Darren R. Mass

President & Chief Executive Officer

Darren R. Mass serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of MASS Communications, and is responsible for the vision, leadership, and direction of the company. His vision and passion for the telecommunications industry emanated from his years of experience in various roles, including senior management, engineering and service backgrounds. Darren’s extensive knowledge of the industry has played a significant factor in determining the proper formula for quality, professionalism and support. With Customer Service, dedication and passion as his vision, Darren has been able to provide MASS Communications with the direction needed, to lead the industry to the next level.

Education
BS, Rochester Institute of Technology, Telecommunications Engineering

Certifications
Telecommunications Network Management, Voice Communications, Data Communications

Marc Gold

Chief Operating Officer

Marc Gold serves as Chief Operating Officer of MASS Communications, and is responsible for the daily operations associated with carrying out the vision of the company. Marc has served as President of OptiCom Solutions, Inc. for the past 5 years and was recognized as the 2006 Agent of the Year for PAETEC Communications. Marc has been a major contributor on the Agent Advisory Board for PAETEC, which brings an insiders perspective to sales and marketing in the Telecommunications industry.

Education
BS, State University of Albany, Marketing and Management
MBA, Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College, Computer Information
Systems

Brian S. Mass

Chief Financial Officer

Brian S. Mass serves as Chief Financial Officer, and as such, is responsible for maintaining and reporting the financial health of the company. Responsibilities also include overseeing such finance-related departments as Treasury, Accounting, Accounts Payable, Investor Relations, and Payroll. Mr. Mass comes to MASS Communications from Citigroup where he has served as a Director in the Global Technology Investment Banking division. Mr. Mass has over 10 years of experience including public and private financings; mergers and acquisitions; tax; regulatory compliance; systems; and management experience.

Education
BA, Northwestern University, Economics

David L. Schwed, CISA

Chief Information Officer

David L. Schwed serves as the Chief Information Officer of MASS Communications and is responsible for managing the information technology organization. In addition he plays a critical role in formulating the company’s strategic direction. David has over 11 years of information technology and risk management experience working in the financial services sector. He has held numerous IT management positions and has served as a Vice President in the Internal Audit department of a major global financial institution. David is a Certified Information Systems Auditor and is a member of BITS (a not-for-profit, CEO-driven financial service industry consortium made up of 100 of the largest financial institutions in the US).

Education
BS, State University of New York, Business, Management and Economics

Certification
Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)

Affiliations
BITS
Information Systems Audit and Control Association

Chris Bantoft

Chairman of the Advisory Board

Mr. Bantoft has played a key role in the Telecommunications industry for more than twenty years. His resume demonstrates multiple successes, including the development of several thriving Alternate Channel programs. Most recently Mr. Bantoft was at PAETEC as President of the Western Region and Executive Vice President of Agent Channel Sales. Chris was responsible for sales and field engineering  for 17 markets in 8 Western States, with 190 employees, plus  the national Channel sales organization, where he led 13 VP’s/ Directors and 60 Channel Managers. His total P&L responsibility exceeded $500 million. In 2006-7 Chris was President of Alternate Channels, which included PAETEC’s Wholesale and Reseller operations.

Prior to joining PAETEC in 2001, Chris founded a consulting and recruiting services firm and acted as its President and Chief Executive Officer. From April 1998 to May 2000, Mr. Bantoft served as President and Chief Operating Officer of WorldxChange Communications, where he managed the development of thirteen international subsidiaries.

From 1994 to 1998, Mr. Bantoft served as ACC Corp.'s Managing Director for Europe and was responsible for the initiation and development of ACC's businesses in the United Kingdom and Germany. Additionally, Chris participated in the sale of ACC to Teleport as well as its merger with AT&T. From 1986 to 1993, Mr. Bantoft was with Alcatel Business Systems in the United Kingdom., serving as its Managing Director for 3 years.