Next Generation Telephony Consulting
Barnstable/Yarmouth, Massachusetts Area
- Current
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- CEO at The Thomas Howe Company
- Past
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- US CTO, CIPC at Comverse Inc.
- CTO at Versatel Networks
- CEO at Tangerine, Inc.
- CEO at Howe Digital
- Director of Engineering at NetPhone
- Section Manager at PictureTel
- Senior Software Engineer at Aware
- Senior Software Engineer at PictureTEl
- Education
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- Northeastern University
- University of Massachusetts at Lowell
- Middletown High School
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Thomas Howe’s Summary
Independent consultant to service providers, enterprises and equipment vendors with over nineteen years of experience in the design and development of next generation communications equipment. Recognized expert in Voice Over IP, member of several technical advisory boards and frequent speaker at industry events. Seasoned manager with experience in leading executive, development and cross functional teams. Currently doing basic research in integration of real time communications technologies into web services architectures.
Thomas Howe’s Specialties:
Next generation telephony, technology and marketing strategy, large scale software development, VoIP, Web 2.0, cross functional management, international business
Thomas Howe’s Experience
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CEO
The Thomas Howe Company
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Telecommunications industry)
August 2005 — Present (4 years 4 months)
Founder and CEO of Asset Based Professional Services firm concentrating on extending the business process through real time communications.
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US CTO, CIPC
Comverse Inc.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; CMVT; Telecommunications industry)
January 2006 — February 2007 (1 year 2 months)
Chief Technology Officer for the US Converged IP Communications Group. Original member of turn around team that successfully increased bookings nearly five fold in one year. Responsible for product management, inside sales support, pricing, analyst relations, partnering and as the principal liaison between US and French offices. Responsible for creating and documenting sales process. Spoke at all major US telephony trade shows, including Spring and Fall VON shows and a keynote speech at the Internet Telephony show. Invited as an independent speaker to both European VON shows.
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CTO
Versatel Networks
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)
June 2004 — September 2005 (1 year 4 months)
Remained on staff after sale of Tangerine and served as CTO for 65 employee, venture backed VoIP equipment vendor. Responsible for setting technical direction and positioning, including competitive analysis and strategy. Instrumental as member of executive team in successful completion of 10MM funding round, including writing executive summary and first round investor presentation. Led team on partnership programs and outreach, including selection, vetting, negotiation and implementation. Worked with marketing team on all internal and external marketing efforts, including press releases and mail campaigns, analyst relations and trade-shows.
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CEO
Tangerine, Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Telecommunications industry)
June 2001 — July 2004 (3 years 2 months)
Responsible for leading small company in developing world-class call agent for over 200 small service providers. Bootstrapped from basement to successful sale to Versatel Networks. Responsible for day-to-day management, including all engineering, sales and marketing efforts, including partnerships with leading companies such as Intel and Cisco. Frequent speaker at leading industry trade-shows and member of several boards of directors and technical advisory boards.
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CEO
Howe Digital
(Telecommunications industry)
November 1997 — June 2001 (3 years 8 months)
Led executive team in industry leading VoIP software engineering consulting firm. Clients included Cisco, Intel, Columbia University, PingTel, Convedia, Shoreline, 2Wire, PictureTel, Altiga, Sonexis, Cedar Point Networks, Go2Call, Taqua, AudioCodes, NetPhone, Spectrum Wireless, Nortel, Lucent and e-tel. Responsible for early project requirements specification, expert consulting and project handoff to team of 20 engineers. Led commercialization of SIP technology from Columbia University. Frequent speaker at leading industry trade-shows and member of several boards of directors and technical advisory boards. Over ninety percent of all projects delivered on time and on budget.
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Director of Engineering
NetPhone
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)
1997 — 1997 (less than a year)
Responsible for leading small team in the creation of an integrated H.323 telephony gateway for Cabletron’s product portfolio. Reported directly to VP of Engineering.
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Section Manager
PictureTel
(Public Company; Telecommunications industry)
1995 — 1997 (2 years )
Responsible for management of all software efforts on next generation H.320/H.323/H.324
video-conferencing set top box. Instrumental in design of objected oriented architecture, including design of integration and testing strategy and infrastructure. Member of cross-functional team including all aspects of product development. Member of thirty member engineering team tasked with the correction of eighteen hundred software defects; recognized as top performer in group. Responsible for video control, audio control and real time utility software for PictureTel's first PC based video-conferencing system. Contributed to application that became the first version of Microsoft NetMeeting. -
Senior Software Engineer
Aware
(Public Company; Telecommunications industry)
1992 — 1995 (3 years )
Software architect for first commercially available ADSL chipset. Responsible for all digital portions of modem implementation, including convolutional interleavers, forward error correction and framing. Technical liaison to Analog Devices. Responsible for all software engineering process design and implementation. Contributed to the ADSL standards effort. Editor for ADSL forum’s ADSL Internet Access Specification. Contributed to technical marketing efforts; worked closely with sales team in customer presentations to Tier 1 vendors and carriers.
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Senior Software Engineer
PictureTEl
(Public Company; Telecommunications industry)
1991 — 1992 (1 year )
Responsible for management of all software efforts on next generation H.320/H.323/H.324
video-conferencing set top box. Instrumental in design of objected oriented architecture, including design of integration and testing strategy and infrastructure. Member of cross-functional team including all aspects of product development. Member of thirty member engineering team tasked with the correction of eighteen hundred software defects; recognized as top performer in group. Responsible for video control, audio control and real time utility software for PictureTel's first PC based video-conferencing system. Contributed to application that became the first version of Microsoft NetMeeting
Thomas Howe’s Education
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Northeastern University
Graduate Study in Digital Communications September 1990 — June 1992
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University of Massachusetts at Lowell
BSEE , Electrical Engineering , 1985 — 1989
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Middletown High School
1981 — 1985
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Cloud Communications, CEBP, VoiceAPIs and OTT Applications
Thomas Howe’s Honors:
2007 O'Reilly Award Winner : Telephony Mashup Competition
2008 : Most Influential Voices in VoIP
2008 : VON Innovator's Award, Editor's Top Ten Picks
2008 : Broadsoft Mashup Contest Winner
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