Mark Amarant
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
Mark Amarant founded STS Telecom and has served as the Company's CEO
since 1994 where he has been responsible for the company's strategy and
overall operations. He began his telecommunications career in 1987
with Teltec, a Florida based long distance communications company, where
he received the President's club award for outstanding sales performance
during the years from 1987 to 1989. Mr. Amarant was also a sales
executive with Southtel, in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida from 1989 to 1992,
and consistently ranked as one of the company's top sales executives.
In 1993, Mr. Amarant founded Saturn Communications, Inc. the predecessor
company to STS Telecom, LLC. Mr. Amarant has had several other successful
start ups including Web Wise productions and Monster Ad, respectively,
which were both successfully sold in 2004.
Keith Kramer
Executive Vice President
Keith Kramer is the Executive Vice President of STS and his duties
include all legal and regulatory issues, business planning, network design
and implementation. Prior to joining STS in 2002, Mr. Kramer served for
10 years as a Partner and in positions of increasing responsibility with
IDS Telcom, a South Florida regional communications services provider.
During his career with IDS, Mr. Kramer progressed from Director of Sales
to Senior Vice President of Legal and Regulatory, and was able to negotiate
numerous carrier agreements, including the first nationwide agreement for
UNE-P with BellSouth.
Mr. Kramer has testified at the public utility or public service commission's
(PUCs or PSCs) on telecommunications in Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina,
Florida, and in Washington, D.C., on the Telecommunications Act of 1996,
the importance of UNE-P and competition for local service and the importance
of ILEC compliance with Section 271 of the 1996 Act. Mr. Kramer also
served as Project Director for the local service implementation for both
facilities based local services, and UNE-P services to end users.
Between 1999 and 2002, IDS increased their revenues from $16 million annually
to $48 million primarily through the sales of local services.
Andrew T. Silber
Chief Operations Officer (COO)
Andrew Silber has 16 years of experience in the telecommunications
industry and has held the position of COO of the Company since March 2003.
His responsibilities include all aspects of operations, commencing with
the receipt of orders and continuing through the installation process and
ongoing customer care. While at STS, Mr. Silber has authored, established
and documented standard operating procedures for order entry processing,
provisioning, project manager oversight, service and equipment installation
and continuous customer care.
Prior to joining STS, he served as Executive Vice President and was
a Director of TVC Telecom in Miami Florida, a wholesale and retail long
distance carrier, from October 2001 to February 2003. Previously,
from 1998 to September 2001, Mr. Silber was Director of Sales with IDS
Telcom in Miami, Florida. Prior to IDS, he co-founded Business Advantage
Group, a telecommunications consulting firm, in 1992 and served as Vice
President of Operations until 1998. Mr. Silber received his Bachelor
of Business Administration degree from the University of Miami in 1992.
Gil Cohen
Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Gil Cohen is the CTO of STS, a position he has held since 2001.
He is responsible for the design, implementation and operation of STS'
network architecture, the selection of all network equipment, including
switches as well as the initial installation and continuous operation of
the Company's equipment located at the NAP of the Americas. Mr. Cohen
is also responsible for the design and operation of the NOC and supervision
of all technical personnel.
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