Ted Wallingford

Current

• CEO and Consulting Lead at Best Technology Strategy LLC
• Freelance writer at Self Employed (Self-employed)

Past

• Senior Networking Consultant at LCG Technologies Corp.
• former contractor at Visium Resources
• Manager of Information Technology at Independence Excavating Inc.

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Recommended

4 people have recommended Ted

Connections

101 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Company
• My Website
• My Blog

Ted Wallingford’s Summary

Ted is the co-founder of Best Technology Strategy LLC. Our company allows businesses to become more efficient and profitable through the use of information technology.

We provide objective, vendor-neutral expertise in the specialties of advanced networking, I.T. strategy, data communications, storage systems, the telecommunications business, and the core technologies underlying them.

Ted is an expert in the specialty of unified business communication, and has written two books about VoIP (voice over IP) for O'Reilly Media, the world's most recognized tech publisher.

Ted has been heavily involved in information technology since 1994, and has served a variety of hands-on and technology management roles in manufacturing, advertising, logistics, consulting service, and construction industries.

Best Technology Strategy LLC provides services to the networking industry in marketing, decision support, and testing. The firm also offers thought leadership and technical guidance to businesses seeking better utilization of networked systems, and business requirements and solution design services for innovative service ventures considering expansion into the telecommunications business. Ted is has also been a technical author for Macworld Magazine, O’Reilly Network, and Weblogs Inc. He resides in Ohio.

- Guest on National Public Radio's Talk of the Nation program, to discuss Voice over IP technology and its impact on consumer habits and the telecom industry at large.
- Speaker at VON Enterprise Atlanta 2006.
- Speaker at MuniWireless Boston 2007.
- Personally selected by Jeff Pulver, the publisher of VON Magazine, as one of the top telecom blog writers of 2005.
- Awarded technology consultant of the month by LCG Technologies in February of 2006.
- Published VoIP Hacks, second book about Voice over IP, in January of 2006.
- Featured in a story about VoIP telephone services in the Chronicle-Telegram newspaper in April of 2006.

Ted Wallingford’s Specialties:

Telecommunications, Networking, Voice over IP (VoIP), Information Technology, Information Systems, Communications, Journalism, System Architecture, Technology Auditing, Information Security

Ted Wallingford’s Experience

• CEO and Consulting Lead

  Best Technology Strategy LLC

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2006 — Present (3 years 1 month)

  Assist companies in achieving their business objectives through the use of technology by applying best practices, advocating open standards, and translating geek speak into plain English.

• Freelance writer

  Self Employed (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Insurance industry)

  2004 — Present (5 years)

  Freelance journalist and technical writer. Have worked with various publishers and publications, including O'Reilly Media, who published my two books about VoIP, Macworld magazine, for whom I've done technical pieces about social media, telephony, and GPS, WindowsNetworking.com, Weblogs Inc., and others.

• Senior Networking Consultant

  LCG Technologies Corp.

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  April 2005 — April 2006 (1 year 1 month)

• former contractor

  Visium Resources

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  2004 — 2004 (less than a year)

• Manager of Information Technology

  Independence Excavating Inc.

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 1999 — September 2004 (5 years 5 months)

Additional Information

Ted Wallingford’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Website
• My Blog

Ted Wallingford’s Groups:

IETF Associate, VoIP Think Tank Panelist, Cleveland B2B Connect Associate, O'reilly Media author

•    ! Sales Best Practices
•    10,000 Little (micro) Ideas to Keep You Believing in Cleveland
•    The Life Science Executive Exchange
•    E4S Network
•    VoIP News Expert Group
•    NE Ohio IT Professionals
•    LinkedWorking Cleveland
•    The Cleveland Professional 20/30 Club
•    Cleveland Social Media Club
•    Linked Lorain
•    Leadership Lorain County
•    COEN

Ted Wallingford’s Honors:

LCG Technologies Consultant of the Month, Feb 2006; Named by Jeff Pulver as one of the top VoIP bloggers of 2005; My book "Switching to VoIP" has received five-star ratings at Amazon.com and elsewhere. Appeared on NPR's Science Friday program as a guest. Have written for Macworld Magazine and other publications.

Ted Wallingford’s Contact Settings

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