Al Brisard is vice-president of marketing at Pingtel Corp. where he oversees product development, strategy, and marketing programs. Prior to Pingtel, Al led the development and execution of MCK's product strategy, expanding the development of its remote voice products over broadband networks. He was also director of marketing and business development at 3Com's Personal Communications Division. He has an MBA from Boston College Carroll School of Management and a BS in electrical engineering from Northeastern University.
In a small or medium-sized business, the cost of telephone equipment, phone lines, and long distance calls can easily reach tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars. A chief executive officer or operations manager, looking for ways to lower costs, finds there's few ways to do it. Equip...Aug. 12, 2005 04:00 PM EDT Reads: 11,731
