Rebecca Wetzel

Ms. Wetzel is a 20 year veteran of the data networking industry with unparalleled inside knowledge of the Internet service and product market. Ms. Wetzel served as Director of Marketing at NEARNET, an early contributor to the Internet’s development, and helped shape the Internet into the commercial juggernaut of today. She was a founding employee at BBN Planet (ground zero during the Internet’s formative years) and following BBN, she became Director of Internet Consulting at TeleChoice, a marketing strategy firm for the then-emerging CLEC industry. Ms. Wetzel is a widely published author of numerous white papers, articles, and reports on Internet topics in publications such as Business Communications Review and Inter@active week, and is also co-author of the book Internet Telephony for Dummies. Ms. Wetzel currently operates her private consulting firm Wetzel Consulting, LLC and is a continually published author and expert industry marketing consultant. Ms. Wetzel graduated from Wellesley College, received her MBA from Babson College and an MA from the University of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England.