Management Team

Michael B. Lee, Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Lee has 20 years of experience in the communications and enterprise software industries, both as a leader of early stage companies and as an executive in multi-billion dollar corporations. He has held a number of senior management positions with AT&T, Inc., including President of Cellular One, now AT&T in Boston, and played integral roles on executive teams that successfully completed more than $1.5 billion in acquisitions as well as carrying out initial and secondary public offerings.

Mr. Lee was co-founder and President of Universent, Inc., an international enterprise software company providing business infrastructure solutions to the communications industry. Most recently, he held the position of Chief Operating Officer of SK USA, the U.S. headquarters of the $70 billion SK Group and owner of SK Telecom. Early in his career, he founded a company that was one of the nation's first to commercially deploy a hosted software solution that automated credit card and check authorization services; this successful start-up was subsequently acquired by an international funds transfer company.

Pól Sweeney, Chief Technology Officer

Mr. Sweeney brings 15 years of experience in the field service and workforce scheduling software industry to AirVersent. As Chief Technology Officer, he is responsible for overall product and technology strategy, product management, and product development.

Mr. Sweeney’s previous experience includes serving as the Chief Architect for British Telecom’s (BT) Workforce Management and Scheduling project during the 1990s. He became General Manager of BT’s Work Management Development Unit, where his vision surrounding the significant market opportunity for the technology led him to develop the business plan for BT Brightstar’s (BT’s incubation unit) investment that initiated the creation of a.p.solve, a moniker for advanced planning and scheduling solutions. With a.p.solve as part of Brightstar, Mr. Sweeney led revenue generation, productizing of the technology, and the development of the original a.p.solve management team. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering from University College, Dublin, where he graduated with honors.

Thomas J. Monteleone, Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Monteleone has more than 15 years of experience in all aspects of finance, accounting and corporate operations and has held senior level finance positions within privately held emerging organizations as well as public multi-billion dollar corporations. Before joining AirVersent, he was the Chief Financial Officer for venture-backed CoreStar Financial Group where he lead annual revenue growth of more than 75%.

Mr. Monteleone has held senior level finance positions including Sr. Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Corporate Controller for AscendOne Corporation, a $100 million privately held technology and services organization, and Director of Finance and Manager of Acquisition and Corporate Development for Integrated Health Services, a publically traded, national healthcare services provider with annual revenues in excess of $3 billion. He is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and a Master of Business Administration with a Finance concentration from Loyola College.

Lindsay Kennedy, Managing Director - Europe

Mr. Kennedy is a Founder of AirVersent Ltd in the UK and has amassed more than 15 years experience in European wireless and mobile industries. Previously, Mr. Kennedy was with Comshare, Inc., a provider of Business Intelligence Software, where he worked for more than 10 years and progressed to the role of Channel Sales Director, serving in both the United States and Europe. He received a Bachelor of Commerce (BC) degree from the University of Birmingham, England, and an MBA from Manchester Business School.

James Wee, Senior Vice President, Business Development and Sales

Mr. Wee heads up AirVersent’s business development and sales organization. He brings more than 16 years of business development and executive management experience in the mobile and software industries. Before joining AirVersent, he was Co-founder and President of SkyZone Mobile, the U.S.-based mobile applications development business and an affiliate company of the SK Group, a $70 billion a year diversified conglomerate based in South Korea. At SkyZone, he was responsible of corporate strategy and management, including marketing, sales, operations, administration, and M&A.

Previously, Mr. Wee was Vice President at SK USA, Inc., the U.S. headquarters of the SK Group, where he led several SK Group Affiliate business and corporate development initiatives in the mobile software and digital media industries. In addition, he has held key management roles at Southwestern Bell/Metromedia, SkyTel Communications, and TenFold Corporation.

Greg Solak, Vice President, Network Services

Mr. Solak currently heads up AirVersent’s US-based network operations, including all customer-facing and internal IT Infrastructure and Support groups, Solutions Engineering, Corporate Business Systems, Software Support, Program Management, and Fulfillment. He is responsible for all aspects of service delivery, as well as setting AirVersent's overall IT direction to meet the business needs. Before joining AirVersent, he was responsible for leading the Network Operations and Software Support organizations for the Enterprise Mobility Solutions Division of TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. a business unit created through acquisition of Aether Systems, Inc.’s Enterprise Mobility Solutions group.

Mr. Solak has more than 16 years of professional experience within Information Technology and Operations and more than 10 years experience within the wireless data industry. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering Technology from Penn State University.

Bob Bialozynski, Senior Director of Engineering

Mr. Bialozynski s responsible for developing and implementing technical strategy surrounding the 20/20 Delivery products, and has more than 14 years of product engineering and software development experience which includes wireless client-server architectures and real-time systems. He has served a variety of technical roles in both enterprise and startup companies before joining AirVersent, Inc., most recently being Senior Director of Engineering for the Enterprise Division of TeleCommunication Systems.

Before TeleCommunication Systems’ acquisition of Aether Systems, Inc.’s Enterprise Mobility Solutions Division, Mr. Bialozynski held numerous lead engineering roles for various Aether software products. Additionally, he worked for Booz, Allen and Hamilton, where he developed real-time software for modeling and simulation enhancement applications. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Loyola College in Maryland and a Master of Science in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University.

Gerry Currie, Technical Director - Europe

Mr. Currie is also a Founder of AirVersent Ltd and is an established leader with more than 13 years experience in mobile and wireless data applications and infrastructure. He is responsible for the technical operations area within AirVersent UK.

Before AirVersent, he worked for Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance, a major UK insurance company, for more than 20 years, working in most areas of IT, including Computer Operations, Customer Support, and Program and Systems Development, and in a senior role within the telecommunications and networking area with responsibility for major projects, including the introduction of distributed processing and local area networks throughout the head office and branch infrastructure, along with remote connection facilities for insurance agents and other mobile workers.

Ian Clarke, Marketing Director

Mr. Clarke has over 25 years experience in the IT and telecommunications sectors having held senior marketing, technical and management roles with a variety of telecommunications, networking, and computer companies, mostly in international and multi-region business environments. With AirVersent, he is responsible for the company's marketing strategy and activities.

He has held numerous head of marketing roles, where he was responsible for directing the whole marketing mix covering strategy, marketing communications, channel marketing and product marketing. Prior to AirVersent, he was Marketing Director for Red-M, a leading UK provider of wireless infrastructure systems. With an MBA from Henley Management College and a BEng (Hons) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Ian is also a Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (MCIM), a Member of the Institution of Engineering & Technology (MIET), and a Chartered Electrical Engineer (CEng).

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