinner. During the era of the dot-com bubble, Cornerstone Technologies was blessed with clients such as HP, Alcatel, Federal Express and Regions Bank.
In 2002, he resigned as president of Cornerstone Technologies to start Asentinel with David Perdue. Jason is the principal architect and patent inventor for Asentinel’s telecom expense management solutions. He continues to serve in missions at his local church and as a director of Cornerstone Technologies International.
Alan Harlan, President – Symphony SMS
Alan Harlan is president of Symphony SMS. Alan brings more than 20 years of experience in the IT and outsourcing services industry, having served in executive accounting, technology and sales roles. He has a track record of running high-performing sales and delivery operations for business units ranging from $60 million to $200 million in revenue.
Alan has orchestrated multimillion dollar contracts, implemented innovative sales strategies and turned around underperforming business units.
Prior to joining Symphony, Alan served as EVP for Sierra Design Group Inc., a gaming software development and services firm where he increased sales from $37 million to $89 million in 15 months; VP of sales for Sourcecorp Inc., a data services company with global outsourcing relationships exceeding $80 million in sales; and EVP of Affiliated Computer Services Inc., a global technology and business process firm. Alan holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in accounting from Louisiana State University.
Rick Valencia, President & CEO – HCL Expense Management Services
Rick Valencia is the president and chief executive officer of HCL Expense Management Services. He is the visionary behind the company’s drive towards building a global powerhouse in technology-enabled services. Rick possesses more than 25 years of company building and leadership experience. He is known as an innovator and is one of the early pioneers of the telecom expense management industry.
Prior to joining HCL Expense Management Services, Rick founded ProfitLine in 1992, serving as its CEO for 15 years and board chairman since its first round of venture capital funding in 2001 until October 2009. He grew that company into a multi-million-dollar industry leader with dozens of large enterprise and government clients. Earlier in his career, Rick created, built and ran several technology-enabled service businesses. He was a partner and co-owner of ACI Investments, a commercial brokerage and investment firm, and before that founded InterLink, a database matching service for buyers and sellers of real estate. Rick earned his Bachelor of Science in business administration/finance from California State University, Northridge.
In addition to his impeccable business acumen, Rick is also a dedicated community philanthropist. He was recognized as the 2008 Big Brothers Big Sisters Person of the Year. For nearly two decades, Rick has worked to generate his community’s involvement and awareness of the mentorship concept.
Hank Levine, Partner – Levine, Blaszak, Block & Boothby LLP
Henry D. (“Hank”) Levine is a partner in the firm of Levine, Blaszak, Block & Boothby LLP, where he specializes in the representation of large users on telecommunications-related matters. He has negotiated communications contracts on behalf of Fortune 100 companies and the equivalent, including DuPont, the City of New York, IBM, Honeywell and Goldman Sachs. And he has been heavily involved in settling (or, where necessary, litigating) contract disputes between large users and their carriers.
Hank spearheaded efforts to challenge the federal excise tax on long distance communications, serving as lead counsel for the taxpayer in two-thirds of the tax refund actions in which enterprise customers prevailed (before federal District Courts and Circuit Courts of Appeal). As a direct result of these cases the Internal Revenue Service abandoned taxation of long distance and cellular communications and refunded literally billions of dollars to individual and corporate taxpayers. Hank has also counseled users and carriers on the treatment of wireline and wireless services for FET purposes.
From 1983 through 1992, Hank was a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Morrison & Foerster, where he founded (and chaired) the firm’s communications group. He currently serves as chairman of TechCaliber Consulting, LB3’s telecommunications consulting affiliate, and as general counsel to the Wall Street Technology Association. He has been a member of the Committee on Technologically Enhanced Buildings of the National Research Council and the Executive Board of the New York Telecommunications Reliability Advisory Council; was retained by the United States General Services Administration to provide strategic advice and assistance in connection with the FTS2000, FTS 2001 and Networx programs (through which the government purchases much of its telecommunications services); served as counsel to the Ad Hoc Committee of Enterprise Customers in the WorldCom bankruptcy proceeding; and was a key witness in the government’s successful efforts to block the merger of MCI and Sprint.
Hank’s writings on telecommunications regulation and transactions include more than 40 articles and chapters in several books. He is a frequent speaker on communications issues before such groups as the United States Senate, the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners and Columbia University’s Institute for Tele-Information, and has chaired numerous conferences on telecommunications issues. In recent years, he has served on several occasions as an expert witness on issues surrounding telecommunications contracts and their interpretation. In 1996, Network World named him one of the 25 most powerful people in networking, citing his “unique experience, knowledge and savvy” in “dealing with the pricing, terms and conditions that shape custom network contracts.” Chambers Global and Chambers USA variously describe him as “thought [by clients and peers] to be one of the most knowledgeable lawyers in the industry,” and as the lawyer who “wrote the gospel on telecoms negotiation . . . he’s more than an attorney – he really knows the technology.” He is also listed in Washington, D.C., Super Lawyers and The Best Lawyers in America.
Hank received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale in 1972 and his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1976. He also holds a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. He is a member of the bars of New York and the District of Columbia, and is admitted to practice before a variety of courts up to and including the United States Supreme Court.
