Tom Turpin

Tom Turpin, CEO of EnTelegent Solutions leads a business focused on delivering excellence in communications services and solutions to enterprise clients across North America with the goal of accelerating cost-effective technology transformation. Tom’s passion for delivering value to customers and partners extends to commitments to delivering business solutions from an expanding product set including a wide array of managed services, security services and integrated communication solutions to ensure EnTelegent and its partners will be well positioned for a continuously evolving communications environment. Tom invested the first seventeen years of his career with General Electric. Tom’s leadership in sales, product management, general management, and business leadership both in the US and APAC markets helped provide the cross functional experience that led to positions of increasing responsibility in the US and Tokyo, Japan. As general manager of a joint venture with Hitachi, he led integration efforts in support of expanded market and product penetration into the Japanese market. He had the good fortune to lead efforts to drive just in time manufacturing efforts, to assist with integration initiatives with new European acquisitions and to lead global rationalization efforts for automotive solutions. After GE,

Tom was looking for an opportunity to start a firm focused on client results through delivering on commitments and providing best in class technology solutions. The result has been highly valued long-term relationships with clients and partners who value their commitment to exceptional service and continual improvement. EnTelegent Solutions is the culmination of years spent building and acquiring capabilities focused on providing network and managed services to enterprise clients across North America through channel partners as well as through wholesale and white label programs. Growth at EnTelegent has exceeded 20% annually since inception as the company has continued to evolve to support its customer’s technology requirements while continuing to be available and accountable. Tom has served as the Chairman, Professional Technology Specialists; President, Lightwave Consulting Group and received his MBA from Kent State College of Business Administration with his undergraduate work at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill from which he received a BS in Business Administration. While Tom is successful in many of his endeavors, he still struggles to find a reasonable work/life balance. Tom enjoys tennis, hiking and spending time with wife of over 35 years, his two children and friends.