Stage 2 Taps CTI Veteran As CTO
Tom Faherty is the new CTO at New York City-based cloud provider Stage 2 Networks. His new job includes overseeing product development, cultivating strategic relationships with key technology partners, engineering the company’s core network, systems and carrier infrastructure as well as guiding the on-going development of Stage 2’s ?operational support systems and providing overall technical leadership for the company.??
Prior to joining Stage 2 Networks, Faherty held executive operations and engineering positions at CTI, at Eureka Networks (purchased by Broadview), SMN (purchased by France Telecom) and Globix (purchased by NEON Broadband). ?
"One of the biggest benefits of acquiring the hosted VoIP division of CTI last month has been that we added a great deal of talent to Stage 2. Our team was strong but it just got appreciably stronger," notes CEO Joe Gillette, who also is a founding member of the Cloud Communications Alliance. "I’ve known Tom for many years and I’m thrilled to have him on our leadership team. He brings a wealth of experience and insight to this company’s growth efforts."?
Faherty also is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the Internet Society, and he is an associate member of the U.S. Internet Industry ?Association.?