TELSOURCE - Key Persons


Chad Mead - COO, EVP

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer
  • Executive Vice President
Chad is an experienced Executive with over 30 years of global, diverse, leadership experience within multiple industries. From Operations to Engineering, Sales to Security, he has led virtually every function across multiple industries, including Operations and Security at JPMorgan, CISO and Service Operations Executive at Cargill, CTO at SuperValu and Chief Administrative Officer at a Global Produce company. Chad is a frequent speaker at industry conferences, advisor to publications, and frequent contributor to forums on experience in redefining how the business of IT is delivered in a high functioning, high performing manner.

Greg Sweeney

Job Titles:
  • Executive Vice President, Service Provider
Greg has an extensive record of structuring and scaling sales organizations that consistently surpass objectives and turn in top results for both founder-led enterprises and Fortune 500 global industry leaders. He is a disciplined sales cycle expert and accomplished driver of growth. He is responsible for Acuative's Service Provider Business unit, which also includes system integrators and technology providers. Greg has had leadership positions in Sales, Product Management and Marketing for AT&T and Lucent. Greg holds a BA in Psychology, BS in Electrical Engineering and an MBA all from Rutgers University.

Jessica Carroll

Job Titles:
  • Chief Experience Officer
Jessica joined Acuative in July 2022, with over 30 years of experience in leadership roles in the technology industry. She spent five years as VP, Customer Success at TenFour and prior to that held a variety of senior IT Leadership positions at the United States Golf Association. Jessica is a speaker on the topics of client engagement, team culture, digital transformation, and cloud computing, has been published in multiple industry outlets, and is a contributing author to the book, "Digital Transformation Demystified".

Patrick Danna - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
Patrick joined Acuative in 2007 and brings a diverse combination of technology and high-growth company experience to his position as CFO. He has responsibility for finance, administration, business process and information systems. With more than 25 years experience in financial functions, including strategic planning, corporate accounting and reporting, tax, treasury, M&A and risk management, Patrick is a CPA and holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ.

Rich Ackerman

Job Titles:
  • Corporate General Manager
Rich is a co-founder of Acuative and has over 30 years of experience in voice and data communications working with large enterprises and service providers. Rich's experience gives him the ability to tackle complex opportunities that require collaboration with other organizations to develop innovative and responsive solutions to large customers and government organizations.

Robert Foley Jr. - President

Job Titles:
  • President
Robert joined Acuative in 2014 as part of the acquisition of Thrupoint, Inc., a global provider of consulting and professional services. He brings over 25 years experience in managing worldwide operations, business development, and domestic and global expansion for technology companies. Robert holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Florida State University and a Master of Science degree from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.

Vincent Sciarra - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Co - Founder and CEO of Acuative
As a co-founder and CEO of Acuative, Vince brings vast knowledge and understanding of converged networking, IT, and technology challenges, requirements and applications as well as the dynamics of the enterprise and carrier marketplace. As one of the founding partners of Acuative in 1984, Vince has been a key player in pursuing markets and developing products for a number of the largest, most successful public and private companies and positioned Acuative as a leader in the industry.