WiTopia, Inc.

Steve has almost 30 years of experience in internet, network security, and systems engineering. Steve began his career as a Network Engineer for Telos, where he spent time as a system administrator of Mac, Windows & Unix systems as well as gaining experience with Cisco routers, local and wide area networking, and where he first experienced the “Internet." Steve then joined internet startup UUNET Technologies (Now, Verizon Business), the world's first commercial internet provider, as a Sales Engineer. Over the next few years, Steve built and scaled the Sales Engineering team from 3 to about 150 headcount, globally, and oversaw the support and solutions design for sales revenue growth from 7M to over 6 Billion USD. He was then chosen to lead the Internet and Systems Engineering team (250 headcount) where he had responsibility for the integration and day-to-day operation of UUNET's authentication network which supported 25 million customer sessions a day and 3 Billion USD in annual revenue at its peak. Steve was then selected as a direct report to the CEO to help rebuild the company's struggling Web Hosting business. He managed development of the network architecture for UUNET/MCI's suite of hosting products worldwide supporting exponential revenue growth with his expertise in repeatable and scalable solutions. He then co-founded Full Mesh Networks, Inc in 2003. Originally focused on cloud-based WiFi Security solutions, the name was changed to WiTopia, Inc. and was an original innovator of the "personal" VPN and, now, "encrypted email for everyone" with their new SecureMyEmail service. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Houghton College.

Bill has 28 years of experience in telecom, internet, and network security. He began his career as an Account Executive for AT&T and then, figuring the internet sounded like a promising concept, gave up his suits for jeans to work in Sales for a startup that became the first commercial internet provider. It was a good decision as UUNET (Now Verizon Business), grew to carry approximately 50% of the world's internet traffic. Within 3 years of starting, he was promoted to VP level where he built and led the core sales team responsible for sales of Internet access and network security solutions to all Commercial, Wholesale Carrier/ISPs, and the Federal and State Governments across a 10 state region, including Washington, DC. In this role, he also built specialized teams selling Web Hosting, Security Solutions, VAR/Reseller Programs, as well as managed field offices primarily focused on IP VPN and Complex Corporate Dial Solutions. Next, in a role reporting directly to the CEO, Bill was challenged to rebuild and lead the Sales effort for UUNET's Web Hosting Division, which required significant adjustments to staff, processes, and procedures, as well as new business development - including recommendation of acquisitions and partners to enhance UUNET's managed hosting product suite. He led the core team in the organic growth of overall hosting revenue from $50 million annually to over $240 million before joining NTT/Verio as VP of Broadband Sales, where he led Sales, Sales Engineering, and Account Management. Growing weary of the corporate world, he then co-founded Full Mesh Networks, Inc in 2003. Originally focused on cloud-based WiFi Security solutions, the name was changed to WiTopia, Inc. and was an original innovator of the "personal" VPN and, now, "encrypted email for everyone" with their new SecureMyEmail service. He holds a B.A. from Clemson University in Political Science/English.