serves as chairman of Covista Communications and has extensive business and telecommunications experience. Prior to purchasing a major interest in Covista, Mr. Luken founded Telco Communications and Long Distance Wholesale Club in1993 and was a pioneer in dial-around long distance service. Mr. Luken built this into one of the most successful telecommunication companies of its kind in the United States with over half a billion in revenues. Mr. Luken sold his interest in 1997.
Mr. Luken moved the company headquarters from Little Falls, New
Jersey to Chattanooga, Tennessee. Mr. Luken is intimately involved in
the strategic growth plans and operations of the company. Mr. Luken
also owns interest in several TV and Radio Stations and serves as
chairman of the board of ACNTV, a television home-shopping company.
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Kevin Alward serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Covista Communications, Inc. In 2007, Mr. Alward returned for his third term with the company in an executive role. He had previously served the company as President and Chief Operating Officer from 1994 to 1998, when he left the company to become President of North America for Destia Communications, Inc. (formerly known as Econophone, Inc.) and its successor by merger, Viatel, Inc. In April 2000, he co-founded Blink Data Corp., a telecommunications and data services provider headquartered in northern New Jersey, where he was President and Chief Executive Officer until his return to Covista in March of 2001 to serve as Chief Operating Officer and a Director on Covista's board.
Mr. Alward was most recently Principal and Chief Executive Officer of General Telecom. In this position, he shared his extensive industry knowledge and contacts to expand General Telecom’s leadership position in the telecommunications network management space. Additionally, Mr. Alward is the founder of ClearEnd, an IT and telecommunications consulting firm specializing in hosted IP telephony.
Gerry DeHaven is currently the Director of Communications and Technology for Palladium Capital Advisors LLC and also founder and President of the Iridius Management Group, a telecom and technology focused consulting firm. DeHaven co-founded and served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Blink Data Corporation, an integrated communications provider that was acquired by Covista Communications in 2001. He then joined Covista as Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing. He has more than 20 years of telecommunications experience in investment banking, sales, business development, marketing, product development and operations management.
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Feldman has ties back to the founding of Covista Communications, when the
company was known as TotalTel USA Communications, Inc. He led the company as
Chief Executive Officer and remained a principal shareholder from 1984 until
2000, when he sold his interest in the company, after which it was renamed and
relocated to
Donald Jones recently retired from his position as Senior Vice President for Chapter Services of the American Red Cross, for which he worked since 1991. Prior to joining the Red Cross, Mr. Jones was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Military Manpower and Personnel Policy. Mr. Jones served in the United States Army for over 35 years and retired in 1991 with the permanent rank of Lieutenant General.
is Managing Director of Pointer Management Company, Chattanooga, Tennessee, which he co-founded in 1990 to invest in hedge funds and similar types of partnerships utilizing a fund of funds approach. From 1982 until 1990, he was a private investor in New York City, and a director of several public and private companies. From 1980 until 1982, he was founding general partner of TIGER, a global hedge fund. From 1971 until 1980, he was a Vice President of Kidder, Peabody, & Co., Inc. in New York. McKenzie is a graduate of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, and the Wharton Graduate division of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
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