Management Team
Tony Agostinelli, President
Tony’s 23 years in the telecom industry include Product Line Management with Dialogic Corporation, Vice-President of Sales with Voice Control Systems (now part of Nuance), Vice-President and General Manager of the Open Network Platform Group of Lucent Technologies, and Vice-President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing at Excel. Tony was among the group of Excel executives that led the successful spinout from Lucent and re-launch of Excel in June of 2003. Tony graduated from the University of Dayton, Class of 1980, with a Bachelor’s of Chemical Technology and earned his Masters in Business Administration in Marketing and International Business from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business in 1986.
Joseph Norton , Vice President, Sales
Joe has over 26 years experience in global high technology sales. He has held senior positions with companies such as EG&G, Hathaway Corporation, and Buehler Inc. More than half of this time was spent in the telecom sales area working for Excel Switching Corporation and Lucent Technologies, where Joe played a key role in the growth of international telecom customers and sales. Most recently, Joe was a Director of Sales in the US market for Excel. Joe graduated from the University of Lowell, Class of 1987, with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.
Mike Twomey , VP - Product Management and Marketing
Mike leads the Product Management and Marketing efforts at Eastwind, where he is responsible for setting and communicating Eastwind’s product strategy. Prior to joining Eastwind, Mr. Twomey was VP-Media Gateway Business Unit at Excel Switching Corporation. Previous to that, he held a variety of Product Management, Marketing and Sales roles at Excel and Lucent. With over 25 years of experience in telecommunications, Mr. Twomey is a frequent guest speaker at industry events and contributor to industry publications. Mr. Twomey holds a BSEE from the University of New Hampshire and an MBA from Babson College.
David Mahassel , VP Technical Support
David leads the Technical Support team providing 7x24 customer support plus pre- and post-sales system integration. David has close to 20 years experience in supporting a variety of telecom customers. Prior to joining Eastwind, he spent 10+ years at Excel Switching/Lucent providing support for Excel's ExchangePlus international gateway and tandem switch as well as Excel's CSP product lines. David has extensive direct customer experience which has enabled him to build a vast working knowledge of PSTN and IP voice networking protocols. Prior to Excel, David worked at GTE specializing in integration and deploying of secure telecom solutions for the Army and Air Force. David graduated from University of Lowell with a BSEE Minor in Math/Computer Science.
Tony’s 23 years in the telecom industry include Product Line Management with Dialogic Corporation, Vice-President of Sales with Voice Control Systems (now part of Nuance), Vice-President and General Manager of the Open Network Platform Group of Lucent Technologies, and Vice-President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing at Excel. Tony was among the group of Excel executives that led the successful spinout from Lucent and re-launch of Excel in June of 2003. Tony graduated from the University of Dayton, Class of 1980, with a Bachelor’s of Chemical Technology and earned his Masters in Business Administration in Marketing and International Business from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business in 1986.
Joseph Norton , Vice President, Sales
Joe has over 26 years experience in global high technology sales. He has held senior positions with companies such as EG&G, Hathaway Corporation, and Buehler Inc. More than half of this time was spent in the telecom sales area working for Excel Switching Corporation and Lucent Technologies, where Joe played a key role in the growth of international telecom customers and sales. Most recently, Joe was a Director of Sales in the US market for Excel. Joe graduated from the University of Lowell, Class of 1987, with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.
Mike Twomey , VP - Product Management and Marketing
Mike leads the Product Management and Marketing efforts at Eastwind, where he is responsible for setting and communicating Eastwind’s product strategy. Prior to joining Eastwind, Mr. Twomey was VP-Media Gateway Business Unit at Excel Switching Corporation. Previous to that, he held a variety of Product Management, Marketing and Sales roles at Excel and Lucent. With over 25 years of experience in telecommunications, Mr. Twomey is a frequent guest speaker at industry events and contributor to industry publications. Mr. Twomey holds a BSEE from the University of New Hampshire and an MBA from Babson College.
David Mahassel , VP Technical Support
David leads the Technical Support team providing 7x24 customer support plus pre- and post-sales system integration. David has close to 20 years experience in supporting a variety of telecom customers. Prior to joining Eastwind, he spent 10+ years at Excel Switching/Lucent providing support for Excel's ExchangePlus international gateway and tandem switch as well as Excel's CSP product lines. David has extensive direct customer experience which has enabled him to build a vast working knowledge of PSTN and IP voice networking protocols. Prior to Excel, David worked at GTE specializing in integration and deploying of secure telecom solutions for the Army and Air Force. David graduated from University of Lowell with a BSEE Minor in Math/Computer Science.
