About Fine Point Technologies

Fine Point Technologies, Inc. is a privately-held company founded in 1997. It fostered the broadband era with WinPoET and MacPoET, which enabled the transition from dial-up service to DSL. The company remains focused on developing software tools that connect network operators to their customers with products for:

Today, Fine Point solutions manage both wireline and wireless platforms from a single server and integrate all solutions into a single GUI. With Fine Point, network operators can better manage their brand and their business. Fine Point’s headquarters is in New York City and it maintains field offices in Ireland and Germany; and sales representatives throughout Latin America.

Contact us

Sales: Sales@finepoint.com

Marketing: marketing@finepoint.com 

Partners Program: partners@finepoint.com

Investor Relations: investors@finepoint.com

Media & Analyst Relations: news@finepoint.com

Technical Support: support@finepoint.com

Please ensure to include your complete company name and contact information. Email requests are typically answered within 24 business hours. In attempt to resolve issues in a timely manner, please fill out a support request form and attach it to your email.

To ensure that we answer all of your questions about a specific product or solution, please use our Information Request Form.

Telephone Support:

Please have your product serial/license number and all relevant information pertaining to your problem ready when calling. All support services are available via telephone at:

+1 (212) 962-7410 extension 60

Fax-Back Support:

All support services are available via fax. A technical support engineer will respond within 24 business hours. Please ensure to include your product serial/license number and all relevant information pertaining to your problem when sending in your fax. In attempt to resolve issues in a timely manner, please fill out a support request form and attach it to your fax forms.

+1 (212) 962-7404

Support Hours:

Normal support hours are Monday through Friday, from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM EST. If you require after hours support, please send an email to support (support@finepoint.com) 48 hours in advance to ensure a technical support engineer will be available.

Worldwide Headquarters (USA)
75 Broad Street, Suite 300
New York, NY 10004 USA
tel: +1.212.962.7410
fax: +1.212.962.7404

See our USA location on MapQuest®

Germany:
Robert-Bosch-Str. 1
61267 Neu-Anspach Germany
tel.: +49 6081 58229 0
fax: +49 6081 58229 229

Management

Todd R. Ruelle, Chairman & CEO

Mr. Ruelle is a recognized innovator in the telecommunication industry. Since his early days in Bill McGowan’s and Jack Goeken’s MCI, he has focused on strengthening the ties between his company and its customers. By keeping that focus he has brought to market compelling products and services that helped shape the industry to what it is today. As CEO of Sonic Telecom, he launched the first optical international network designed specifically for transmitting video in high-definition--or not--according to customers’ requirements for any given transmission. The network served the leading media centers in Western Europe, the United States and Asia. By coupling the service with by-the-byte billing and delivering bandwidth-on-demand, Sonic was quickly transporting shows for major networks including NBC, ABC, CBS, NFL Channel, RTL, Fox News and others. The service was also quickly adopted by providers of video conferencing services. Sonic Telecom was bought by PanAmSat in 2003 and renamed Access PAS and Mr. Ruelle was named Managing Director of PanAmSat’s European subsidiaries, formerly the Sonic Telecom operations in the region. Prior to starting Sonic, Mr. Ruelle held executive positions at Orion Satellite Corporation, Sprint International and MCI Telecommunications. At MCI, he was part of the five-member team that created and launched the Friends & Family consumer program that propelled MCI from three million to 10 million residential users within 18 months. He was awarded the 1996 WorldCom Group’s “Entrepreneur of the Year” designation, was a finalist for Inc. Magazine’s “Entrepreneur of the Year” designation in 1994 and 1995; was recognized in 1993 by President Clinton for creating the country’s first public transportation service fueled by natural gas (Clean Air Cab Company) and he was a Presidential Appointee to the White House Conference on Small Business. He participants at The World Economic Forum’s regional events. Mr. Ruelle also advises the Communications Advisory Group on mergers and acquisitions as well as corporate strategy. He is an accomplished public speaker and presenter on new technologies and their place in telecommunications.

William C. Fleming, Chief Financial Officer and VP Business Development

Mr. Fleming joined Fine Point Technologies in February 2008 and oversees the finance and business development activities of the company domestically and internationally. He brings extensive international financial management and corporate finance experience to the Company. Prior to joining Fine Point Technologies, Mr. Fleming served two years as a regional CFO for Europe and Latin America for TeleTech Holdings, Inc. where he managed a staff of 50 financial professionals and assisted in the expansion of TeleTech’s offshore markets. Prior to joining TeleTech, he was the Controller and Treasurer from 2003 to 2006 for Comsat International, a Latin America-focused telecom service provider whose principal growth strategy was through an M&A roll-up approach. This approach was initiated by a private equity group which bought a controlling stake in Comsat from Lockheed Martin. Mr. Fleming was brought in to assist in the roll-up strategy; in addition to manage the day-to-day treasury and accounting operations. Before departing for TeleTech, Mr. Fleming assisted in the successful sale process of Comsat. Before joining Comsat, Mr. Fleming worked in investment banking for 2 different regional firms focused on capital formation and M&A in the telecommunications sector. Earlier in his career, he also worked in the corporate finance department of Teleglobe International. Mr. Fleming holds a BA from Syracuse University and obtained an MBA in Finance and International Business from Thunderbird, School of Global Management. He is also a CFA charter holder and a member of the Washington Society of Investment Analysts.

