Dr. Rabinoff's 25 years of business experience in China and the Far East have provided him with extensive knowledge in doing business in China including important international commercial/personal relationships. Throughout his business career, Dr. Allan Rabinoff has focused on maximizing opportunities in a rapidly changing business environment. Dr. Rabinoff has international experience in the areas of project identification, contract negotiation, cross-cultural team building, marketing, sales, Merger & Acquisition strategy, and business development. He has a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland and received his Masters and undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin.
Dr. Rabinoff has been involved in the area of telecommunications for the past fifteen years. He was a principle in Intelligent Network Communications, LLC and IP2IP, LLC. Both companies operate in the international telephone transport arena.
Steven T. Berman President & CEO Member of the Board
Mr. Berman is a senior telecommunications executive with over 20 years of business and legal experience. In addition, he has served as corporate general counsel, operations manager, a regulatory and compliance strategist and as a contract negotiator. His background includes managing staff and operations in telecom companies plus financial and manufacturing operations.
His extensive telecommunications background comes from serving ten years at the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) where in 1994 he helped launch DIRECTV, the nation's first high powered Satellite Dish Service and WildBlue Broadband Satellite, one of the nation's first two-way satellite-delivered broadband internet services. Mr. Berman served as Senior Vice President, Business Affairs and General Counsel at the NRTC and was also Corporate Secretary-Treasurer. He was the NRTC’s principal liaison with strategic partners, financiers and its largest customers. Mr. Berman managed business relations and legal components of manufacturing, transport, storage, insurance and delivery of various telecommunication products and services – including Direct Broadcast Satellite, broadband, high-speed Internet access and wireless operations, warranty programs, and call center support.
Prior to joining China Wi-Max Communications he served as President and CEO of First Capital Surety and Trust Company (formerly Morgan Chase Trust Company) where he used his business, management, financial and legal skills to successfully turn around the $200+ million regulated bank and trust company. The company was re-established as a leader in its field.
Mr. Berman is an attorney admitted to the Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and District of Columbia bars. He is also a member of the American Bar Association. He received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, Wisconsin in 1987. Prior to his corporate career he was a practicing attorney based in Washington, D.C., involved with complex civil litigation.
Buck Krieger Member of the Board/Co-Founder
Buck Krieger has an extensive financial background, which began at Clayton Brokerage Company, which later became the largest Brokerage house in the country dealing exclusively in Commodities. During his time at Clayton Brokerage he was an E.V.P. and National Sales Manager for 10 years.
Mr. Krieger retired from Clayton after 25 years, and began a Theatrical Stage lighting company contracted with 5 major Rock n Roll bands, 6 Country groups and a number of National Company Industry trade shows. His career includes invaluable experience in that industry as he developed other businesses in pre-paid services, insurance, telecommunications, financial services, and venture capital.
Mr. Krieger has a B.S. in Economics degree from Washington University in St. Louis, MO.
Sharon Xiong, Ph.D. Member of the Board
Sharon Xiong currently leads and manages system verification of High Density SIP Trunk Gateway at Avaya Communication Inc. Prior to working for Avaya; Sharon worked at Lucent Technologies on 10G optical router (Bandwidth Manager) development and Rhythm Netconnections, Inc., for DSL management software development. She has more than ten years of experience in telecommunication software product development and software testing. She was involved in the development of products including user interface, web services, application interface, call processing, data management applications, reporting application, network optical switch, etc.
Sharon is one of the founders and a former board member of the Chinese American Association (CAA) of Rocky Mountain Region. In addition to CAA, she participated in the founding of the Great Wall Chinese Academy (GWCA) and serves as a board member and current principal. She manages a GWAC Sunday school operation of about 200 students, 10 administrators and 24 teachers.
Sharon is the President of XBC Consulting Firm which offers business consulting services to people who intend to expand their business in China’s emerging market. She understands Chinese culture, has a broad Chinese network, many years hands-on experience in US corporate business operation, and corporate management skills.
She received her education in Computer Science from the University of Colorado, Denver and holds an EMBA from the University of Colorado, Denver, a Ph.D. from the Medical School at the University of South Dakota, and an M.S and B.S. from Peking University, China.
Richard Kranitz Member of Board
Richard A. Kranitz has been an attorney in private practice since 1970 emphasizing securities, banking and business law. Prior to establishing Kranitz & Philipp formerly the Law Offices of Richard A. Kranitz he was with the Milwaukee law firms of Fretly & Kranitz (1982 to 1983), Habush, Gillich, Habush, Davis, Murphy Kraemer & Kranitz (1977 to 1978), McKay, Martin & Kranitz (1973-1976) and Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren, Norris & Reiselbach, s.c. (1970 to 1973). Mr. Kranitz served as Law Clerk to the Honorable Myron L. Gordon, U.S. District Court D. Wisconsin from 1969 to 1970. He is a 1969 graduate of the University of Wisconsin Law School. Mr. Kranitz is a director of the Grafton State Bank. He served as venture capital consultant to, and director of, various private companies and entrepreneur and has served at various times as a director of a number of professional, civic or charitable organizations.
Frank Ventura Member of Board
Mr. Ventura has over 25 years of experience in telecommunications. He spent twenty one years with Sprint during the “Growth Thru Acquisitions” period when over 147 companies were merged into Sprint. As Vice President and Controller-Chief Accountant Officer, he was responsible for Acquisition Studies and Audits, Accounting System Development, SEC, Consolidation, and Tax.
During various periods while at Sprint he was the executive in charge of Flight Operations, System Wide Purchasing, Management Information Systems, Real-estate, and Internal Audit. He was Executive Vice President Administration for two years.
After leaving Sprint Mr. Ventura served as Chief Financial Officer for St. Andrews Telecommunications Inc., and Blue Star Communications Inc. Mr. Ventura also served as Executive Vice President and General Manager of Scott Rice, a large Contract Furniture Dealer.
