Crick Waters

Current

Board of Directors at Ribbit
EVP, Strategy and Business Development at Ribbit

Past

CEO at IDP Communications (renamed Ribbit)
Group Leader, VoIP Product Managment at AT&T
Board of Directors at DSL Forum

Director, Value Added Services at NorthPoint Communications
Board of Directors at International Packet Communication Consortium
Angel Investor and Advisor at 1st International Telecom, Inc., d/b/a IGAEA
Vice President, Sales and Marketing at Applied Process Technology
Division Manager at International Paper
Senior Instrumentation and Controls Engineer at Naval Nuclear Propulsion Directorate/NAVSEA 08

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Education

Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business
Duke University
Bettis Reactor Engineering School

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Recommended

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Telecommunications

Websites

Crick Waters’s Summary

Crick co-founded Ribbit on the simple premise that voice has value, and thatvalue is in the application of voice. The convergence of computers andtelephony has been ongoing for some years the fusion of voice, computers,and web applications is the new "value frontier" for telephony. Cricklead¹s Ribbit¹s strategy and business development in order to empowerdevelopers in this new frontier to bring the value of voice to their individual markets.

Crick led development and delivery of consumer voice and data servicesincluding fiber to the home, VoIP, DSL, Wi-Fi, and voice over DSL servicesfor AT&T Consumer Services prior to starting Ribbit.

Crick was Director of Value Added Services at NorthPoint Communicationswhere he was responsible for developing NorthPoint¹s product strategy fordelivering services over the company¹s high speed data network. During histenure, he launched one of the Nation¹s first voice over DSL services.

Crick Waters’s Specialties:

Entrepreneurship. Business development. Product development. Telecommunication services - VoIP, DSL, Fixed Wireless, FTTP/FTTH.

Crick Waters’s Experience

Board of Directors

Ribbit

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)

July 2008 — Present (2 months)

Member of the Board of Directors of Ribbit, a BT company.
EVP, Strategy and Business Development

Ribbit

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)

October 2005 — Present (2 years 11 months)

Co-founder and VP Strategy and Business Development. Ribbit provides real-time voice and advanced messaging services across mobile, fixed, and IP communication systems for individuals and business professionals in the U.S.

Acquired by BT in July 2008.
CEO

IDP Communications (renamed Ribbit)

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Telecommunications industry)

July 2004 — September 2005 (1 year 3 months)

Founder and CEO. IDP Communications combined web and cellular technology with the applications that voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) makes possible to solve the challenges of connecting buyers and sellers in this age of mult-modal communication. IDP Communications was temporarily renamed Duality Mobile before becoming Ribbit Corporation in January, 2007.
Group Leader, VoIP Product Managment

AT&T

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; T; Telecommunications industry)

May 2001 — March 2005 (3 years 11 months)

- Responsible for financial, operational, business development and implementation of broadband (DSL, Wi-Fi, FTTH) and packet voice (VoDSL, VoIP) businesses for AT&T Consumer.
Board of Directors

DSL Forum

(Non-Profit; Telecommunications industry)

2001 — 2003 (2 years)
Director, Value Added Services

NorthPoint Communications

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

April 2000 — May 2001 (1 year 2 months)

- Created and implemented NorthPoint’s strategy for delivering value added services over broadband to consumers and small and medium businesses.
Board of Directors

International Packet Communication Consortium

(Non-Profit; Telecommunications industry)

2000 — 2001 (1 year)
Angel Investor and Advisor

1st International Telecom, Inc., d/b/a IGAEA

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)

1999 — 2001 (2 years)
Vice President, Sales and Marketing

Applied Process Technology

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Environmental Services industry)

November 1997 — November 1999 (2 years 1 month)

- Responsible for sales and marketing plan for company’s HiPOx water treatment technology. Opened marquis accounts and closed first sale.
- Participated in all aspects of this startup including raising of venture funds and building national sales force.
Division Manager

International Paper

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IP; Paper & Forest Products industry)

July 1992 — October 1997 (5 years 4 months)

- Responsible for sales, marketing, customer service, and new product development for the $6MM strategic filtration business segment of Veratec Division.
- Responsible for new product development, plant engineering, and capital management of Thilmany Division.
- Responsible for new product development, process improvement, capital management, and project engineering professionals of Akrosil Division.
Senior Instrumentation and Controls Engineer

Naval Nuclear Propulsion Directorate/NAVSEA 08

(Government Agency; 201-500 employees; Defense & Space industry)

June 1983 — August 1990 (7 years 3 months)

Naval Lieutenant selected as member of core team that established the requirements for and managed the design of reactor control systems for the nuclear submarine, USS Seawolf.

Crick Waters’s Education

Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business

MBA, Business Administration, 1990 — 1992
Duke University

BSEE, Engineering, 1979 — 1983

Activities and Societies:

Navy ROTC, Delta Sigma Phi,
Bettis Reactor Engineering School

MS, Nuclear Engineering