Mike Groom

Mike Groom founded ON HOLD:32 in 1994. Prior to this, Mike was a Sales Executive for Voice-Tel of the Triangle, selling voice mail services to businesses and individuals. Before Voice-Tel, he was Founder of Voice Mail of America (VMAC) in New Haven, CT, where he started the very first voice mail company in New England dedicated to providing voice mailboxes to small or medium sized businesses that couldn't afford their own voice mail systems. Prior to VMAC, he was the National Call Center Manager for Executone Telephone Systems in Darien, CT. Mike is a graduate of Woodstock Academy High School in CT and attended Moravian College in Bethlehem, PA. He and his wife Suzanne have six amazing children. In 2003, Mike & Suzanne started the Chris Groom Memorial Fund to honor their son Chris, and each year they raise thousands of dollars to benefit underprivileged and needy children throughout the area. Mike is an avid golfer, a huge Philadelphia Eagles and Carolina Hurricanes fan, and an “I can still do this” athlete, stuck in an “I can’t do this anymore” body. He is a faithful member of North Raleigh United Methodist Church, where he serves as the Leader of the Church Council, a member of the Finance and Lay Leadership Committees, and an usher each Sunday. When he’s not at work or at church, he spends his time with his family, which usually means dropping them off or picking them up from some extracurricular activity.