GENBAND Media Kit

MANAGEMENT TEAMCHARLES D. VOGT, President and Chief Executive OfficerCharlie Vogt is President and CEO of GENBAND, a world-wide leader in multimedianetworking and cloud communications solutions. Vogt has spent 25 years ininformation technology and communications, implementing visionary strategiesresulting in unprecedented growth.Since being named CEO in September 2004, he has transformed GENBAND intoa global leader in IP multimedia infrastructure and unified communications throughorganic R&D and multiple strategic acquisitions. Today, 80 percent of the world’slargest service providers are GENBAND customers. Under his vision and leadership,the company has experienced 100 percent compounded annual growth rate andincreased its operational earnings 9 times.In September 2012, The Wall Street Journal recognized GENBAND as the No. 1ventured-capital backed company in the United States.Prior to joining GENBAND, Vogt was President and CEO of Taqua, a market leaderin soft-switch technology. Prior to Taqua, Vogt was instrumental in the operational andfinancial growth of four standard-setting technology companies – ADTRAN, AscendCommunications, Accelerated Networks and Santera Systems that either becamepublic companies or were acquired. Following Lucent Technologies’ $20 billionacquisition of Ascend Communications in 1999, Vogt became Vice President of Salesand held operational responsibility of $1.2 billion.Vogt, who has been featured on national business programs such as CNBC’sSquawk Box and Fox Business “After the Bell”, has received numerous awardsfor his leadership and corporate accomplishments including Ernst & Young’s“Entrepreneur of the Year,” Global Telecoms’ “Power 100,” MTBC “Corporate CEO ofthe Year,” INC 500 “Fastest-Growing Private Companies,” Saint Louis University’s “Hallof Fame” and Affton High School’s “Hall of Fame.” Committed to philanthropic effortsacross corporate, educational and athletic sectors, Vogt is a member ofYoung Presidents Organization.He serves on the Board of Directors of Netas, the Telecommunications IndustryAssociation, the Federal Communications Commission Advisory Council and theDallas’ Metroplex Technology Business Council. At the Federal CommunicationsCommission’s Advisory Council, he advises FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski onmatters of technology evolution and security that relate to the nation’stelecommunications infrastructure.Vogt holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Saint Louis University, where healso played Division I NCAA baseball. He is married and has three children.