 Leadership
James Powers, Jr. has served as Chairman, President and CEO of iLinc Communications since December 1998. Powers is responsible for overall business strategies and vision, helping position the company as one of the top Web conferencing and collaboration software available, particularly for industries that rely on high-level security and scalability. Under his direction, iLinc has become recognized as a leading player in the Web conferencing space. Prior to joining iLinc, Powers was Co-Founder and Chairman of Clearidge, Inc., a privately held bottled water company in Nashville, Tenn. from 1993 to 1999. He led Clearidge through 13 acquisitions over three years to become one of the largest, independent bottlers in the Southeast. Powers was also a Founder and Director of a company that managed a chain of 50 restaurants in the Southeast that was sold in 2005. Powers received a Doctorate of Dental Surgery Degree from The University of Tennessee and received an MBA from Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of Management.
James L. Dunn, Jr., assisted with the formation of the Company and was an integral part of the Company's initial public offering. Dunn has over 20 years of experience in finance, law, business and technology. As CFO, Dunn is responsible for leading financial initiatives and corporate strategy for iLinc. Since the Company's inception, Dunn has been responsible for all corporate development activities, including partnership and most recently, the acquisition of its Web conferencing and audio conferencing assets. Dunn also serves as General Counsel for iLinc, a role he assumed in March of 2000. In this role, he managed the legal transition of iLinc from its legacy business beginnings to its current Web and audio conferencing focus. He holds a law degree from Southern Methodist University School of Law and a BA Degree in Business Administration-Accounting from Texas A & M University.
Frank Gartland brings nearly 16 years experience in the software industry holding executive and upper management positions in product strategy and development, marketing, sales, business development and publishing. Before joining iLinc, he served as Vice President, Solution Strategy & Development at Incentive Logic, a custom online incentive solution provider, where his teams were responsible for client implementations, enterprise architecture, application development, operations, network operations and IT. Prior to that he served as Director of Product Development at KnowledgeNet, where Gartland helped pioneer the delivery of instructor-led training over the Web. He is recognized as a leader in virtual classroom technology and proven approaches to content delivery over the Web. His teams delivered more than a half-million hours of virtual classroom instruction and built thousands of hours of expert-led recorded training helping to fuel triple-digit growth over a five-year span. When KnowledgeNet was acquired by Thomson, Inc., Gartland became the Director of Product Management and led the process of creating and deploying tools for a newly combined sales force and successfully integrated the overall product strategy and budget of the two companies. Prior to KnowledgeNet, he played an integral role with Mastering Computers as they went from less than 20 employees in 1991 to a publicly-traded company in 1996 (formerly NASD: MASC) and was sold to Platinum Technology in 1998 for $225 million. Gartland holds a BA from Purdue University.
As Vice President of Sales, Jason Walker leads the company's winning sales strategy in growing customer base and client success. Walker brings nearly 15 years of software sales and operations experience to iLinc Communications. Before joining the company, he served as Director of Corporate Sales for ACT!, Sage Software CRM Division, where he increased revenue from $12.3 to $19.2 million during the course of two years and was responsible for account management and growth of 35,000+ corporate customers. As Director of Sales Operations for Cyclone Commerce (now Axway Corporation), Walker launched and grew the company's inside sales team, generating more than $1 million in new revenue and eventually accounting for more than 20% of the company's overall revenue. At QRS Corporation, Walker held the position of Director of Customer Enabling, managing 100 employees responsible for selling and implementing software and services to create secure and profitable trading communities across the global supply chain. Previously, Walker headed research and development of new sales channels at CellularOne. Certified by the Project Management Institute as well as Six Sigma, Walker holds a BA from California State University, Chico and an MA from The University of San Francisco.
Gary Moulton brings more than 15 years of sales, management and customer service experience to iLinc Communications. Moulton has a decade's worth of audio services and audio conferencing experience, having founded Glyphics Communications in 1995. Moulton grew Glyphics into a leading provider of phone conferencing and audio conferencing events, developing a proprietary online seminar registration system for large audio events. As a member of the Glyphics' Board of Directors and as President and Chief Executive Officer, he was responsible for developing and implementing corporate vision and strategy. Prior to starting Glyphics, Moulton was manager of inside sales and customer service for Cookietree Bakeries, Inc., a national food service company. Moulton also served for four years in the United States Marine Corps.
As Vice President of Marketing, Mark Yeager leads the marketing organization for iLinc which includes corporate marketing, product marketing and channel marketing. Prior to joining iLinc in May 2001, Yeager served as Director of Marketing, Global Education Services, for Computer Associates, one of the world's largest business software companies focused in end-to-end infrastructure to enable business through technology, services and education. While at Computer Associates, Yeager and his team created powerful revenue-generating initiatives and achieved 100% divisional annual growth. Prior to that, Yeager directed successful marketing teams and programs for Platinum Technology and Mastering Computers. During his tenure with Mastering Computers, he managed marketing initiatives that helped the organization achieve 80% per annum revenue growth rates, and gain more than 275,000 customers worldwide until Platinum Technology purchased the organization in 1998 for $225 million. Yeager has more than 17 years of marketing experience with organizations that specialize in software and professional services and a demonstrated history of aggressive growth within those companies. He received a BS degree from Allegheny College in Meadville, Penn.
Ethan Abrams is a proven leader with a decade of experience in information technology. As Vice President of Product Development, Abrams is responsible for Product Development, Quality Assurance, and Information Technology. He joined iLinc Communications with the acquisition of Learning Edge, Inc. in 2000 and has overseen the technology integrations of subsequent acquisitions. Abrams continues to build and maintain highly effective teams that produce award-winning products for content authoring, content delivery and web-based communications. Prior to his tenure with Learning Edge, Abrams served as the Vice President of Technology and Marketing for Ergo Links, Inc., a national ergonomics consulting company and has also spoken at multimedia and development conferences across the United States. He holds a BA degree in Architecture, cum laude, from the University of Arizona. |
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