LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE

Rob serves as CEO and Board Director for Brightlink. Rob has a strong track record that includes more than 20 years of executive leadership and general management experience across several industries.

Prior to Brightlink, Rob was the Chief Marketing Officer of CEB (now Gartner), where he had global responsibility for the company’s strategic marketing efforts and played a key role in launching CEB’s talent management business. Before CEB, Rob was a Senior Vice President at First Data, where he transformed and implemented go-to-market strategies for numerous product innovations leading up to its IPO.

During his career, Rob held a number of executive roles with Visa Inc. before and after its IPO, including Head of Global Client Strategy, Head of Commercial and Processing Marketing, and VP of Small Business Marketing. He has also served in senior management roles in several leading technology companies in Silicon Valley, including Siebel Systems (now Oracle), Edge Dynamics (a venture-funded startup), and Salesforce.com.

Rob holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from University of California at Berkeley.

Scott is the Chief Operating Officer and has been with Brightlink since 2011. Scott is responsible for commercial operations that comprise numerous key facets of the organization including its customer portfolio, core network platform and administration. Scott oversees a range of functions from implementation and product delivery to customer service, supply chain, human resources, and legal & regulatory affairs. He also spearheads the execution of strategic initiatives and corporate development activities.

Prior to his appointment as the COO in 2016, Scott was the CFO of Brightlink overseeing finance, accounting and treasury functions. During this time, he led two successful recapitalizations of the company along with the successful purchase of certain regulated entities that are now integrated into Brightlink.

Scott serves as the Secretary to the Board of Directors and provides operational guidance to the Board regarding the development of corporate policies and establishing governance related best practices.

Prior to joining Brightlink, Scott was a consulting actuary with a global risk management firm for 17 years specializing in mergers and acquisitions.  Scott has deep expertise in both strategic and private equity transactions with key areas of focus in restructuring, executive compensation programs and valuation of complex contingent liabilities.

Scott has a BS in Statistics from the University of Rochester.

Joe is the Chief Technology Officer and has been with Brightlink since its inception in 2009. Joe built the original Brightlink network, and his organization is responsible for sales engineering, network engineering, information technology, and product development.

Prior to Brightlink, Joe spent 10 years in other lead technology roles including Commvault, where he led the team of sales engineers in the Southeast designing complex data protection solutions, CTS/Agilysis, where he was a lead sales and service engineer for storage and data retention solutions for Dell EMC customers, and Troutman Sanders, where he was a senior systems engineer and a Microsoft certified consultant.

Joe is a technology thought leader in the industry and has been a speaker at key industry events such as ITExpo. Under Joe’s leadership, Brightlink products have garnered numerous technology industry awards including TMC 2018 Customer Product of the Year, CIO Applications 2017 Top 25 Unified Communications Solutions Providers, and TMC 2017 Tech Culture Award.

David is the Chief Revenue Officer and has been with Brightlink for more than four years.  During this time, he has played a key role in doubling the revenue of the company and is responsible for successfully on-boarding the majority of Brightlink’s strategic customers.

David has more than 30 years of telecommunications industry experience and started his career selling both voice and data solutions to numerous Fortune 500 Companies.

Prior to joining Brightlink, David was Vice President of Carrier Sales for Intelepeer and one of the company’s founding members. In his 10 years at Intelepeer, he helped grow the company from $0 to nearly $170 million in revenues. David was also Vice President of Sales and one of the founders of VIP Calling/ Ibasis. Ibasis was one of the first Voice over Internet Protocol companies in the U.S. and had a successful IPO in 1999.

David holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Akron.

John joined Brightlink in 2017 and is responsible for Finance, Accounting, and Treasury. Prior to joining Brightlink, John served as Vice President of Finance and Operations and Accounting for several private equity portfolio companies across multiple industries, including numerous technology companies.

Before focusing on the technology industry, John started his career with more than 10 years in diverse industries including agriculture, equipment rental, and motorsports.

John has a Bachelor of Science in Business from California State University Stanislaus.

Tri serves Brightlink as the Vice President of Product Management where he defines and develops the strategy for Brightlink’s next-generation communication products. 

Tri brings 30 years of leadership from various industries including automotive, communications, enterprise software, e-commerce, and information technology. Most recently, Tri worked at AT&T for 9 years deploying enterprise mobile messaging and conferencing solutions, location-based technologies, and mobile healthcare services. Prior to that, Tri worked with private investors in Silicon Valley for 15 years to scout and assemble complimentary technologies to form start-up companies. At heart, Tri is an entrepreneurial technologist who thrives on driving innovative products from inception to market. 

Tri has a BS in Computer Engineering from Oregon State University and an MBA from the University of Michigan.

Sean is the Executive Chairman of Brightlink, led the original private equity investment in the company and previously served as Chairman and CEO. Sean also serves on the boards of several companies including Signal Point Systems and MyIdealDoctor. He has 25 years of experience in the technology and software industries.

Prior to Brightlink, Sean served as CEO of HLS LLC, a consumer products company, and CEO of LoopFuse, an online marketing automation company. His career also includes senior-level positions with XAware, S1 Corporation and BEA Systems (acquired by Oracle).

Sean also has extensive experience in the investment banking and commercial banking industries. He received an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BBA in Finance from the University of Georgia.

Rob serves as CEO and Board Director for Brightlink. Rob has a strong track record that includes more than 20 years of executive leadership and general management experience across several industries.

Prior to Brightlink, Rob was the Chief Marketing Officer of CEB (now Gartner), where he had global responsibility for the company’s strategic marketing efforts and played a key role in launching CEB’s talent management business. Before CEB, Rob was a Senior Vice President at First Data, where he transformed and implemented go-to-market strategies for numerous product innovations leading up to its IPO.

During his career, Rob held a number of executive roles with Visa Inc. before and after its IPO, including Head of Global Client Strategy, Head of Commercial and Processing Marketing, and VP of Small Business Marketing. He has also served in senior management roles in several leading technology companies in Silicon Valley, including Siebel Systems (now Oracle), Edge Dynamics (a venture-funded startup), and Salesforce.com.

Rob holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from University of California at Berkeley.

David brings a wealth of operational experience and industry relationships to Brightlink, initially joining the company in January 2017 as a strategic advisor and appointed as Director to the Board in February 2019.  Since 2003, David has been a key executive at PGi, a global leader in web conferencing and collaboration technology, where he most recently served as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). During his tenure as CTO, David was responsible for global technology initiatives, including product management, research and development, strategic partnerships, web development and operations. Concurrent with his role with Brightlink, David has served on the Board of Directors of PGi, which was sold to a private equity firm in December 2015 for $1.1 billion.

David brings a keen interest and deep understanding of converging internet, communications, web and software technologies. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business management and information systems with high honors from the University of Tennessee.