Technology >> CEO Interviews >> August 4, 2003

Shawn Lewis – Caerus Inc

SHAWN M. LEWIS serves as President and Chief Executive Officer for Caerus, Inc. Mr. Lewis brings with him the vision and experience that will allow Caerus to provide and implement the true next generation in service switching platforms. Mr. Lewis was the designer of the softswitch architecture in use around the world today. He was the co- Founder, officer and Director of the highly successful XCOM Technologies, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation merged by acquisition to Level 3 Communications, Inc., in 1998. In under eight months time, through his direction, leadership and original vision of the convergence between data and voice communications, Mr. Lewis was able to implement the SS7 Media Gateway and softswitch for XCOM Technologies, Inc., as an industry first. Mr. Lewis is the holder of several patents related to his telecommunication innovations. Mr. Lewis has over 20 years of hands- on experience in the data and telecommunications fields. Profile
TWST: Please give us the structure of Caerus Inc. and an overview of

what you do.

Mr. Lewis: Caerus is a parent holding company of three subsidiaries,

each subsidiary having its own value.