Management Team
Peter Salas, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors
Peter E. Salas is ACT's Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors. He was appointed Principal Executive Officer by the Board in March 2007 and as Chairman in August 2005.
Mr. Salas has served as President of Dolphin Asset Management Corporation and its related companies since their founding in 1988. Dolphin Direct is a New York-based private equity fund that invests in micro-cap opportunities. He served as the lead investor in ACT's August 2005 Series AA Convertible Preferred Stock offering.
Prior to establishing the Dolphin entities, Mr. Salas served in various capacities for 10 years at J.P. Morgan Investment Management, Inc. He received an A.B. degree in Economics from Harvard in 1978. Mr. Salas also serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tengasco, Inc., and on the Boards of Directors of Williams Controls, Inc. and Southwall Technologies Inc.
Mark Kelly, President
Mark Kelly was promoted to President at ACT Conferencing in January 2011, from his previous position as the company's Chief Operating Officer. He joined ACT in 1998, and has been responsible for operations, product development, telecom infrastructure, management information systems and back-office functions. Mr. Kelly has more than 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry.
Prior to joining ACT in 1998, Mr. Kelly was co-founder and Vice President of Engineering for Advanced Multi-Point Conferencing (AMC), a teleconferencing service provider based in Ottawa, Canada, that was acquired by ACT.
From 1987 until 1993, Mr. Kelly held a number of positions at Nortel Networks, including Manager for Core Software Development for Nortel's audio conference bridging platform and Member of the Scientific Staff.
Jennie McQuade, General Counsel/Vice President of Human Resources
Prior to serving as the General Counsel/Vice President of Human Resources for ACT, Jennie L. McQuade served as General Counsel/CSA for JAG-Colorado. Ms. McQuade was the principal staff member charged with overseeing all legal matters. She was also responsible for planning, organization, implementation and management of Operations, including accounting, finance, human resources, IT and Network function and administration. She provided planning, guidance, support and staff supervision to ensure effective implementation and achievement of goals and objectives as outlined in the organization’s strategic plan.
Ms. McQuade served as General Counsel for the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards (CFP Board). She was the principal staff member charged with overseeing all the corporate legal affairs of CFP Board. She has also served as a law clerk for Colorado Supreme Court Justice Kirshbaum, worked in private practice and taught business law at American University.
Ms. McQuade holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance/Real Estate from Colorado State University and obtained a Juris Doctorate from the University of Denver in 1995.
Gary Iles, Vice President of Global Marketing and Sales
Gary Iles brings 20 years of telecommunications experience to ACT, where he leads global marketing, product management and sales. In his role at ACT, Iles has been committed to progressing ACT's long range vision and designing a cloud-based collaboration and service creation environment capable of supporting global clients' unique needs.
Previously as a director at Level 3 Communications, he led complex customer implementations, launched channel programs and was Director of Product Management over their Enhanced Local VoIP service. As an IT Director at Qwest Communications, Iles led a software development team which delivered an award-winning consumer portal and piloted the first extreme programming initiative. Iles also consulted to the telecommunications industry, including engagements with Global 1000 clients AT&T/Lucent, British Telecom, IBM, and Qwest.
Iles holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration in Marketing and Management from St. Edwards University, and a Master's in Business Administration in International Business from the University of South Carolina's Moore School of Business.
Kelli Smith, Vice President of Finance
Prior to joining ACT as Vice President, Finance, Kelli Smith was Treasurer for Dolphin Mgmt Shared Services, Inc. since 2007. She was responsible for overseeing the Controller/Accounting/Human Resource functions for multiple companies located throughout the United States. During her tenure with Dolphin, Smith built and managed the ACT Finance Team.
Smith came to Dolphin after a fourteen year career with Rayonier, a global forest products company, ranked in the Fortune 500. In her final role as Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis, Smith lead the corporate forecast and budget processes.
She received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from the University of North Florida in 1989.
