Management Team

With more than 100 years experience in the telecommunications industry, the Telovations management team understands what it takes to be successful.

Mark Swanson - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Mark has over 20 years management experience in technology related organizations. He has founded and served as President/CEO of two IT services companies, both of which were successfully acquired by larger companies. He has also served as executive vice president and chief technology officer for iXL, helping to take the company public in 1999. Mark has an MBA from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Rick Schonbrun - President

Rick has 21 years of senior management experience in the telecom industry. Prior to joining Telovations, he was a top executive with Expanets, a billion-dollar provider of Avaya and Cisco voice and data systems. He has also been involved with the successful start-up of three other technology companies: NBX, SecureLogix, and Sonexis. NBX was the first company to develop and deliver an IP-PBX for the mid-enterprise customer and was acquired by 3Com in 1999. Rick has also built a distribution joint-venture with AT&T that was acquired by Lucent Technologies.

Kevin Donald - Chief Financial Officer

Kevin has over twenty years of finance and accounting experience in large, mid-sized and entrepreneurial businesses. Kevin's career includes over nine years in the telecommunications and Internet industries, working at a CLEC (competitive local exchange carrier) and at application service providers. Kevin is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a Masters in Commerce (Finance and Accounting) from the University of Sydney in Australia.

Doug Knight - Vice President of Engineering

Doug has more than 20 years of telecommunications experience. Prior to joining Telovations, he was director of product management at Boston-based Pingtel Corp., where he was instrumental in developing the company’s overall product and service strategy. He also has held senior product management positions at several start-up technology companies, including NBX and Sonexis.

Katie Gonzalez - Director of Marketing

Katie has served in several marketing capacities in technology-related industries, most notably at Danka Office Imaging in software product marketing. She was also responsible for the marketing communications activities at Danka and other companies. Katie has an ABJ in advertising from the University of Georgia.