Christopher M. Welch – Bio

Chief Engineer and Founder – digitalflood Studios

Mr. Welch is a results driven technology management professional with a broad range of technical and people management skills with over twenty two years of business success and service in the Telecommunications & Cable MSO technical service industry including leadership in broadband, networking, IT, telecom, and cloud services.:

• Expert in IT & MSO services.
• Expert in Telecom Services and Management Leadership.
• Studied Visual Arts & Business Leadership formally.
• 13+ Years in Business Management & Leadership.
• 25+ Years in Technology.
• Strong People EQ & Mentoring/Coaching Skills.
• Hands on Expert IP/IT Technical Skills.
• Proven Organizational Leader In Small to Large Size Organizations.
• Able to Quickly Adapt & Grow.
• Highly Experienced as Tech Operations & Engineering Leader.

Professional Accomplishments:

• Founded digitalflood Studios in 1995 at age 18. Over 25 years of entrepreneurial experience in contracted IT services and engineering.
• 16 years of Networking Engineering experience at one of the oldest independent telephone companies in New York State serving local customers and Fortune 500 companies alike.
• Pioneer in Hosted VoIP and Unified Communications. Rang his first VoIP endpoint in 2001. Has served over a 750,000 customers over his tenure of 22 years in the telecommunications industry.
• Engineered the first 10 Gb/s Ethernet ring in Orange County, New York.
• Delivered 1 Gb/s connectivity to rural customers in 2007.
• 13 years of management experience including six years at the fifth largest MSO in the United States of America running their central switching voice operations and engineering department, Over 500,000 active subscribers served in 21 US states.

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