Smoothstone Leadership

Smoothstone operates as a subsidiary of West Corporation. Together we will continue to lead the migration of enterprise-class organizations toward cloud-based unified communications.

Jeff M. Wellemeyer, Executive Vice 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 the company´s engineering group, including national backbone infrastructure deployment, metropolitan wireless communications and network build out.

James Whitemore, Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing

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 U.K.

Brad Estes, Vice President of Finance

Brad is the VP of Finance and has been with Smoothstone since 2007. He leads the finance and accounting functions, including financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, audit and tax compliance, and legal affairs. Brad played a key role in the acquisition of Smoothstone by West Corporation, including the due diligence, closing, and integration of the two entities. Prior to Smoothstone, Brad worked for accounting firms Crowe Howarth and PricewaterhouseCoopers where he performed financial and IT auditing and consulting with clients including Humana, Brown Forman, E.On, Churchill Downs, Genlyte Group, Sun Capital and HIG Capital. Brad holds a B.S. in Accounting from Marshall University and an M.B.A. from the University of Louisville.