I have both a business and technical background, having run a startup ISP and CLEC (Telecommunications provider) and grown it over 10 years before its sale in 2013. Over that period of time I was the wearer of a great many hats, which meant the acquisition of many skills, and this always kept my curiosity fed. Core knowledge in business financials, IP networking, telecommunications systems - from pots , ss7 to sigtran, to sip, mgcp, systems administration, data center / infrastructure engineering, outside plant design and construction, wireless communications from tower construction (tower climbing certified) to microwave link design, and software programming, specifically for operations support systems.