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RANDI MAYES
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR randi@iltanet.org
CRISTIN GAFFNEY
ACCOUNTING ADMINISTRATOR cristin@iltanet.org
GRACE PALMA
CONCIERGE - MEMBER SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR grace@iltanet.org
Programming and Vendor Relations
PEGGY WECHSLER
PROGRAM DIRECTOR peggy@iltanet.org
DEB HIMSEL
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TJ JOHNSON
PROGRAM MANAGER - CONFERENCES tj@iltanet.org
GAYNOR SENYSZYN
CONFERENCE COORDINATOR gaynor@iltanet.org
JUDY COUVILLION
REGIONAL COORDINATOR judy@iltanet.org
KEN HANSEN
VENDOR COORDINATOR ken@iltanet.org
EVA LEOS
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT eva@iltanet.org
IT and Online Services
CLAY GIBNEY IT DIRECTOR clay@iltanet.org
JEANNE MARTINEZ
ONLINE SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR jeanne@iltanet.org
Publications RANDI MAYES
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF randi@iltanet.org
KRISTY COLE
COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST kristy@iltanet.org
ANGELA ROARK
MARKETING DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST angela@iltanet.org
KENDALL LAZORCHAK
CREATIVE DESIGN SPECIALIST kendall@iltanet.org
Randi Mayes Executive Director Peer to Peer the quarterly magazine of ILTA 9
constant connectivity, immense bandwidth and easy mobility. With the convergence of communications technologies, the emergence of tools
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that address both business and entertainment needs, the benefits and drawbacks of explosive social media and a very device-savvy (and hungry) population, the telecom guru at your firm has to move at the speed of sound. I applaud ILTA’s Communications Technologies Peer Group Steering Committee who stepped up to the plate with ideas, experts, authors and content galore; and you’ll find information inside that spans the vast telecom spectrum. I salute our many contributors for allowing us to tell the telecom tale in our magazine.
I want to put a ding in the universe. –– Steve Jobs
from the director
y career as a communications technologist reached its high point when my firm’s 2400-baud modem made its squawking debut three decades ago. I’ve been comfortably resting on my laurels (and my move to the management side of the house) since those days, and I’m ever so thankful that others support my increasing demands for