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President
Les Oldham, President,
founded Tel-IS, as it is known today, in 1985 as a
business unit of Innovative Computing Corporation, which
later became a subsidiary of Westinghouse. The roots of
the Tel-IS mission can be found in Les Oldham's prior
thirteen year career in the management of a nationwide
trucking company. As Executive Vice President, improving
business processes in an effort to improve productivity
and enhance communications was always priority number
one. Advances in communication technology lead to the
opportunity for Mr. Oldham to form a company to use
communication technology as a tool to improve
productivity and enhance communications for trucking
companies all over the country. Today, twenty years
later, Tel-IS has clients in all industries utilizing
their solutions, products and services in an effort to
improve productivity and enhance communications.
Mr. Oldham, a graduate of Hardin Simmons
University in Abilene, Texas, has served the Abilene
community over the years in various ways, such as
serving on the Board of Directors of the Abilene
Philharmonic Association during the early eighties and
as its President during the 1985/1986 board year. Les
Oldham's hobbies include golf, hunting, farming and
ranching.
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Executive Vice
President & Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Springer recently
joined Tel-IS as Executive Vice President & Chief
Financial Officer after a long career in public
accounting. Tommy has consistently been involved with
Mr. Oldham in an advisory capacity for 20+ years. After
leaving his private CPA practice of 600 clients served
during 12 years, Mr. Springer was involved in the
healthcare industry as a consultant for Texas
physicians. His company, Physician Management Services,
Inc. owned and operated physical therapy rehabilitation
centers in Dallas, Ft. Worth, Waco & San Antonio.
Founded in August 1994, the centers were sold during the
last 2 years and Tommy has accepted the challenge of a
“new” profession. Specifically, the business
communication area, has captured his attention and we
are confident he will bring a fresh perspective to
helping other CFO’s understand the need for improved
communications for staff, customers, or colleagues. Mr.
Springer has a BBA in accounting from Hardin Simmons
University, as well as, an MBA in accounting from the
University of North Texas. He is also a licensed
Certified Public Accountant, member of the Texas Society
of CPA’s, & a member of the American Institute of
CPA’s.
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Director of Field
Engineering
Mr. Means currently
serves Tel-IS in the capacity of Director of Field
Engineering. Ken is considered one of the Industry’s
true pioneers when it comes to messaging & business
communications. With over 25 years of telephony
experience, coupled with messaging applications, he has
become a wealth of solutions which has become a must in
today’s ever changing environment. Ken’s list of honors
and achievements ranges from PBX installation, message
and network server design, and many certifications of
maintaining a vast amount of equipment. His specific
knowledge as it relates to the past, present, &
future business communication needs allow him to
thoroughly understand the paradigm shift as well as
anyone in the country. Tel-IS is very proud to have this
Octel pioneer on our team.
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Director of
Customer Service & Support
Mr. St. Clair proudly
serves as Director of Customer Service & Support.
Robert has well over 25 years of experience in this most
important area and Tel-IS feels very fortunate to have
had his expertise since our inception. Tel-IS has long
had a customer appreciation rarely matched by industry
standards. As one of Avaya’s top Business Partners,
Robert has continued to place Tel-IS in the top 97% of
independent customer satisfaction. These capabilities
come from his background of dealing with a very
demanding industry which included moving America’s
trucking system. Robert was very instrumental in design,
installation, and training the Interactive Voice
Response software to help with the Octel aria messaging
platform. Robert continues his quest of certifications
and training to better serve our customers. ( ACA, ACS
and MCP certified) His customer-first attitude continues
to help Tel-IS become the standard for other companies
to emulate.
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Jack Underwood is the newest member of the Tel-IS staff. Mr. Underwood is quite an accomplished academician, having received his Bachelors of Business Administration from the University of Houston in May 2005. Initially pursuing a career in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Jack decided this was not enough. He chose to reposition himself with a dual degree in Finance and Accounting as well. He graduated with the highest of honors by finishing at the top of his class! This achievement earned him the prestigious Summa Cum Laude status for his years of hard work and therefore, he is one of a select group. Jack also received recognition from several honor societies, including Beta Sigma Gamma Honor Society and the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. Currently, Mr. Underwood is in process of receiving more awards and certifications in the field of business communications. Well on his way to completing his Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer or MCSE, he has complemented it by finishing up the ACS certification from Avaya. We feel very lucky to have found Mr. Underwood and look forward to observing his professional growth.
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