Management
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Scott Akrie
Chief Executive Officer
Scott has worked on advanced wireless networks around the world. As Managing Partner, Scott brings a well-rounded telecommunications operation and strategic planning background to NetLogix. After beginning his career at Pacific Bell in Central Office Engineering, later moving into Tandem Operations, Scott worked in an executive development program at Bellcore before moved into Strategic Technology planning and working as a Senior Manager at Telesis Technology Laboratories. Scott held various senior management positions in Network Engineering and Operations and was involved as a lead negotiator in network infrastructure agreements worth more than $10 billion during his service with AirTouch Communications, SprintPCS, and PrimeCo (which became Verizon Wireless). Subsequently, Scott became the first Vice President of Engineering and Operations for Clearwire. Prior to founding NetLogix, Scott served as Vice President and Chief Technical Officer of SkyRiver Communications.
Scott holds a BSEE degree from San Francisco State University and has completed coursework for his MS in Telecommunications from the University of Colorado.
Ken Bell
Vice-President, Network Operations
Ken is responsible for the day-to-day operations of NetLogix's client networks. Beginning his career at Pacific Bell with 24 years of service, Ken has participated in numerous technical roles and has contributed to the development of Pacific Bell's National Network Management infrastructure. Ken went on to Siemens Stromberg-Carlson, where he managed the Pacific Bell support relationship.
Ken became involved at AirTouch, where he helped deploy and manage Germany's first cellular (GSM) network. He returned to the United States to work as NOC Director for PrimeCo (which became Verizon Wireless), then went on to help shape NOC Operations for SprintPCS, and later, Connex GSM (Romania's cellular GSM provider). Before co-founding NetLogix, Ken transitioned to the technology vendor side at Cisco Systems, where he helped develop their MGCP/VoIP product line and Gluon Networks (which became Zhone Technologies).
Jason Dillon
Vice-President, Systems Engineering
Jason brings over eighteen years of data center design experience servicing “Fortune 50” companies to his role in executive management, implementation, and network operations for the NetLogix team. Starting in the early ‘90s, Jason built a track record of success with Jinro-Coors and iAsia in Asia's Pacific Rim, helping to design and manage mission critical facilities, a large multicultural team, and a $620M commissioning budget early in his career. His next few years involved work with Lockheed Martin Mission Systems, where he directed and oversaw architecture and construction of 21 government data centers covering over 1.2M sq. ft. of highly secure critical data centers, maintaining technical responsibility for 99.999% uptime of extensive, distributed data server farms and N+2 mechanical electrical plants.
After briefly directing the internet data center operations team for a highly successful dynamic Silicon Valley startup, TBD Networks, Jason began work with Sprint E|Solutions - Internet Data Centers. Responsible for 99.999% uptime, Jason managed and operated numerous Tier 1 Internet Data Centers that served thousands of major accounts, including massive eCommerce companies and secure government institutions. Jason was awarded the Annual Sprint Values Excellence Award as Employee of the Year and subsequently began work at the Sprint Research and Development Center while leading laboratory integrations testing development for the 3G/4G Wireless community. Within Sprint's Research and Development Center, Jason helped redesign the entrance and exit criteria for new technology deployments into the live network, which ultimately brought the network failure rate from .82% down to .002% in just one year.