THE LEADERSHIP BEHIND SAVANT INNOVATIONS
Robert P. Madonna
Chief Executive Officer
A business and technology pioneer, Mr. Madonna is the founder and current Chief Executive Officer of Savant Systems LLC. Robert's extensive and successful background in open, programmable, standards–based switching and processing systems is driving Savant to be a leader in the Audio/Video and intelligent Control Systems Industry.
Mr. Madonna founded Excel Switching Corporation in 1988 where he served as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President. With the onset of de–regulation in the Telecommunications Industry, Mr. Madonna saw the opportunity to introduce an open, programmable and standards–based technology that would enable rapid deployment of new applications and features. Using this innovative approach, Excel Switching quickly became the leading provider of open–programmable switches to some of the largest Telecomm companies around the world. In November of 1997, Mr. Madonna took Excel Switching Corporation public; two years later Lucent Technologies purchased Excel in 1999.
More than two decades later, Mr. Madonna is applying the same principles of open and programmable systems at Savant that drove Excel Switching to the forefront of Telecom.
Awards and Recognition
Mr. Madonna was the 1999 National Finalist of the prestigious Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Mr. Madonna is also a member of the University of Connecticut's Academy of Distinguished Engineers and Hall of Fame. In addition, Mr. Madonna holds more than a dozen engineering patents.
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James W. Carroll
General Manager, Residential Business
Jim Carroll has over 25 years of executive experience in systems integration and engineering and is currently the Founder and General Manager of Residential Business at Savant Systems LLC. Jim is responsible for leading sales, marketing, engineering, and operations for Savant.
Prior to Savant, Mr. Carroll held the position of President & Chief Executive Officer of AViX, Inc., a successful high–end Residential Audio/ Video Systems Contracting company. Before entering the AV control installation business, Jim was Executive Vice President & General Manager of the Open Networks System Switching Group at Lucent Technologies.
Preceding Lucent, Mr. Carroll held executive positions at Excel Switching Corporation including: Vice President & General Manager of the Softswitch strategic business unit, Vice President of Customer Engineering and Vice President of Engineering.
Mr. Carroll held various other management positions with Boston Technologies, Brite Voice, Voicetek, and Unitrode including supply chain management, process engineering and director of research and development.
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JC Murphy
General Manager, Commercial Business
John
(J.C.) Murphy, a leading telecommunications industry executive, brings
significant management experience at established and startup companies
to his position as General Manager Commercial Business at Savant
Systems.
Mr. Murphy joined Savant Systems from Cedarpoint
Communication, where he was Chief Executive Officer. CedarPoint
Communications, an innovative provider of VOIP solutions, doubled its
position in customer and subscriber deployments under Mr. Murphy's
leadership. Prior to Cedarpoint Mr. Murphy was at Cantata Technology,
where Mass High Tech named him New England Telecommunications Executive
of the Year in 2006 for his accomplishments as President.
From
1995-2000, Mr. Murphy held a variety of positions with Excel Switching,
including Vice President, Global Sales and General Manager,
Open Network Platform Division. Following the acquisition in 2000 of
Excel by Lucent Technologies, he served as General Manager/Vice
President of the Softswitch Solutions Division until 2003, where he and
the management team led the internal effort to return Excel Switching
to a separate corporation. As President of Excel Switching Corporation
from 2003-2005, Mr. Murphy played a key role in the creation of Cantata
via the acquisition of Brooktrout Technologies, and subsequent sale of
Cantata Technology to the Dialogic Corporation in 2007.
Mr. Murphy
holds B.S. degrees in Government and Engineering from the United States
Coast Guard Academy.
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Michael C. Silva
Chief Technology Officer
Michael Silva has been immersed in the high tech sector for 16 years, with a focus on software development, technical leadership and management. Silva's nose for innovation has led to eight patents with several others pending, and his support has led to success for several start–up ventures. Silva has also been published in numerous technical journals.
Prior to Savant, Silva has held positions at Excel Switching Corp. (Software Technical Manager), Lucent Technologies (Software Development Director, Softswitch Call Processing), and Sagamore/Starent (Voice and Multimedia Software Development Manager).
Silva graduated from Northeastern University with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering as well as a Minor in Computer Science.
