Frank began his career with Bell Atlantic (now Verizon) in 1985, where he was product manager for the first commercial deployment of Caller ID services in the nation. He joined Bell Atlantic Mobile (now Verizon Wireless) in 1988, first as manager of business planning, and later as Director-European Business Development. He was a key member of the teams that won licenses to provide nationwide cellular services in Italy, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Frank joined AccessLine Technologies in 1993 as director of Business Planning. He drafted private placement memoranda and prepared road shows that led to $30 million in equity financing. As Vice President-Product Management and later Vice President-Asia, he was responsible for over $20 million in system sales as well the installation of sophisticated telecommunications systems in the U.S., Canada. The U.K. Sweden, Norway, The Netherlands, Singapore and Japan.
Most recently, he was a founder and Vice-President of a Broadband ISP, New Century GlobalNet, which provided high speed Internet access to businesses in five major cities in Japan. Frank worked with Japanese regulatory authorities to obtain licenses to operate telecommunications facilities as well as exclusive rights to 240 MHz of radio spectrum to deploy wireless services. He also built and ran the company's marketing organization, including product management as well as advertising and promotion activities. Frank has an A.B. in Economics from Princeton University. |