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Vidtel’s management team has deep expertise in video communications, video conferencing service, VoIP innovation and telephony.
We have an extensive track record of bringing innovative ideas to life in the telecom and VoIP industries.
Executive Management Team
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Scott Wharton, Chief Executive Officer |
Scott Wharton, Founder and CEO of Vidtel, Inc. has been recognized as a leader in the VoIP and video industry for nearly 15 years.
From 1999 to early 2008, he was the VP of Marketing at BroadSoft, Inc., the leading developer and marketer of VoIP application servers, which also handle video IP calling. Scott made significant and enduring contributions leading to: the dominance of the BroadSoft brand in the voice application space, the company’s acquisition of 9 of the world’s 10 largest telecom service providers as customers, and the expansion of the company’s presence in over 60 countries. Scott also defined a new product category for the telecom industry, a next-generation applications layer, establishing BroadSoft's global leadership in the VoIP applications market.
In 2003, Scott was honored with the Frost & Sullivan IP Telephony Executive of the Year Award. It is presented each year to the individual who has excelled in developing and executing a business strategy allowing his or her company to gain market leadership. In 2006, Scott was recognized as a “Top 100 Voice” in the IP Communications Industry by Internet Telephony magazine.
Prior to BroadSoft, Scott was Vice President of Marketing at VocalTec Communications, the pioneer and a leading developer of VoIP software solutions. From 1995 to 1999, Scott spearheaded numerous groundbreaking initiatives, including the development of the first commercial VoIP product and the creation of the VoIP service provider industry. In the 1990s, Scott created one of the first IP video products for the consumer market as a senior marketing exec with VocalTec, the pioneering VoIP company. Scott holds an MBA from Yale University.
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Daniel Goepp, Chief Technology Officer |
Vidtel's CTO, Daniel Goepp, has over 15 years of systems architecture, design, development and integration experience. He has been a technical executive for the last 10 years in the telecommunications sector.
From 2004-2007, Daniel was at BroadVoice, a nationwide Internet Telephony Service Provider (ITSP). BroadVoice is the leading provider of high quality, feature-rich broadband phone services to consumers and small-to-medium businesses. As BroadVoice CTO, Daniel deployed a consumer VoIP and video VoIP network and launched a device interoperability program.
At an IP communications-focused consulting company, Daniel served as the Practice Director of Systems Development, assisting telecommunications carriers on core network, access solutions, engineering user experience, OSS/BSS, VoIP and BroadSoft technologies.
For more than a decade, Daniel has been developing and overseeing IT and networking functions for a software development company (2003-2004), a competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) (2001-2003), two nationwide telecommunications providers (1999-2001) and an Internet Service Provider (1998). Daniel designed and managed the creation of web-based tracking systems for a nationwide department of commercial sales, as well as developed advanced system automation and integration, including mobile services. He was also responsible for custom provision interfaces and the build out of new IT facilities.
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Mariette Johnson Wharton, VP of Marketing |
Mariette Johnson Wharton is Vidtel’s VP of Marketing. Johnson Wharton is responsible for marketing, including the corporate website, social media, company positioning, public relations, SEO/SEM, market research and competitive analysis.
Johnson Wharton led the design of Vidtel branding, including logo, look-and-feel and product packaging beginning in early 2008. She launched vidtel.com and created multiple social media sites, the Vidtel corporate blog and video content. Johnson Wharton garnered 25+ highly favorable press reviews forVidtel within 3 months and ran blogger contest and review programs. Johnson Wharton helped Vidtel win three awards for Best Technology Products and Services in 2009 (Trender Research), beating Skype. She is responsible for Vidtel's award wins for Best in Show by ITEXPO and Telepresence Options in 2011, as well as being named one of Top 10 Video Vendors by Channel Reseller News in 2012.
Johnson Wharton has over a decade of experience in high-tech marketing, Internet commerce strategy, and management consulting. Prior to Vidtel, she provided marketing consulting to high-tech firms, with a specialization in VoIP technologies over the last 8 years.
Johnson Wharton spearheaded multi-million dollar e-commerce projects, specializing in website strategy, for the first e-commerce development and strategy company, Proxicom. She also led the company’s key strategic alliance partnerships with AOL and Sun Microsystems, generating millions of dollars of referred revenue as well as over a million dollars of contributed partner technology.
As a management consultant for Fortune 100 companies, Johnson Wharton led market research projects and created go-to-market strategies for leading financial service institutions such as Citibank, Chase, Nationsbanc and General Motors Acceptance Corp (GMAC). She is a published author of a book on industry competitiveness. Johnson Wharton holds an MBA from Columbia University.
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Brian Coulter, VP of Sales |
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Brian Coulter has over 20 years of experience as a business development executive in VoIP, video conferencing and unified communications industries. Coulter brings to Vidtel a unique blend of skills, having built successful channel sales in eay stage companies, service providers and large enterprises.
In 2011, Coulter was VP of Business Development for Alcatel-Lucent with responsibility for the API platforms of carrier customers’ communications infrastructure. From 2008-2011 at BT Ribbit, the leading cloud-based provider of programable voice services in a Web 2.0 environment, Coulter was global VP of Business Development. Prior to BT Ribbit, Coulter was VP of Business Development at Edgewater Networks, providing VoIP infrastructure to service providers and channels from 2005-2008.
At Polycom from 2004-2005 as VP of The Service Provider Business Unit Coulter created the company’s Carrier go-to-market strategy, synchronizing Polycom's end-to-end solution for that Market Segment. He also held executive business development and sales positions at Northpoint, Ascend and Bay Packets, the leading provider of SIP-based application servers, building channels for next-generation VoIP solutions to carriers transitioning from PSTN to VoIP services.
Coulter earned a BA from the Johns Hopkins University.
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