Gary has 20 years of experience in the telecommunications and data networking industry. His breadth and depth of experience includes everything from Engineering, Sales, Customer Service, Marketing and Network Operations. Gary Nieboer's experience places him in a unique position to know not only how but also why telecommunications companies behave in the ways that they do. This allows him to be more effective at assisting companies as they negotiate and/or partner with telecom, broadband, and networking companies.He was an executive level leader and decision maker from 2000 to 2006 at Electric Lightwave, which was then owned by Frontier Communications. In 2005 and 2006 Gary assisted in closing the acquisition of Electric Lightwave by Integra Telecom. Upon close of the acquisition, Gary then continued in Executive Leadership with Integra Telecom leading all aspects of the the Utah, Idaho, Montana and California business units. Gary led groups focused on product development, pricing, marketing, service improvement, sales, sales compensation, alternate channel development, engineering, customer service, installations, and maintenance. Gary has also had full Profit and Loss responsibility for his operational business units for more than 10 years of his career.Prior to his leadership responsibility at Electric Lightwave and Integra Telecom, Gary solved communications problems for a variety of health care systems, hospitals, clinics, plus large companies such as US Bank, Boeing, and Microsoft.Gary now focuses on helping customers reinvent their telecommunications networks through his consulting business, Bridger Partners, or by providing services directly through his service provider business, NetDiverse.As companies move applications into the cloud, Gary can assist these companies ensure their Networks are sized correctly with the correct amount of redundancy. In addition, Gary can assist companies move their voice applications into the cloud as well.Specialties: Network and Communications Consulting, Network design, Network Diversity, Network Monitoring, Hosted VoIP, SIP trunking, Integrated (voice and data) implementations, MPLS, and Fiber Optic Network Optimization
Listed skills include Voip, Mpls, Telecommunications, Sip Trunking, and 46 others.