Technology >> CEO Interviews >> June 30, 2003

Carmine Taglialatela Jr. – Ephone Telecom Inc (epho)

CARMINE TAGLIALATELA, JR. is President and Chief Executive Officer and Director of ePHONE. On April 1, 2001 Mr. Taglialatela was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer of ePHONE and elected to the Board of Directors. Effective July 1, 2001, Mr. Taglialatela was appointed Chief Executive Officer of ePHONE. Prior to joining ePHONE, Mr. Taglialatela was President and Chief Operating Officer of TELRON Communications and was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the company and the development of service offerings and expansion of services into new markets. Mr. Taglialatela has also held Executive Vice President positions at TELRON and CompassRose International, Inc. At CompassRose he managed a team of professionals on a variety of client assignments requiring extensive international telecommunications experience and expertise in strategic business development, public policy and regulatory matters. Mr. Taglialatela has secured, on behalf of clients, service authorizations in offshore markets and advised senior management on courses of action for the development of their telecommunications business. Between 1989 and 1997, he was Director, International Public Policy and Regulatory Affairs at MCI Telecommunications Corporation, where he developed and implemented MCI's regulatory and business strategy for access to international markets, and was a member of an expansion team devoted to expanding MCI's presence in the global market. Mr. Taglialatela holds a BA in Economics from Hunter College, City University of New York, and an MBA in Finance/Marketing from Fordham University. Profile
TWST: Could you begin with an overview of ePHONE Telecom?

Mr. Taglialatela: ePHONE Telecom is a voice-over-the-Internet provider,

which reinvented itself about two years ago when I came