Management
Craig Jerabeck
President and CEO
Mr. Jerabeck has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of 5LINX® since December of 2000. Prior to joining 5LINX®, in March 2001, Mr. Jerabeck founded @Wireless Enterprises Inc., a 78 unit franchisor of retail wireless stores which achieved annual revenues of $38 million. Prior to @Wireless, he founded and served as President of Cellular Unlimited Corporation which built and operated 23 retail stores in New York and Massachusetts. Cellular Unlimited was sold in December 1997 to Let’s Talk Cellular & Wireless. Prior to Cellular Unlimited, Mr. Jerabeck was employed by Cellular One as the General Manager for the Rochester, NY MSA. Mr. Jerabeck spent eight years with AT&T in sales and sales management and attained the position of Regional District Manager for Buffalo, Rochester, and Eastern Canada.
David Shaffer
Chief Operations Officer
Mr. Shaffer brings 15 years of telecommunications experience and five years of sales support to his position which has responsibility for Customer Care, Engineering, Network Operations, Provisioning, Billing, and Warehouse Operations. While previously employed at Global Crossing, David was the Director of Product Management and formerly Director of Operations for complex account implementation and provisioning. Immediately prior to joining 5LINX® in July 2007, Mr. Shaffer held the position of Senior Director Sales Operations for CooperVision, a global manufacturer of contact lenses. In this role he directed the efforts of the call center, sales compensation, and the customer records system. Working through the integrations of mergers and acquisitions at both Global Crossing and CooperVision provided invaluable experience in managing change and building organizations.
Mike Machonkin
Vice President of Sales and Marketing for GLOBALINX®
Mr. Machonkin has spent the last 13+ years of his career in the telecommunications industry having held various sales and leadership roles. Mr. Machonkin has lead teams across various sales channels and functional areas making his background ideal for 5LINX®. More recently, Mr. Machonkin lead the sales and operations organizations for @Wireless, a 78 unit retail franchise. Mr. Machonkin’s efforts were integral in building that organization into a $38 million company three short years later. After a brief stint at Choice One in their Carrier Organization, Mr. Machonkin was able to re-unite with President and CEO Craig Jerabeck, joining 5LINX® in November of 2005 as their 13th employee. Mr. Machonkin was hired as the General Manager of GLOBALINX® and spearheaded the development and launch of their VoIP platform. Mr. Machonkin holds the position of Vice President of Sales and Marketing for GLOBALINX® to continue focusing on the company’s sales growth, product development and marketing initiatives. Mr. Machonkin’s leadership has helped the company to be recognized three consecutive years by Inc. 500 magazine as one of the fastest growing privately held companies achieving revenue growth of over 800% over the last three years.
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