Leadership

Ron joined Yorktel in 1995 serving as Chief Financial Officer and then President and Chief Operating Officer from 1999 to March of 2011. Under Ron’s management the Company established a leading position in the videoconferencing market by successfully leveraging its core Federal expertise into commercial markets where it secured some of the largest enterprise customers in the industry. Ron also led the company through several successful acquisitions. In his capacity as CEO of Yorktel, Ron coordinates the company’s corporate development functions, with responsibility for acquisitions, investments and overall business expansion.

As President and COO, Ken drives Yorktel’s mission and vision, inspiring our workforce to craft innovative solutions across lines of business and help our customers achieve their strategic objectives. Before becoming President, Ken served as CRO of Yorktel. His dedication to excellence and customer satisfaction has fueled synergies and growth throughout Yorktel, as well as successful partnerships with other industry leaders. Ken has over 25 years of experience providing high-tech solutions and services to global enterprise clients. Before his role as Yorktel’s CRO, Ken was the VP of Sales for Condeco, which he joined via the acquisition of myVRM, where he served as President.

As the Chief Technology Officer, Bin is responsible for delivering a competitive advantage in the industry by identifying the most advanced video communications technology and translating it into solutions that provide the most value for Yorktel customers. His primary focus is the creation of a multiyear technology roadmap based upon current and future vendor product development plans. Bin has over 20 years’ experience in video conferencing, rich media, unified communication solutions, and internetworking. Before joining Yorktel, he held various management positions involving development of PBX, wireless systems, Optic Local Loop, and HDSL/ADSL.

Dr. Joe-E Hu received his MS and a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Wayne State University, MI. Before attending Wayne State, Dr. Hu received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Chung-Yuan Christian University, Taiwan. Since 2005, when he joined Yorktel as Director of Information Services, Dr. Hu has continued his impressive track record in his leadership of the Information Technologies (IT) and Information Management (IM) groups. In 2007, Dr. Hu was promoted to Chief Information Officer. His design and implementation of the next generation of core enterprise applications and portals provides the backbone of the Company’s everyday operations as well as expanding our reach to provide secure and reliable Web-access support to our customers.

Judi is responsible for the day-to-day management of all aspects of Yorktel finance including strategic planning, accounting, forecasting, and budget management. Judi supports the President in developing and managing the operating budget, oversees coordination of all fiscal reporting activities for the organization and reports to the CEO and Board of Directors particularly in relation to securing new funding.

Karen joined York Telecom in 1997, to lead the finance team and has since held various management positions including the position of Senior Vice President of Corporate Services, which she held for 4 years and also the Executive Vice President of Operations, before accepting the role of Executive Vice President, Business Management. Karen is responsible for the timeliness and accuracy of Yorktel’s reporting. Her data knowledge and overall understanding of the company enables her to lead a team of professionals to manage the creation and publishing of Yorktel’s business intelligence throughout the segments of the organization. Her contributions have created a visibility and stronger understanding of trends and results within Yorktel.

As Executive Vice President of Operations. Frankie is responsible for overseeing the design, specification, development, delivery, support and management of integrated multi-media presentation, video conference, digital media and IT network infrastructure systems, Cloud Services and programming solutions.

Frankie has worked in the Integrated AV field for over 20 years and joined Yorktel in June, 2004 as Director of Design Engineering and Programming. His broad range of experience in the industry combined with his Software Development skills have enabled Yorktel to develop engineering standards and specialized software applications. He currently holds infoComm CTS, AV Control System and Network certifications, and is also part of the technical advisory council for various manufacturers.

Kelly McDermott leads Yorktel’s global marketing efforts. She is an accomplished marketing executive with deep expertise in strategic planning, global marketing, lead generation, public relations, investor relations, customer retention, and sales operations. Much of her career has been spent in leadership positions with fast growth companies in the technology sector, including voice, video and data communications, software, security, cloud computing and systems integration.

Roger joined Yorktel in 1997 serving as Contracting Officer and has been the Senior Vice President of Global Contracts since 2014. He is responsible for the oversight and management of all Public and Private sector agreements, all contract reporting and overall compliance. Roger has over 30 years’ experience in Information Technology Acquisition having worked previously in Contracting for the US Army and other Department of Defense companies prior to Yorktel. He possesses a Bachelors Degree in Accounting from the University of Scranton and an MBA in Finance from Monmouth University.

Roger has over 40 years of senior experience in the IT industry, within some of its leading organisations. Prior to his appointment as Managing Director for the Yorktel EMEA business, he spent 7 years as Chairman of Yorktel’s European Advisory Board. He has also been Managing Director of Wang Laboratories, Olivetti Services and Getronics NV. Also European Business Development Director of Wang Laboratories, Head of Financial Services at Unisys and Head of Banking and Finance for Honeywell Information Systems. Roger has also served as a Non Executive Director on many Boards and acted in an advisory capacity within those appointments.

As Senior Vice President of Global Customer Success, Mike leads a broad array of Yorktel experts in the Global and VNOC Support realm. Mike’s teams include members of Managed Services, Technical Support, Strategic Staffing, Customer Success Managers, Program Managers, and Data Quality Assurance.

Mike’s primary goal is to enhance Yorktel customers’ business by driving continuous improvement throughout their Unified Communications environments. Mike’s teams provide customers with outstanding levels of support to ensure their successful communications and collaboration.

Mike has over 35 years of experience in Operations and Business Management and more than 13 years with Yorktel. During this time, he has cultivated a keen and well-balanced understanding of the Yorktel culture and processes, interacting with customers, manufacturers, and resellers.

Prior to his current role, Mike served as Yorktel’s Senior Vice President of Program Management, Customer Success Management, and Staffing. As such, he supported Yorktel’s largest customers, working with them at both strategic and tactical levels to ensure complete customer satisfaction.

Mike's previous roles at Yorktel include Program Manager on-site at a global BioPharma company, where he oversaw every facet of customer engagement, and also Director of Customer Support.

Before joining Yorktel, Mike held leadership positions at Quintum Technologies, Inc., View Tech, Inc., Teleos/Madge Networks, Inc., and AIG International.

In his position as Yorktel’s Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales, Paul is responsible for partnering with the executive team to execute the company’s mission and vision – to empower Yorktel’s customers with the innovative and unique solutions that will drive their strategic business objectives.

Paul manages Yorktel’s entire global sales organization, working with key vendor partners to leverage Yorktel’s innovative approach to solutions and service development. He leads an agile and forward-thinking global sales force with a desire to create meaningful change that fuels customer success.

Jeremy has spent his entire 25 year career in technology from both a business leadership and engineering perspective. As founder, investor and CEO of multiple tech start-ups, Jeremy has diverse, cross-discipline experience in Collaboration Technologies, IT, AV, IoT and Software Development. Reporting to the President, Jeremy leads the Microsoft Practice and also co-chairs the Office of Innovation where he contributes to the development of the company’s products, services, business development and sales strategies.