Benny Carreon

Current

President at GrayBear Resources Group

Past

Director of Sales at Dynegy Global Telecommunications
Director of Sales at EPIK Communications
Sales Director at EPIK Communications/Progress Telecom

Senior Director of Business and Product Development at Covad Business Solutions
Manager, Channel Partner at Marconi/Fore System
Major Account Manager at Intermedia Communications

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Education

University of Florida
University of Tampa
St Stephen's

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Industry

Telecommunications

Websites

Benny Carreon’s Summary

benny@graybearcorp.com
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Did you know that?
• 80% of companies could reduce their telecom costs by auditing their services each month.
• 85% of typical enterprise’s telecom bills are not audited internally and simply paid in full; and for bills that are validated, billing analysts most often examine only a subset of invoices associated with the largest spending.
Aberdeen Group 2006 – The Total Telecom Cost Management Process Benchmark Report
• On average 7-12% of telecom charges are consistently in error, which results in $8 million per year in lost profits for larger firms and $1.75 million at mid-size companies.
Aberdeen Group 2006 – The Challenge in Total Telecom Cost Management
(Source: U.S. Department of Labor and University of Texas)
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I work to help that from happening to businesses! … through world-class auditing services as a top-tier Telecom Cost Recovery Firm.

Over 21 years, my interests and expertise in telecommunication through the best telecom audit services has only grown more. Telecom Expense Management (TEM), Telecom Consulting, Contract Negotiation, yellow pages advertising, Telephone/PBX maintenance costs, and many other business telecommunications services.

I work with clients who understand that telecommunications is THE critical business asset, are concerned about containing technology and communications expenses, understand that their time is valuable and more effectively spent on core interests, realize the value of having experts skilled in all areas of TEM, "get it" that telecom cost control is best left to experts and want to stay in business, focus on their business growth, not on the plumbing.

Benny Carreon’s Specialties:

local and long distance services, data lines, circuits, private lines, wireless (cell phones, data cards, etc), equipment leases and service contracts, yellow pages advertising.

Benny Carreon’s Experience

President

GrayBear Resources Group

(Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2004 — Present (6 years )

We seek clientele that are concerned about the cost, technology, inventory and accuracy of their telecommunications spending for their business today. An ideal client understands the need for tighter controls of how communications is utilized and best spent for meeting needs today and the ability to mitigate waste and overspending in the future.
Director of Sales

Dynegy Global Telecommunications

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Telecommunications industry)

April 2002 — June 2003 (1 year 3 months)
Director of Sales

EPIK Communications

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Telecommunications industry)

June 2001 — April 2002 (11 months)

Responsible for wholesale sales of telecommunications services and infrastructure to the carrier and Enterprise markets that was in need of high capacity fiber optic services for backbone and wide area deployment
Sales Director

EPIK Communications/Progress Telecom

(Telecommunications industry)

2001 — 2002 (1 year )
Senior Director of Business and Product Development

Covad Business Solutions

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

April 2000 — June 2001 (1 year 3 months)

Responsible for developing partner relationships with companies that share overlay and like-business strategies and development of products related to business expansion suitable for high-growth areas.
Manager, Channel Partner

Marconi/Fore System

(Telecommunications industry)

1998 — 1999 (1 year )
Major Account Manager

Intermedia Communications

(Public Company; Telecommunications industry)

1994 — 1999 (5 years )

Benny Carreon’s Education

University of Florida

BA , Political Science, Liberal Arts , 1985 — 1988

Activities and Societies:

Phi Delta Theta
University of Tampa

1984 — 1985

Activities and Societies:

Phi Delta Theta
St Stephen's