Ted Franz

Ted Franz has over 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. Ted is currently the Director of Strategic Partnerships at Master Of Code Global since March 2023. Prior to this, they worked at Infobip as the Director of Product Strategy - North America from February 2022 to February 2023, and as a CPaaS PSE from September 2021 to February 2022. Before that, they served as the Global Business Development Lead - Kandy at American Virtual Cloud Technologies from December 2020 to September 2021. Ted also worked at Ribbon Communications as part of the Kandy Sales team from March 2019 to December 2020. Ted has held various sales roles throughout their career, including Regional Sales Director at Telestax from December 2017 to March 2019, Sales Director, EMEA at Telarix from January 2014 to December 2016, and VP Wholesale at Sky Telecom AG from January 2013 to December 2014. Additionally, they had a role as GVS Sales - Director Enterprise Sourcing at TATA Communications Ltd. (fka VSNL) from July 2010 to December 2012. Ted started their career at iBasis, where they worked as a Senior Sales Director, focusing on emerging markets in Eastern Europe, Russia, and CIS countries from 2000 to 2004. Overall, Ted has a strong background in sales and business development, with a particular emphasis on the telecommunications industry.

Ted Franz has a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Rutgers University. Ted also has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in International Business from WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business). Additionally, Ted holds another MBA degree in Information Technology from the Darla Moore School of Business. In terms of certifications, they have completed the Google Cloud Platform Essential Training from LinkedIn in June 2017.