Ken Williams
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Mr. Williams is responsible for the overall strategic, technical, operational and financial success of Allied Telecom. His primary responsibilities involve strategic planning, the enhancement of internal and customer-facing technology systems and networks, and ensuring that the operational and financial resources at Allied are running in an efficient and effective manner.
Mr. William’s vision led Allied to be the first Internet Service Provider (ISP) in the Washington, DC region to deploy cutting-edge technology that delivers fiber-optic quality broadband Ethernet LAN services over existing copper wires. Under his leadership, Allied also expanded its services to include next-generation DWDM fiber-optic broadband services and business-class hosted VOIP telephone service.
Mr. Williams completed his studies in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Drexel University in 1983 and is currently pursuing an Executive MBA degree at the University of Maryland.
Chris Peabody
Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Peabody is responsible for the overall financial and operational success of Allied Telecom, including the delivery of corporate strategy and continuity of exceptional internal and external customer relationships. He directly manages the sales, marketing, operations, human capital, engineering and customer care teams.
Mr. Peabody has been in the network and telecommunications industry for over twenty-seven years, all of it in the Washington, DC area. His early career includes 15 years with Bell Atlantic (now Verizon) in a series of operational, sales engineering and technology sales roles. Then he spent six years at Georgetown University where he was their first Director of Network and Communication Services. More recently, he was a Deputy CTO with the DC Government, and Chief of Network and Communication Services with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) where he was responsible for building the next-generation voice, data and wireless network infrastructure and all associated programs and services.
Mr. Peabody holds a Bachelor of Arts in Geology from Furman University and numerous certifications in networking and telecommunications.
Debra A. Shaw
Controller
Ms. Shaw is responsible for the strategic and financial management of Allied Telecom. She directly manages the accounting and finance operations of Allied.
Prior to joining Allied, Ms. Shaw was the principle of her own finance and accounting consulting firm. A Certified Public Accountant since 1986, Ms. Shaw has more than 23 years of finance and accounting experience, including eight years of service in the Big 3 and National Public accounting arenas. Ms. Shaw has spent more than nine years working with a variety of technology and telecommunications companies in Silicon Valley.
Ms. Shaw is experienced in handling FCC 499 Regulatory filings, VOIP tax administration, FUSF contributions and E-rate Program compliance and administration.
Ms. Shaw holds a Bachelors of Science Degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Accounting, and a Minor in Information Systems from San Diego State University.
Walter C. Ames
Chief Network Architect and Chief Security Officer
Mr. Ames is responsible for the overall success of all engineering initiatives at Allied Telecom. He is responsible for ensuring that Allied’s core infrastructure and engineered products are developed, implemented and maintained with excellence.
Mr. Ames has been in the network and telecommunications industry for more than twenty years. He spent six years in the United States Army working in the Cryptologic/Cryptographic communications division. While serving at the Pentagon, he was responsible for integrating cryptographic technologies with emerging TCP/IP based networks. In the private sector, Mr. Ames worked for High-Tech International in a Project Management/Sr. Engineering role. In this position he developed a secure web-based application process in support of Federal Grant Payments, and designed and implemented the data networking security model to support the grants management process, which passed, without exception, the annual SAS-70 audit.
Mr. Ames holds a BS/EE with a minor in Computer Science, as well as various specific certificates in applied cryptography, security and other data networking disciplines.
Melanie Jameson
Director of Customer Relations
Mrs. Jameson is responsible for the overall success of Sales Operations and Customer Relations at Allied Telecom. Her primary responsibilities involve management of the daily sales operations team and customer relations, ensuring that all of Allied’s internal and external customer relationships are handled with excellence.
Mrs. Jameson has worked in the telecommunications industry for more than ten years. She spent four years with Birch Telecom, building the Texas market and developing the company’s sales operations policies and procedures. Her background also includes key positions at Cavalier Telephone where she served as the Business Care Manager for the Richmond Call Center where she was responsible for the inbound and outbound call center, all account retention efforts, data entry of all business orders, and all sales support activities.
Mrs. Jameson has completed several business communication courses and is a certified Salesforce Administrator.
Geri Sullivan
Regional VP of Sales
Ms. Sullivan is responsible for revenue growth in the Washington, DC region and ensuring that Allied’s customers always have an unparalleled service experience. She directly manages the Direct Sales and Customer Account teams.
Having led the engineering team in the development of Allied’s voice service offering, Ms. Sullivan also holds the position as the Product Line Manager (PLM) and works closely with the entire organization to ensure that Allied’s voice service is reliable, robust and secure.
Ms. Sullivan has over 22 years in the telecommunications industry, working in a variety of technical, sales and leadership roles. She began her career with Lexcom, and has held key roles with PageNet, Net2000, Docutech and Pingtone. Ms. Sullivan has received a variety of technology certifications throughout her career in the areas of IP Networking, IP Telephony, Nortel and Avaya PBX systems engineering, Carrier Ethernet, VPN and MPLS certifications.
Jeff Marcon
Director of Network Infrastructure
Mr. Marcon manages and directs the design and construction of communications facilities and build-outs associated with the Allied Telecom network.
Prior to joining Allied, he was the principle of his own consulting firm where he provided technical, procurement and project management advice for large-scale TCP/IP based networks, local exchange and VOIP network rollouts, and wire-line and non-wire line next generation deployments. Mr. Marcon retired from Verizon’s wholesale division where he was a senior technology consultant to tier-one carriers in the US. Prior to Verizon, Mr. Marcon was Director of Business Development for Ascend Communications/Lucent where he advised, developed, and deployed ISP and Competitive Local Exchange Carrier networks across the US and Canada.
Mr. Marcon holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Maryland College Park, and a Master’s of Science in Telecommunications Operations and Management from The George Washington University.
Ken WilliamsFounder and CEO
Chris PeabodyChief Operating Officer
Debra A. Shaw, CPAController
Walter AmesChief Network Architect Chief Security Officer
Melanie JamesonDirector of Customer Relations
Geri SullivanRegional VP of Sales
Jeff MarconDirector of Network Infrastructure
