Ron Turner

Current

• CEO at People Calling People

Past

• President at Denzell (mobile field force automation)
• CEO at Directel (South American paging network)
• VP - Systems & Technology at Paging Network, Inc.

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Education

• Michigan State University

Recommended

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Political Organization

Websites

• My Company

Ron Turner’s Summary

Ron Turner has been a leader in the telecommunications industry for more than 25 years. He began his career at Pagenet, where he advanced to vice president of systems & technology and was ultimately responsible for a nationwide network serving 4 million customers. He left Pagenet and raised $30 million to start a new venture, Directel, which provided paging services in Brazil and Argentina. He is now dedicated to applying his telecom know-how and volunteer experience to the People Calling People platform.

Ron is committed to progressive candidates and causes. He has served the Democratic Party for many years--most recently as the technology chair for the Democratic Party of Collin County and as a co-founder and vice president of Stonewall Democrats of Collin County. While working on Democratic campaigns in the 2004 election, he started People Calling People to provide a better way to engage people and build support for progressive candidates and causes.

Ron Turner’s Specialties:

* Mobile text messaging
* Robocalls - personalized per call
* Automated interactive surveys
* Live calling programs - multilingual
* Database services

Ron Turner’s Experience

• CEO

  People Calling People

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Political Organization industry)

  May 2004 — Present (5 years 3 months)

  Engaging people and building support for progressive causes and candidates

• President

  Denzell (mobile field force automation)

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

  January 2000 — December 2003 (4 years)

  - Founded company to provide mobile field force automation package.
  - Recruited management team.
  - Created business plan.
  - Developed financial projections.
  - Negotiated partnership agreements.

• CEO

  Directel (South American paging network)

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

  January 1995 — December 1999 (5 years)

  - Founded and operated paging service provider in Argentina and Brazil.
  - Created business plan and developed financial projections.
  - Acquired all necessary government licenses.
  - Raised $30 million in venture capital.
  - Negotiated vendor financing agreements over $11 million.
  - Created and managed operations including 400 employees in call center, sales, customer service, and accounting.
  - Served 20,000 subscribers.
  - Built paging networks in Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires.
  - Constructed first 2-way paging system outside the US.
  - Obtained first assignment of individual paging telephone numbers in Argentina.
  - Launched first “calling party pays” paging service in Argentina
  - Established first paging carrier direct digital connection to Brazilian network.

• VP - Systems & Technology

  Paging Network, Inc.

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

  August 1990 — November 1994 (4 years 4 months)

   Directed operation and expansion of nationwide paging network, including 2,000 base stations and 120 Glenayre switches, serving 4 million subscribers.
   Led seven Regional Systems Managers and corporate staff of 10, in the development and exploitation of new technology and the efficient management and operation of current infrastructure.
   Directed outside counsel in all regulatory issues, including FCC, trade associations, and state Public Utility Commissions.

Ron Turner’s Education

• Michigan State University

  Electrical Engineering 1977 — 1979

Additional Information

Ron Turner’s Websites:

• My Company