Crick Waters

Current

Advisor at TimeBridge
Adisor at Vidtel Inc.
Board of Directors at Ribbit

EVP, Strategy and Business Development at Ribbit

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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

12 people have recommended Crick

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Telecommunications

Websites

Crick Waters’s Summary

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

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

Crick was Director of Value Added Services at NorthPoint Communications where he was responsible for developing NorthPoint¹s product strategy for delivering services over the company's high speed data network. During his tenure, he launched one of the Nation's 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

Advisor

TimeBridge

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

May 2009 — Present (3 months)

TimeBridge has created the first Personal Scheduling Assistant to give busy professionals a faster, more efficient way to schedule their time. TimeBridge's one-step scheduling is the most efficient way to schedule meetings with large groups or individuals across time zones, calendaring systems and companies. TimeBridge allows users to easily schedule meetings, share their availability with others, and connect directly with calendars including Outlook, Google Calendar and Apple iCal. While online calendars help users track their time, TimeBridge facilitates the social, and often complex process of getting busy people together-in person, on the phone or online. TimeBridge is backed by blue-chip venture capital firms Mayfield Fund and Norwest Venture Partners.
Adisor

Vidtel Inc.

(Telecommunications industry)

December 2008 — Present (8 months)

Vidtel is a video communications service provider that is passionate about making video calling as easy as using a telephone, as clear and smooth as TV, and as inexpensive as a daily newspaper. You can easily make and receive video calls anywhere in the world with Vidtel and a broadband connection. Vidtel also does everything your regular phone service can do, and even includes regular telephone number.
Board of Directors

Ribbit

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

July 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)

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 (3 years 10 months)

Co-founder and EVP Strategy and Business Development. Ribbit is a global programmable telephony network. It is a platform making communication services available to developers in any part of the globe, and in any business, as "features" the can be used to create quickly and easily create customized "communications enable" business processes and consumer business services.

Acquired by BT in July 2008.
CEO

IDP Communications (renamed Ribbit)

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software 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.

IDP Communications was renamed Duality Mobile (November 2006) before becoming Ribbit Corporation (January, 2007) and was sold to BT in July 2008.
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