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Ben Holcomb – Since March 1999, Mr. Holcomb has been an
independent consultant to sixteen venture capital backed start-ups.
In this capacity he has served in a number of positions including
Chairman and CEO of a publicly traded CLEC and VP of Sales and
Marketing for an enterprise software company. He also built the
model for a new publicly traded company in 2004 which attained a
$100 million market capitalization in 3 years.
Prior to launching his consultancy, Mr. Holcomb worked for twelve
years with BellSouth’s domestic and international wireless
operations.
Domestically, Ben spent almost ten years with BellSouth’s wireless
division, initially known as American Cellular Communications
(“ACC”). Mr. Holcomb was named President of this division, which
grew to include nationwide distribution, 8,000 employees, $1.5 billion
in revenue with 1.8 million customers. In 1997, Mr. Holcomb moved
within BellSouth to become President of Europe/Asia-Pacific for
BellSouth International ($4 Billion investment), assigned to
turnaround non-performing investments. In a two-year period, Ben
was able to significantly increase profitability resulting in a fifty
percent reduction in operating losses, saving about $1 billion US
annually in these operations.
While with BellSouth, Mr. Holcomb was responsible for R&D within
the wireless unit. One of his memorable projects was design,
development and manufacturing of a phone called SIMON. In 1993,
this was the first integrated touch screen PDA ever to be
manufactured. To put perspective to this, it was the I Phone 14
years before the I Phone launch. Simon is listed as # 41 in PC World’
s list of the top 50 gadgets in the last 50 years (PC WORLD)
Over the eight years before his move to the wireless industry, Mr.
Holcomb worked with Holiday Inns, Inc. in Memphis, Tennessee. His
last position with Holiday Inns was CFO of the International Division,
which at the time would have ranked as the ninth largest hotel chain
in the world.
After graduating from the University of Tennessee, Mr. Holcomb
began his career in public accounting. He worked with what is now
Deloitte & Touche for five years. He still maintains his CPA certificate
in the state of Tennessee.
independent consultant to sixteen venture capital backed start-ups.
In this capacity he has served in a number of positions including
Chairman and CEO of a publicly traded CLEC and VP of Sales and
Marketing for an enterprise software company. He also built the
model for a new publicly traded company in 2004 which attained a
$100 million market capitalization in 3 years.
Prior to launching his consultancy, Mr. Holcomb worked for twelve
years with BellSouth’s domestic and international wireless
operations.
Domestically, Ben spent almost ten years with BellSouth’s wireless
division, initially known as American Cellular Communications
(“ACC”). Mr. Holcomb was named President of this division, which
grew to include nationwide distribution, 8,000 employees, $1.5 billion
in revenue with 1.8 million customers. In 1997, Mr. Holcomb moved
within BellSouth to become President of Europe/Asia-Pacific for
BellSouth International ($4 Billion investment), assigned to
turnaround non-performing investments. In a two-year period, Ben
was able to significantly increase profitability resulting in a fifty
percent reduction in operating losses, saving about $1 billion US
annually in these operations.
While with BellSouth, Mr. Holcomb was responsible for R&D within
the wireless unit. One of his memorable projects was design,
development and manufacturing of a phone called SIMON. In 1993,
this was the first integrated touch screen PDA ever to be
manufactured. To put perspective to this, it was the I Phone 14
years before the I Phone launch. Simon is listed as # 41 in PC World’
s list of the top 50 gadgets in the last 50 years (PC WORLD)
Over the eight years before his move to the wireless industry, Mr.
Holcomb worked with Holiday Inns, Inc. in Memphis, Tennessee. His
last position with Holiday Inns was CFO of the International Division,
which at the time would have ranked as the ninth largest hotel chain
in the world.
After graduating from the University of Tennessee, Mr. Holcomb
began his career in public accounting. He worked with what is now
Deloitte & Touche for five years. He still maintains his CPA certificate
in the state of Tennessee.
