Management Team

Telovations management team understands what it takes to be successful. They have a strong background in technology and business management, making them uniquely qualified to lead a growing cloud communications service provider.

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.

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

     COO and SVP Engineering

Doug oversees daily operations of the company. Doug is also responsible for defining and delivering the products and services offered by Telovations. He has been a member of the Telovations team since it was founded in the first quarter of 2006.

Doug has 25 years of network and telecom experience in product management, sales, engineering and operations. Prior to joining Telovations, Doug has held several leadership roles in technology companies such as Pingtel, Sonexis, 3Com and NBX Corp.

Paul Levering

     President, Mid-Atlantic

Paul is responsible for the day-to-day operations of Telovations’ Mid-Atlantic Region. Paul came to Telovations with the acquisition of FeatureTel, which he founded in 2003.  FeatureTel was named to the Inc. 5000 ranking of the nation’s fastest growing private companies and also received the Small Business of the Year Award from the Apex Chamber of Commerce under Paul’s leadership.

Sean Burke

     SVP Sales and Marketing

Sean leads the sales team and oversees the marketing operations of Telovations. Sean has been in technology since the 1990’s when he co-founded Chicago’s premier Internet Service Provider, EnterAct.  He has since helped create one of the nation’s fastest growing Managed Service Providers, CentraComm Communications, started Six Disciplines Leadership Center in Tampa, Florida, and was the Managing Partner of Maxx Merchants, a national payment processing company.

Sean received his BS in Management from Purdue University and an MBA from DePaul University.