 
Ian Deakin, Chief Technology Officer

Ian Deakin has a deep understanding of the challenges faced by mobile and broadband service providers as they roll out increasingly sophisticated devices and services to consumers around the globe. A highly successful entrepreneur in the international mobile market, Deakin founded Ireland-based Pervenio Ltd, a leading mobile device management (MDM) software firm which Fine Point Technologies acquired in 2009. As Chief Technology Officer, Deakin is responsible for evolving Fine Point’s portfolio of customer experience management (CEM) solutions for the convergent mobile and fixed broadband services market. With over 20 years experience in telecommunications, he has served as senior technical advisor and strategist to many businesses -- from mobile operators and telecoms infrastructure providers to billing systems vendors. He is particularly skilled in the commercialisation of unique technical solutions for today’s communications market. Prior to founding Pervenio, he was responsible for driving incremental revenue for advanced data services with O2, CMG telecommunications, Motorola and Siemens.  
 

Board of Directors

Todd Ruelle, Chairman

(See above)

Robert E. Barr, Director

Robert E. (Bob) Barr joined Higher Ed Holdings in Dallas, Texas in June, 2009 as EVP and Chief Marketing Officer. Higher Ed Holdings is uniquely positioned to help public universities in the U.S. take their degree programs online and then leverage all the facilities of the Internet (SEM, SEO, Web Media, Affiliate Marketign and Social Media) to market these programs.

Prior to joining  Higher Ed Holdings, Bob's career, which has spanned 31 years thus far, reflects ever increasing general management, marketing and information technology roles for retail, manufacturing, government, education, information technology and financial services enterprises. Almost invariably these roles have included delivering and or managing e-business for the likes of Blockbuster, EDMC, USAA, Dell, Intuit and Sara Lee (Hanes Hosiery) where he began his career in 1978. In 1997, Bob joined the IRS for three years as Assistant Commissioner for Electronic Tax Administration and was instrumental in facilitating what he then branded and is now known as IRS e-file. Bob received numerous industry awards and recognitions for his efforts in making the electronic filing of the 1040 ubiquitous including recognition from then Vice President, Al Gore.

Mr. Barr earned his BS from the University of South Carolina, MBA from The Wharton School and in 1999 successfully completed Harvard's Advanced Management Program. He is an accomplished professional speaker in the fields of strategic planning, strategic partnerships, strategic marketing, Internet marketing, information marketing and delivering and managing information based products and services.
 

Hank Firey, President and Chief Executive Officer, VPI Systems, Inc.

Hank brings over 30 years of accomplishments in the telecommunication and information technology industries. He has held positions of executive leadership responsibility in high technology companies ranging from being a member of the founding team of a company developing remote network management software to managing P&L in Fortune 500 global organizations. Before joining VPIsystems, Hank served as Chief Executive Officer of NexTone Communications. He took this struggling provider of telecommunication software to market leadership in Session Management for voice and video over IP networks. From 1998-2003, he successfully turned two other under-performing companies into sustainable, revenue-generating businesses. Hank also has a successful track record in worldwide sales, marketing, business development and professional services, as well as mergers and acquisitions. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Operations Research from the University of Maryland, with graduate work in Computer Science and Finance.

Jeff Lindauer, Director

For more than 20 years, Jeff Lindauer has led high performing software technology and telecommunication companies. Mr. Lindauer currently servers as the Chief Executive Officer of TrueContext. Prior to joining TrueContext, Mr. Lindauer was CEO of Spontaneous Technology, a wireless synchronization company acquired by IntelliSync. Mr. Lindauer also served as President and CEO of SkyTel, and Chief Operating Officer for SmarTalk Telecommunications, acquired by AT&T. This followed a 14-year career with MCI Telecommunications where Mr. Lindauer served as Vice President and General Manager of the PrePaid Card unit after holding several senior management positions in the company's Business Markets division. Mr. Lindauer began his telecommunications career with Mountain Bell in 1982. Mr. Lindauer also currently serves as Chairman of Q Inc, a QoE software company located in San Francisco.

Ross Martinson, General Partner, Edison Ventures

Ross Martinson, General Partner, leads Edison's investment focus in technology-driven Business Services companies. He serves as director of four Edison portfolio companies. Ross manages exit planning for private companies and exit execution for public companies. He is an Advisory Board Member of the Private Equity CFO Association and the New Jersey Technology Council CFO Board. Ross joined Edison in 1989. He was Chief Financial Officer during his earlier years with Edison. Ross was a Certified Public Accountant. Previously, Ross was Vice President with the securities firm of Kidder, Peabody. Ross was Controller of two successful start-up businesses: American Express Leasing and ABB Financial Services. For six years, he was also Senior Auditor with Arthur Andersen.