A piece of software is only as good as the business principles on which it is based. That's why Asentinel's management team stands out in the telecom expense management (TEM) industry. The company's leaders have a vital combination of business expertise in telecom, financial services and technology.

DAVID C. PERDUE, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Perdue, a 1963 graduate of the University of Memphis, began his career in the competitive telecommunications industry as Vice President of Sales of Teleci, Inc., one of the nation's first interconnect companies. In March of 1972 he founded Telecommunication Systems of America, Inc. (TSA), a major regional interconnect company.

Nortel purchased TSA in 1976, and Perdue served as President of its Systems Division, establishing a nationwide sales and service operation that grew to $100 million in revenue in three years. As Vice President of Advanced Planning at Nortel's Business Communications Group, he developed the plans to take the group to $500 million in revenue. In 1979, Perdue founded ATS Telephone & Data Systems, Inc., which grew to be the largest privately held interconnect company in the United States, prior to being acquired by Expanets (now Avaya) in 1998. ATS was selected by Telephony magazine as one of the 10 best managed telephone companies.

Perdue's telecom experience expanded to long distance when he founded ATS Long Distance Network in 1982 (acquired by what is now MCI) and ATS Network in 1991 (acquired by a forerunner of Qwest Communications). Perdue also was the founder of one of the earliest cellular companies, which was acquired by Bellsouth in 1988.

In 2002, Perdue partnered with Jason Fisher to form Asentinel. Fisher developed the technology behind the Asentinel TEM software, and Perdue’s experience in the telecommunications industry helped sell the product. Asentinel started out with financial clients in the Southeast, and quickly expanded to include clients from multiple industries throughout the world.

Perdue currently serves on the Board of Visitors of the University of Memphis and is a member of the investment committee overseeing the University’s endowment. Perdue is a founding member and director of TEMIA, the Telecom Expense Management Industry Association, and serves as the organization’s Secretary of the Board and chair of the Membership Committee.

Perdue, a Deacon at Bellevue Baptist Church, was elected to the Executive Committee of the 16 million-member Southern Baptist Convention. He serves as a Director of Triumph Bank and is chairman of the Investment Committee. He also serves on the Board of Directors of ServiceU Corporation, a software company.

Perdue was named Executive of the Year by the Memphis Chapter of the International Association of Administrative Professionals and was also named as Alumnus of the Year by the University of Memphis School of Business. He is involved in numerous religious and civic organizations, and has served as Campaign Treasurer in Congressional, Mayoral, Judge and Sheriff races.

JASON FISHER, CHIEF SOFTWARE ARCHITECT

Fisher graduated from the University of Memphis in 1995 with a BS in Electrical Engineering. Upon graduation, he founded Fisher Research, Inc., a technology solutions provider specializing in Internet software development for enterprises using a new programming language released by Sun that year called Java.

In 1997, Fisher Research was renamed Netrify Technologies, Inc. At Netrify, Fisher designed a Web-based event management application for Bellevue Baptist Church that became the core of the EventU product in use by thousands of non-profit organizations and Fortune 500 companies.

In 1998 after a mission trip to Romania, he sold Netrify (now ServiceU) and moved to Romania to form Cornerstone Technologies International, an outsourcing software development firm. Using business as a platform for ministry in Bucharest, Fisher helped build churches, promote Bible studies in Parliament, and organize Romania’s annual National Prayer Dinner. During the era of the dot-com bubble, Cornerstone Technologies was blessed to do highly specialized software development for clients such as HP, Alcatel, Federal Express, and Regions Bank.

In 2002, he resigned as President of Cornerstone Technologies to start Asentinel with David Perdue. Fisher is the principal architect and patent inventor for Asentinel's telecom expense management solutions. He continues to serve in missions at his local church and on the Board of Directors for Cornerstone Technologies International.

DEBBIE PUTNAM, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Putnam is a Certified Public Accountant with a Bachelor of Business Administration from Middle Tennessee State University. She brings to Asentinel 18 years of accounting and senior management experience in the financial services industry. After five years with a large regional bank as Audit Manager and then Senior Credit Officer, she joined start-up bank Enterprise National as CFO in 1990, and was on the senior management team until the bank was sold in 2004. She has managed all areas of administration including accounting, audits, human resources, compliance, security, property and purchasing.

RICHARD JANIS, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF SALES

Janis graduated Cum Laude with a BS from State University of New York and Cum Laude with a MBA from Christian Brothers University. He has served as Asentinel's Vice President of Sales since its inception. He has 25 years of experience in the telecom and technology arenas including National Account Manager at MCI and VP of Sales with Qwest and Global Crossing. He also has been involved in a number of early-stage companies serving in executive leadership positions.

ROBERT DAWSON, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS

Dawson graduated from the Illinois Institute of Technology with a Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and earned an Executive MBA from the University of Denver. He has more than 20 years of telecommunications and technology experience, including an extensive background in wireless.

Prior to joining Asentinel, Dawson led operations for a TEM provider's Managed Services and Professional Services. Dawson’s wireless experience includes engineering and operations responsibilities at Qwest Wireless. He helped grow the start-up business unit to more than $1 billion during his tenure.

Dawson possesses expertise in process, workflow analysis, and customer support.

COREY REEVES, VICE PRESIDENT OF ENGINEERING

Corey graduated from the University of Memphis with a Bachelor of Business Administration, and earned an MBA from Union University.

Prior to joining Asentinel, Corey was a Windows Escalation Manager for Hilton Hotels. During his five years with Hilton, he was responsible for an administration team that supported more than 900 servers in multi-location infrastructure in a round-the-clock environment.

He is a certified CISSP, CISM, CISA and Microsoft MCSA 2003. He is a member of Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) and Information Systems Security Certifications Consortium (ISC2).

MIKE HOBDAY, VICE PRESIDENT OF ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT

Mike graduated from the University of Memphis with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, and earned an MBA from the University of Dallas. He has spent more than 25 years in the telecommunications industry, starting with GTE in 1985 as a Central Office Hardware Engineer. Later he worked on global, regional, corporate and national accounts with MCI and Verizon Business.

Prior to joining Asentinel, Mike was a Senior Account Manager for Verizon Business. Throughout his 14 years there, he was responsible for growing and managing relationships with numerous Fortune 150 and Fortune 500 companies, a responsibility that earned him the 2007 Southeast Sales MVP.

Mike holds a professional engineering license in the state of Texas, and is deacon at Bellevue Baptist Church.