2004 Summer Telecom Showcase

Internet Securities held its Summer 2004 Telecom Showcase in June. Several startup companies associated with Voice over IP (VoIP) presented their business plans to an audience of accredited angel investors, venture capitalists, and corporate venture capitalists. The event's program can be accessed below. In addition, the presentation from our guest speakers -- Doug Sobieski of XO Communications and David LaDuke of Sputnik-- and the presenting companies -- CallTowerand RingCentral -- can also be viewed below.

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Keynote Speaker: Doug Sobieski, Vice President, XO Communications

Mr. Sobieski is Vice President of Broadband Wireless Services at XO Communications where he oversees the commercialization of the company's fixed Broadband Wireless Services. Following successful trials in early 2004 in southern California, XO has initiated plans to roll out the services nationally.

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Doug Sobieski's Presentation File :XO_6_23_2004.pdf

Keynote Speaker: David LaDuke, Co-founder and CEO, Sputnik

An experienced entrepreneur, Mr. LaDuke has a successful 20-year track record in high-technology marketing and management and was a co-founder of Linuxcare, Inc. David has provided high-technology strategy consulting for clients. Before that, he held senior marketing positions at Apple Computer and NeXT, Inc.

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David LaDuke's Presentation File :Sputnik_VOIP.pdf

Guest Speaker: John H. Trimmer, CEO & President

CallTower Inc. provides outsourced phone service for small to medium sized businesses. This firm offer subscription-based telephony and data communication services that enable customers to reduce monthly operating expenses and eliminate capital expenditures by outsourcing all elements of communications infrastructure to a hosted environment.

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Presentation File :CallTower.pdf

Guest Speaker: Mark Ogne, VP Online Marketing

Founded in 1993, RingCentral provides mobile professionals and growing businesses cost and time saving solutions via easy to use communication management solutions. Over 25 million PC users have received RingCentral software through partnerships with IBM, HP, Compaq, Toshiba and Fujitsu-Siemens, amongst others.

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Presentation File :RingCentral.pdf