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Bruce Myers
Chief Financial Officer
Bruce Myers is currently the CFO for Savant Systems LLC. In this role, Mr. Myers is responsible for Finance and Accounting.
Prior to Savant, Mr. Myers led Manufacturing Operations and Information Technology teams for Excel Switching Corporation. Preceding Excel, Bruce was the Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Operations for the Open Network Platforms Group of Lucent Technologies – supporting an over $200 million dollar revenue stream.
Before joining Lucent, Mr. Myers was the Corporate Controller for the original Excel Switching Corporation. Bruce played a lead role during the due diligence process that led to the acquisition of Excel Switching Corporation by Lucent Technologies and continued to do so until both companies were successfully combined in November, 1999.Mr. Myers' expertise in senior level manufacturing and financial operations spans his entire career.
Bruce is a CPA who earned his BS degree in Accounting from Northeastern University, and has obtained his MBA from Suffolk University.
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Tim Locascio
Vice President of Engineering
Tim Locascio
spent seven years with Lockheed Martin designing and developing
electronic counter measures systems, and is also credited with having
patented a communication protocol over the existing cable infrastructure
for communicating to remote CDMA antennas. Locascio earned patents in
the areas of VoIP and Digital Signal Processing while at Excel
Switching. He was named Chief Technology Officer and System Architect at
Excel and was a Bell Labs Fellow Award winner in 2000.
As VP of Engineering at Savant, Locascio oversees product development
from start to finish. Tim has a BSEE in Computer Engineering and an
MSEE in Digital Signal Processing, both from Northeastern University.
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Chuck Parrelli
Vice President of Residential Sales
Chuck
Parrelli brings a wealth of sales management success and experience
within the CE industry to his position at Savant where he manages
residential sales worldwide. Chuck was most recently the Director of
Sales for Denon and Boston Acoustics, and was previously the National
Sales Manager for Escient - all three companies operated under the D
& M Holdings infrastructure.
Prior to his sales management positions at D & M Holdings,
Parrelli spent more than 10 years with Thomson, providing effective
leadership and addressing critical business development and revenue
enhancing functions for this globally-positioned manufacturer of RCA and
GE consumer electronics.
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Bruce Hayes
Vice President of Operations and Corporate Quality
Bruce currently serves as the Vice President of Operations and Corporate Quality for Savant. In this role, he has overall responsibility to assure high quality, efficient fulfillment, and continuous improvement of all product, business and customer facing processes. Through specific focus on supply chain management, manufacturing operations, design for manufacturability, product reliability and process improvement, Hayes's leadership assures the achievement of 'best in class" products, designs, services and business performance in the Intelligent Control and Automation Industry.
As an senior manager and consultant, Bruce has led operations, quality, engineering and customer facing processes for leading corporations, in multiple disciplines and industries, for many years. As an executive at Motorola, Bruce won three CEO Quality Awards, contributed to winning the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, and had an integral role in the development of the Six Sigma methodology in Motorola's voice and data communications businesses.
Hayes is a contributing author to the 6th edition of Juran's Quality Control Handbook (published by McGraw Hill), a leading source of global business expertise.
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Kevin Kicklighter
Director of Customer Engineering
As Director of Customer Engineering, Kevin Kicklighter is responsible for customer service and support, professional services, and training.
Kicklighter has a diverse background founded in international signaling protocols nurtured through nine years at Excel Switching where he served as Software Engineer, Software Technical Manager and finally Director of Software. Kevin also worked at Lucent for two years as Software Development Manager, Signaling.
At Savant, Kicklighter and his team address anything and everything required to ensure that Savant dealers are successful in the field–from customized home control applications to on–site support and product training.
Kevin has numerous patents registered in his name and has earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Connecticut.
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Craig Spinner
Director of Marketing
Craig Spinner is currently the Director of Marketing for Savant. In this role, Spinner is responsible for media relations, communications, public relations, trade shows and events, creative marketing and advertisements.
Previous to Savant, Spinner was the Marketing Manager for AViX Inc., a successful high–end residential audio/video systems contracting company. Having formerly worked for an integration company, Spinner's industry experience is fitting for his current role at Savant.
Spinner graduated from the University of Connecticut with a Bachelor of Arts in English as well as a Minor in Political Science.
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