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Alan Sparks
President
With a combined 15 years of experience in telecommunications, including engineering and operations management, sales and marketing, Alan Sparks is responsible for supporting the TeleSys staff and assisting in setting the strategic direction of the company. He also is the managing partner for Gemma Companies; a Scottsdale-based firm specialized in investor due diligence, financial analysis, and valuation. Gemma owns TeleSys Communications where Alan serves as Director.
Having begun his career in sales for Cablevision Systems in Long Island, New York, Alan later became the firm’s director of engineering before accepting a position as vice president of operations for Cox Communications. He brings expertise in fiber optic networks, point-to-point microwave, and satellite communication systems. As Gemma’s founding partner, he has performed consulting assignments for Sun Microsystems, Amazon, Deutsche Bank, Equant - U.S., and numerous smaller companies.
Alan graduated from Arizona State University with a degree in Business Administration, and earned his M.B.A. in 1999 from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. He has taken post-graduate courses on corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. He currently serves on the Dean’s Council at Arizona State University’s College of Extended Education and is past president of the Board of Directors of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central and Southern Arizona.
Susan Barfoot
Vice President, General Manager
Susan Barfoot started her career over 25 years ago with Mountain Bell Telephone Company, the predecessor to US WEST. At Mountain Bell, she worked in customer support and engineering positions, including account assignment, field support, trunking, technical writing, and inside the switching control center. While with US WEST, Susan was ranked as a 5ESS switch engineer and earned the rigorous TEC-44 certificate, enabling her to design highly complex customer applications.
Susan joined TeleSys Communications in 2003. She provides full customer support, working carefully to specify the technical attributes needed to optimize each circuit to unique customer applications. Responsible for all aspects of a customer circuit once an order has been received, Susan’s daily focus is on customer service and account accuracy.
TeleSys customers love Susan. She is always pleasant to deal with, even when everyone calls at the same time. Susan likes to scuba dive, and was recently honored as Volunteer of the Year at the Child Crisis Center.
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