New Chief Revenue Officer and Head of People
will help propel Wavelo's global growth
TORONTO, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Today
Wavelo, a disruptive telecom software provider and a division
of Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX) (TSX: TC), proudly announced that it has
added two seasoned executives to the company's leadership team:
Michael Koenig as Chief Revenue
Officer (CRO) and Karaka Leslie as
Head of People.
With decades of combined experience in their respective fields,
Michael and Karaka are vital additions to the Wavelo team and will
be critical in helping propel the company's global growth.
"Wavelo is on a mission to revolutionize a historically rigid
industry. We provide flexible software to help telecom operators
maximize value from their existing networks, which ultimately
provides their customers with a better experience," said
Justin Reilly, Chief Executive
Officer of Wavelo. "This is a titanic industry to tackle and we
need the best and brightest working on our team. That's exactly who
Michael and Karaka are. We dream big and so do they. With years of
extensive, proven experience between them, we are incredibly
fortunate to have them on our team and are confident and excited
about the work that they will do."
Wavelo launched in early 2022, driven by its partnerships with
DISH Wireless and Ting Internet. To support the company's ambitious
plans for growth, Michael and Karaka will bring their own unique
and valued experience to the leadership team:
- Michael Koenig, Chief
Revenue Officer: Michael is a highly accomplished and
diversified technology leader with over 15 years of software as a
service (SaaS) experience and a broader focus on building
high-performing, disruptive software solutions. In his early
career, Michael helped build Automattic—the company responsible for
creating dozens of beloved platforms, such as WordPress. He has
also held roles as the Chief Operating Officer at both Sweet and
Time Doctor. In his new position, Michael will lead Wavelo's
revenue management practice, touching on operations, sales and
corporate development.
- Karaka Leslie, Head of
People: Karaka is a highly respected leader, bringing over 15
years of progressive strategic people and human capital management
experience to this position. She comes to Wavelo after two years as
the Head of Strategic Initiatives at Tucows, where she leveraged
employee feedback and market research to spearhead a variety of new
people programs that made tangible impacts on company culture. In
her new role, Karaka will oversee Wavelo's people division,
introducing world-class practices that will enable teams to do
their best work while scaling alongside the company as it
grows.
The Wavelo executive team also includes: Hanno Liem, Chief Technology Officer (CTO);
Tom McGillivray, Vice-President of
Customer Experience (CX); Justin
Reilly, Chief Executive Officer (CEO); and Neil Shah, Chief Product Officer (CPO).
To learn more about Wavelo, the company's mission or its
flexible software solutions, please visit wavelo.com.
About Wavelo
Wavelo, a division of Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX, TSX: TC), is a
modern, cloud-based platform designed to radically simplify OSS/BSS
technology management and improve internet access worldwide.
Serving communication service providers globally, Wavelo offers a
suite of flexible software to enable mobile and internet access,
provisioning, billing, subscriptions, and more. Connecting
disparate business and operational systems and seamlessly
integrating into operators' existing infrastructure, Wavelo enables
operators to keep pace with network innovation and focus on
providing a superior customer experience. Learn more at
wavelo.com.
About Tucows
Tucows helps connect more people to the benefit of internet
access through communications service technology, domain services,
and fiber-optic internet infrastructure.
Ting (https://ting.com/internet) delivers fixed fiber Internet
access with outstanding customer support. Wavelo
(http://wavelo.com) is a telecommunications software suite for
service providers that simplifies the management of mobile and
internet network access, provisioning, billing and subscription,
developer tools, and more. OpenSRS (https://opensrs.com), Enom
(https://www.enom.com) and Ascio (https://ascio.com) combined
manage approximately 25 million domain names and millions of
value-added services through a global reseller network of over
35,000 web hosts and ISPs. Hover (https://hover.com) makes it easy
for individuals and small businesses to manage their domain names
and email addresses. More information can be found on Tucows'
corporate website (https://tucows.com).
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SOURCE Tucows Inc.