Jeff K. Storey, president and CEO of WilTel Communications, will deliver the keynote address at the CompTel/ASCENT Spring 2005 Convention & Expo, Feb. 14-17 in New Orleans.
“WilTel’s 19 years of experience as a premier service provider has enabled them to develop an innovative approach to solving customer problems,” says H. Russell Frisby Jr., CompTel/ASCENT’s CEO. “Under Jeff Storey’s leadership, WilTel has launched solutions such as VoIP and StorageXtend to meet industry demands, while also increasing revenue by nearly 40 percent in two years and generating positive cash flow in 2004, despite tough market conditions. As keynote of our Spring Convention, he will bring unique perspective on the state of the industry, emerging technologies and what it takes to flourish in telecommunications.”
Prior to becoming president and CEO, Storey served as senior vice president of operations, where he led WilTel’s network operations and was responsible for the company’s long-distance voice launch in 1999. Before joining WilTel in 1999, Storey was vice president of commercial broadband services for Cox Communications in Atlanta. Storey also has held management positions at Cox Fibernet, Southwestern Bell Technology Resources Inc., Bell Communications Research and Southwestern Bell Telephone.
WilTel Communications delivers voice, data, video and IP services over its fiber-optic network to carriers, enterprises, the federal government, and media and entertainment companies.
