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Mr. Rich is responsible for the company’s strategic direction, business and corporate development goals, and aggressive growth plans. Previously CEO at Pingtel, Bill has a 20-year background in Voice over IP (VoIP) and telecommunications. Prior to Pingtel, Bill served as an entrepreneur-in-residence at St. Paul Venture Capital (SPVC), where he assisted with new ventures and the development of SPVC’s portfolio companies, including serving as CEO of Aravox Technologies, which provided session border controllers for service provider VoIP networks. Before St. Paul, Bill was president and CEO at VocalData, a leading provider of feature servers that enable service providers to deliver next-generation IP telephony services. Earlier in his career, he was the senior vice president of marketing and senior vice president of operations development at ICG Telecom Group, where he launched the company's retail competitive local exchange services and its wholesale products. Before ICG, Bill led wholesale product marketing at WilTel and was a sell-side telecom industry analyst. Bill earned a BA in economics from the College of William and Mary. | 