Smoothstone Leadership
Paul E. Borgman, Chief Executive Officer
Paul is a co–founder of Smoothstone and has served as the company´s
Chief Executive Officer since its foundation in 2000. Prior to
Smoothstone, Paul founded and operated several high growth companies
including ViperLink, the first high–speed wireless Internet access
provider in the United States. Paul has a vast range of executive level
experience in leading the marketing, sales, operations and strategic
functions in companies moving from start-up through maturity and has
also served as Vice President of the asset–based lending and leveraged
buyout group for a leading regional bank. Paul attended the University
of Kentucky, received a BS in Economics from the University of
Louisville and an MBA from Bellarmine University.
Jeff M. Wellemeyer, Chairman & President
Jeff is a co–founder of Smoothstone and led the development of the
company´s platform for delivering centralized, hosted communication
services and on–demand applications. Prior to Smoothstone, Jeff founded
several companies and launched numerous technical products into the
marketplace. In 1991, he created TeleVoice — the first solid state
residential voicemail system. In 1993, he created a product for the
casino industry that kept track of house banks by using a series of
laser and reflective sensing devices. In 1994, he developed VirtualPAY,
the Internet´s first billing and payment lockbox and then sold it to
National Processing Company (NYSE: NAP) in 1996. Jeff co–founded
ViperLink in 1997, enabling the delivery of the first high–speed
wireless Internet access in the United States. In 1999, ViperLink was
sold to Paul Allen backed Darwin Networks, where he served as CTO.
Shelly Godfrey, Chief Operations Officer
Shelly is one of Smoothstone´s founding members and has led the
implementation of Smoothstone´s services and the development of the
company´s operational support systems. Shelly began her career
implementing a national sales force automation system for the merchant
card and transaction processing division of National City Bank. In
1996, as VP of Emerging Technologies for National Processing Company
(NYSE: NAP), Shelly worked to develop the VirtualPAY System. In 1999,
Shelly joined Darwin Networks, where she was responsible for the company´s
engineering group, including national backbone infrastructure
deployment, metropolitan wireless communications and network build out.
Jon Jorgl, Chief Development Officer
Jon brings extensive operating, sales and transactional experience to
his role at Smoothstone, where he is responsible for strategic
partnerships and corporate development. Prior to Smoothstone, Jon
served as EVP of Corporate Development at WestCom, the leading provider
of trader voice services to the global financial community, until the
company was sold to IPC Systems in 2007. Jon has extensive experience
in General Management, Sales and Operations with a career that has
included responsibility for the acquisition and integration of six
companies in the US, Europe and Asia. Jon also served as a SVP of Sales
with Global Crossing through its acquisition of IXnet, a global network
provider serving the financial community, which he helped take public
in 1999.
James Whitemore, Chief Marketing Officer
James brings a wealth of experience in marketing, sales and general
management to Smoothstone, where he is responsible for all aspects of
product management and corporate marketing. Prior to Smoothstone, James
was the Chief Marketing Officer at Savvis, a leading provider of IT
Infrastructure Services and Cloud based computing, network and security
services. James started his career in Europe, with Standard Telephones
and Cables (STC), and has held a variety of sales and marketing
positions in Europe, Asia and the US with Sun Microsystems, IBM and
StorageTek. James holds a B.A. (Hons) degree in Business from Newcastle
University in the UK.

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