Steven Johnson has 15 years' senior management experience with Sanders Associates, Telco Systems, and Lockheed Martin. Prior to Ingate Johnson served as CEO of Abrena, Inc., a business development consulting firm focused on assisting European and North American firms to expand in the United States.

Charles Studt is responsible for all aspects of product strategy, product development, and corporate and product marketing at IntelePeer, including guiding the creation, rollout and broad market acceptance of the Open Communications Platform. Prior to IntelePeer, he served as the Director of Product Management and Marketing at TeleGea, where he was instrumental in creating the industry’s first service delivery platform for hosted VoIP services, establishing a market leadership position, and successful corporate acquisition. Previously, Mr. Studt served as an industry consultant at KPMG (BearingPoint) and American Management Systems (CGI), leading OSS and billing modernization programs at global Tier 1 carriers including BellSouth, Verizon, Swisscom, KPN and TeliaSonera.

Erik oversees the daily operation of TMCnet, which delivers news, information, videos, white papers, podcasts, and more to three million visitors each month. He is also a contributor to TMCnet as well as TMC’s IP Communications publications. Prior to joining the TMC team, several years ago, he was Managing Editor at Global Custodian, a global securities services publication, where he also managed the magazine’s survey research. Erik began his professional career at management consulting firm Leadership Research Institute.