From The Connectivity Industry. To Serve The Connectivity Industry.

Prior to founding Connectbase, Mr. Edmond served as the Chief Revenue Officer at Global Capacity, where he was responsible for all aspects of the company’s customer go-to-market strategy and execution. Mr. Edmond has 20 years of experience in the fiber, telecom and networking industries, encompassing broad expertise in the areas of executive leadership, strategy, customer experience, sales, marketing, and operations.

Prior to leading the Finance Team at Connectbase, Mr. Hazan served as the CFO at Invoke, ModoLabs, PeerApp (acquired by ESW Capital) and Enigma (acquired by PTC). Mr. Hazan has over 20 years of hands-on experience with software and services companies serving as a senior financial executive with experience in corporate finance and controllership, financial reporting, planning & analysis, operations, business development and M&A. Mr. Hazan led a $50M M&A activity for an enterprise software company and raised $80M+ equity from global Equity Funds, VC’s and financial institutions through several rounds of financing.

Prior to leading the Sales Team at Connectbase, Mr. Leavitt was the VP of Sales at Legendary Applied Analytics. While there, Mr. Leavitt was responsible for designing and executing their go-to-market strategy targeting net new market segments for the company. Mr. Leavitt has 20 years of diverse experience in SaaS sales serving in both Sales Leadership and General Management roles for both pre and post IPO companies. His prior experience also includes working for companies such as Connected Corporation, Imperva, Exact Software, Iron Mountain and HP.

Prior to joining Connectbase, Gilmore co-founded Network-as-a-Service provider PacketFabric more than eight years ago, and served as the company’s CCO. She has also held a variety of leadership roles with organizations such as GTT, IX Reach (now part of PCCW Console Connect) and NANOG, and has become a sought-after speaker in the industry.

Senior HR Executive with over 20 years’ experience partnering with CEOs, Leadership teams, and VCs in emerging technology companies and mid-sized organizations at the inflection point of growth. Experienced across a wide range of HR areas including Executive Coaching, Talent Acquisition and Employee Experience programs with a specific focus on creating and implementing programs to scale quickly and effectively. Deep expertise in creating global initiatives as well as integration responsibilities during multiple M&A events.

Prior to Connectbase, Tom spent over 15 years as a strategic leader in the IT space, with global business and technology experience in 5 industries. He has deep experience in service delivery implementation, management of technology products and services, process improvement, and customer operations. His tenure at Connectbase will continue to tap into his past success at creating, implementing, and evolving the strategies need to improve efficiency to reduce spend, increase value to customer, and align technology with business objectives.

Results-focused leader with diverse experience within the telecom industry. Demonstrated acumen in strategic planning, sales team development, leadership, business planning, product management, execution and market development.

As a Founder and General Partner at Pulse Ventures, Matt is involved in all aspects of the firm including sourcing, researching, negotiating and leading investments in early stage technology businesses. Matt works closely with a handful of companies where he is an active board member and adviser to the senior management team.

Sean is Principal at Osage Venture Partners. He received his MBA after spending five years at Monitor Group where he focused on integrating marketing strategy and organizational design. He has enabled Fortune 500 multinational companies to achieve sustainable growth, primarily in the consumer-packaged goods and life sciences industries.

Mr. Shutt’s leadership career spans more than two decades in strategic leadership positions having held the roles of Executive Officer, President and Board member of several high profile and fast-growing technology companies in the telecommunications and technology industries in both public and privately held companies.

Michael Coleman is a Director at Wafra, focusing on real assets and infrastructure investments.

Previously, Mr. Coleman was an Associate at American Infrastructure Funds where he focused on real asset private equity investments. Mr. Coleman began his career as an Analyst in the Energy& Power Investment Banking Group at Wells Fargo Securities.

Mr. Coleman earned a BA in Economics from Yale University.

Mr. Roberts is a founding member of venture capital fund Harbert Growth Partners, providing growth capital to emerging entrepreneurial leaders for the last nineteen years. He has spent the last 30 years as a principal in creating and investing in new businesses and as an advisor to entrepreneurs and corporate executives on operating growth, financing and exit strategies.

Tony Rossabi is an IT industry executive and board member active in advisory, networking, and industry speaking. Tony is co-founder of OCOLO, LLC, a dynamic marketplace for the sale of colocation products and services. Tony most recently was CEO of Recovery Point Systems Group Holding Company, a leader in Disaster Recovery services. Prior positions include Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer of TierPoint, Managing Director for Digital Realty Trust’s colocation and connectivity business unit (Telx, LLC), and Senior Vice President of Global Carrier Solutions at TATA Communications. A talented and seasoned executive, Rossabi brings over twenty years of experience with technology, communications, and data center infrastructure firms in the functional areas of sales, marketing, operations, and strategic planning.

A Global Technology Leader with a core finance background that has been leveraged to drive significant revenue growth and cost efficiencies. Successfully leads large organizations including; global sales, finance, procurement, and product management/marketing. Aptitude to assess and drive strategic investments that maximize the firms economic value and drive revenue growth.

Executive sales leader who creates results through his experience in executing successful sales strategies; and driving sustainable long-term results. His ability to resolve and simplify complex problems has allowed him to expand the growth of productive organizations. A high energy individual committed to elevating the brand reputation of talented sales organizations and corporations.

Top performing executive telecom leader with over two decades of industry experience. Mr. Ortega has been credited with driving sales revenues in excess of several hundred million dollars each year. As a former CRO he has a thorough comprehension of strategic wholesale capital markets, as well as the requisites of successful marketing, brand and sales enablement teams.

A strategically focused senior telecom executive with over thirty years of experience building and leading successful teams in sales, marketing and operations. A broad comprehension of the ever-changing landscape of telecommunications and the ability to lead through it. Exposure on the customer side lending insight into end user priorities.

John Nolan leads a team of over 600 professionals in more than 40+ countries responsible for AT&T’s voice, data, and performance relationships with other telecommunications providers in support of AT&T’s wireless and wireline business objectives around the world. He was named into position in 2020 after successfully transforming AT&T’s domestic Access Management spend and supplier ecosystem.

A driven leader with a passion for directing growth stage businesses. Strategic thinker with diverse experience in all phases of the telecommunication industry. Proven track record of delivering strong consistent revenue growth. Steve has been a Public Company CEO, has led several start-ups to profitable exits and was a senior executive at Charter Communications responsible for the launch and early-stage growth of their Business Service division. Stephen has also raised millions of dollars in early and mid-stage funding, provided M&A advisory services and has overseen several mergers & acquisitions.