About Team — Executive Team

Bruce A. Chatterley — President and CEO

Bruce Chatterley came to the helm of Speakeasy in 2003, leading the company in exciting new directions and doubling its size. It was Chatterley's direction and overall guidance that led Best Buy, Inc. to purchase Speakeasy and begin a mutually beneficial relationship as part of the Best Buy family of businesses.

Chatterley led a series of sweeping strategic shifts, changing the company's focus from providing data connectivity to residential customers to becoming a provider of broadband voice and data communications for small business.

Speakeasy is benefiting from Chatterley's over 20 years of domestic and international high-tech and telecommunications experience. Prior to Speakeasy, he was CEO of ViAir, a Seattle developer of carrier-based mobile messaging software, where he led the company through its 2003 merger with Visto Corp. Earlier, he was president of eServices & Small/Middle Markets for Concur Technologies, a developer of web-based travel and entertainment expense management applications.

Chatterley also held several executive positions with Ameritech Corporation (now SBC), including Chief Consumer Marketing Officer and Vice President of Product Management. Earlier in his career, Chatterley held sales, marketing and business development leadership positions with US West, General Electric and IBM. Chatterley earned his MBA from the Kogod College of Business Administration at American University and his BSBA from Central Michigan University.

Chatterley believes in living Speakeasy's Core Values: a passion for customers; respect for individuals and individuality; and a drive to do the right thing and achieve results.

Kurt Hoffman — Chief Operating Officer

Kurt Hoffman brings extensive knowledge in function and process improvements to his position at Speakeasy, having past experience in the areas of customer service and network operations, global deployment, program management, and applications engineering. Kurt joined Speakeasy from iBEAM Broadcasting where, as COO, he integrated a number of acquisitions to the company and facilitated a seamless transition for hundreds of employees and customers. Previously, he built and operated Level 3's ten-city European network as a senior vice president and was one of fifteen Sprint employees selected for an expatriate assignment in Europe to establish Global One—a joint venture between Sprint, France Telecom and Deutsche Telecom. Kurt served as executive director of consumer services responsible for operations and customer/operator services of phone card products in Brussels, and subsequently became the vice president responsible for Global One's field operations worldwide.

John A. Higgie — Chief Financial Officer

As Chief Financial Officer for Speakeasy, John is responsible for all corporate finance functions, including planning, accounting, tax, regulatory matters and reporting. John brings more than 25 years of experience in the financial and accounting fields to this role and more than 15 years of experience working with telecommunications ventures. John served as Speakeasy's Vice President of Finance and Controller for six years prior to his current position.

Prior to joining Speakeasy, John's career in the telecommunications industry was focused primarily on working with development stage wireless carriers across several technologies including cellular, paging and fixed wireless communications. His experience includes operational consulting with start-up international wireless carriers, evaluation of acquisitions and due diligence, procurement of financing, business plan development and project management.

John has an MBA from the University of Washington and a bachelor's degree in accounting from Wake Forest University. John is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants.

Chris Gellos — Vice President of Sales

Chris Gellos is a seasoned, experienced leader with an established track record for building high performing sales organizations. As Vice President of Sales, Chris oversees the growth and performance of the Direct, Channel and dedicated Best Buy For Business sales teams within Speakeasy and is responsible for the strategic direction of the sales organization. Prior to Speakeasy, Chris began his 18 year career in telecommunications at AT&T and went on to serve in a variety of management positions within the telecommunications industry for companies including Qwest, Electric Lightwave/Citizens Communications and Line One. Chris served six years as President of Line One, a regional Interconnect company providing telephone systems to businesses in the Pacific NorthWest and three years serving as General Manager of Arizona for Electric Lightwave's 28M operating division in Arizona. Chris joined Speakeasy in 2006.

Michael Czerwinski — Vice President of Customer Service

Michael Czerwinski is an experienced operations leader with a proven track record of delivering on customer satisfaction and efficiency goals. His skills in strategic process and system design have improved service delivery and supported organizational growth for numerous technology and telecommunications companies. Most recently, Michael served as Senior Director of Call Centers for GTECH Corporation, a leading gaming technology company. Prior to this experience, Michael held a series of leadership positions with Equinix, a leading provider of network-neutral collocation and internet peering. He has also managed customer care and directed operations for Global One Communications, and he had great success as a leader of Sprint Corporation Call Center operations and support services. Michael holds a degree in Business Administration from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Feel free to contact the Speakeasy management team via email at exec@speakeasy.net.

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