Rey Salinas

A graduate of Central Catholic High School and St. Mary's University, Rey has over 40 years in the Telecommunications industry. Upon receiving his Bachelors from St. Mary's University, he started with Southwestern Bell/AT&T as a management trainee in sales & marketing. He quickly proved his talents and repeatedly was one of the top producers in San Antonio. In 1978, he was promoted to District Sales Manager and assigned to an under performing district in Houston, Texas. Within a year, his District was one of the Top Performers and in 1981 he was promoted to Division Manager and welcomed back home to San Antonio. During his time as a Division Manager, he worked on the team tasked with the launch of the AT&T Merlin and the transition of the Southwestern Bell Telecom employees to the newly formed American Bell (later became Lucent) following the break-up of the Bell System.

Following the transition to American Bell, Rey was invited to join a team tasked with managing the transition and providing training and direction for sales and marketing personnel throughout the United States. However, this opportunity would require a relocation to corporate headquarters in New Jersey. putting family and community first, Rey instead chose to walk-away from the opportunity and stay San Antonio.

For the next three years, he served as Vice President – Marketing for San Antonio's largest telephone systems dealer until co-founding Horizon Telephone Systems, now HTS Voice & Data Systems.