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About Me

Ted Thonus is the founder and owner of Cottonwood Communications, LLC., a telecommunications consulting firm. Prior to starting this company he held positions with Allied Communications, ICG and Qwest. Ted enjoys Skiing, hiking and spending time with his family in the beautiful Rocky Mountains.

Ted's blog can be found at http://www.cottonwoodcomm.com/category/blog/

Work History

• Cottonwood Communications
• Founder and President
• June 2005 to Present

• Cottonwood Communications is a Telecommunications and IT consulting agency focused on providing our customers the very best advice on carrier selection when it comes to dial tone (voice), Internet, and WAN (data) solutions for their business. We begin with each of our clients by doing a telecom audit to insure they are not paying more than they should. Once this has been established we'll then assist on new projects and implement only the best technologies.

  Cottonwood Communicaitons is a business partner with Qwest, AT&T, Verizon, Level 3, Integra, XO, Paetec and other fine carriers.

• Qwest Communications
• Global Account Manager
• April 1999 to June 2005

• I began at Qwest as a Senior Account Manager supporting customers that averaged $5,000/month in revenue. Within a year I was promoted to a Major Account Manager supporting customers that exceeded $25,000/month in revenue. My final 3 years was spent as a Global Account Manger in the GES (Government & Educational Service) organization. With this group I supported all local government customers north of Denver with their Qwest services. This included all City, County, School, and Water and Fire Districts. We were responsible for increasing revenues and insuring satisfaction with all product offerings. Upon leaving I supported a base of $600,000 in monthly revenue.

Education

• Colorado Rocky Mountain School
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• University of Colorado
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