Technology >> CEO Interviews >> October 16, 2001
DANNY BRIERE, Chief Executive Officer of TeleChoice Inc., is recognized
as one of the most creative and innovative telecom strategists in the
industry today. He is respected for his insight into competitive
strategies and tactics, industry paradigm shifts, end user requirements,
and service and equipment capabilities. Mr. Briere's ability to identify
noteworthy new industry trends, well before the industry as a whole
recognizes them, has led to early exploitation of opportunities in home
networking, DSL, unified messaging, and network-hosted applications.
Since founding TeleChoice in 1985, Mr. Briere has been intricately
involved in some of the largest telecommunications projects in the
industry worldwide. As CEO, he focuses on strategic positioning issues
for customers, including mergers and acquisitions, business strategy
development, and business development. He frequently appears as an
expert guest for industry analysis and commentary at major business and
industry news publications and broadcasts and regularly consults with
the leading Wall Street financial brokerage houses and leading venture
capitalist firms. Mr. Briere serves on several Advisory Boards for
equipment and carrier ventures and is a contributing editor and
columnist in the industry publication, Network World. In addition to
being quoted regularly in publications such as USA Today, The New York
Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Wall Street Journal,
and The Financial Times, he is the author of Smart Homes for Dummies
(IDG Books), Internet Telephony for Dummies (IDG Books, in its second
edition), Virtual Networks ' A Buyer's Guide (Artech/Horizon House) and
A Buyer's Guide to Long Distance Services (Artech/Horizon House).
Additionally, he is the editor for The Guide to Frame Relay Networking:
How to Evaluate, Implement, and Maintain a Frame Relay Network. Mr.
Briere earned his Master's in Business Administration from Duke
University's Fuqua School of Business in 1985 and his Bachelor of Arts
degree in Telecommunications Policy at Duke. Profile
Mr. Briere: TeleChoice is 18 years old. We call ourselves a telecom
catalyst firm, 'catalyst' meaning a combination of a
