Kelly C. Bloss

Ms. Kelly Bloss, Director since 2006, and appointed Chairman of the Board in November 2013, is the President of Knowledge Transfer Group, Inc., a strategy and technology management consulting firm she founded in 2000.

She is a seasoned entrepreneur and proven business executive. Her work remains at the leading edge of the changes permeating the highly complex industries of healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, telecommunications, media and entertainment. Creating an exceptional record of accomplishment, she is an expert in delivering strategic business solutions that drive revenue growth and cost management.

Her work includes strategic consulting in healthcare – providing strategy development and implementation services to healthcare delivery systems. She also provides governance leadership and guidance to financial institutions and leads a team that provides innovative billing data management and data analytics solutions to the cable industry.

Ms. Bloss served as Vice President for NYNEX/Bell Atlantic/Verizon responsible for their Long Distance business. Ms. Bloss holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Union College and a Master of Science degree from Polytechnic Institute of New York University (formerly Polytechnic University) Ms. Bloss was recruited as a director because of her industry-based knowledge as well as her varied skill set as a consultant within the telecommunications industry. Ms. Bloss brings a unique understanding of the technology and emerging and converging technologies within the industry, marketing and sales-enhancement skills, as well as corporate governance experience in her capacity as a consultant to our board.