Digium Team

Digium's vision is a world based upon open communications.

Our mission is to transform the way businesses acquire and operate their communications systems through the application of open source software.

Along with our energetic and hip culture, Digium's core values and beliefs reflect the philosophy of Asterisk and the open source revolution. We believe in:

• Constant innovation through open source development.
• An idea and solution driven company. "There is no box".
• Respecting the individual and encouraging creativity.
• Working as a team. Winning as a team. Losing as a team.
• Being friendly, courteous, and honest in our dealings with others.
• Delivering what we promise in business and personal relationships.
• Giving customer matters urgency, through "owning" the problem.
• Striving to be a company with whom it's easy to do business.

Mark Spencer / Founder and CTO

Mark Spencer founded Digium®, Inc., in 1999 as Linux Support Systems while still a computer engineering student at Auburn University. When faced with the high cost of buying a PBX for the company, Spencer simply used his Linux PC and knowledge of C code to develop his own PBX. This was the beginning of the worldwide open source phenomenon known as Asterisk®.

As Asterisk gained in popularity, Spencer shifted his business focus from Linux support to supporting Asterisk and opening up the telecom market. Mark renamed the company Digium and transformed the fledgling upstart into the leading open source telecommunication provider in the world today.

As the Chairman and CTO of Digium, Mark Spencer continues to drive the strategic vision and technology direction of the company as well as focus on the development and growth of the Asterisk Community at large.

Spencer is widely regarded as the pioneer of open source telephony and gives frequent keynote addresses to large technology audiences.

Danny Windham / Chief Executive Officer

Danny Windham joined Digium in February, 2007 as CEO. In this role, Windham is responsible for setting corporate strategy and executing day to day business operations.

Prior to joining Digium, Windham served as president and chief operating officer of ADTRAN, a global provider of networking and communications equipment. Windham joined ADTRAN in 1989 following ADTRAN's successful acquisition of Processing Telecom Technologies, a company Windham co-founded in 1986. Prior to becoming president/COO in 2005, Windham served as the senior vice president and general manager of the Enterprise Networks Division.

Windham holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Mississippi State University where he was named a Distinguished Engineering Fellow in 2001 and also holds an MBA from Florida Tech.

Steve Burcham / Vice President of Operations and Quality

Steve Burcham joined Digium in May 2008 as Director of Customer Quality. In this role, he led efforts to improve Digium's quality management system by implementing processes and procedures leading to ISO 9001 certification. In November 2009, Burcham was named Vice President of Operations and Quality, his responsibilities include manufacturing, operations, IT, quality and customer technical support. Burcham holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Auburn University and a Bachelor's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Alabama in Huntsville. He resides in Madison, Ala., with his wife and three daughters. Burcham is involved in many community groups, including the Madison YMCA Building Committee, Asbury Methodist Church Building Committee and Madison Optimist Club and is an alumnus of the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce Leadership.

Leslie Conway / Vice President of Global Marketing

Leslie Conway joined Digium in June of 2008 as Vice President of Global Marketing. In this role, Conway is responsible for setting world-wide marketing strategy and executing corporate, product and channel marketing activities to position Digium as a visionary leader in the area of open source communications.

Conway has more than 20 years experience in technology marketing and channel development. For the past 17 years she worked at ADTRAN, a networking and telecommunications company, where she most recently served as Vice President of Global Marketing responsible for corporate, product and channel marketing as well as pre-sales technical support and training. Additionally, Conway served in senior positions responsible for product marketing, product management and distribution sales. Prior to joining ADTRAN, Conway worked as a product manager at Intergraph Corporation and as a design engineer for General Electric.

Conway holds a bachelor's degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, a master's degree in management and a master's degree in business administration from Florida Tech.

David Deaton / Vice President, Engineering

David Deaton joined Digium in March of 2007. As vice president of engineering, Deaton is responsible for overseeing the development of new Digium products, building upon the success of AsteriskNOW™ and Asterisk Business Edition™.

Deaton brings 16 years of experience in the telecommunication and technology industries, including as CEO of Teracruz, a database acceleration and security provider. Deaton also served as director of engineering for the Broadband Systems Division of Nokia, where he oversaw the development of DSL products worldwide. Previously, Deaton held multiple engineering management positions at ADTRAN, where he had responsibility for the development of telecommunication products for enterprise customers.

Deaton holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from Mississippi State University and multiple patents related to the design of telecommunication equipment.

Steve Harvey / Vice President, Worldwide Sales

Steve Harvey joined Digium in February 2007 and is responsible for driving Digium's revenue through worldwide channel development and strategic OEM activity.

Prior to joining Digium, Harvey was vice president, Enterprise Networks and Competitive Service Provider Sales for ADTRAN, where he was responsible for designing and developing the company's overall channel strategy. Under Harvey's leadership, ADTRAN's Channel and Competitive Service Provider revenue grew to account for nearly 50% of the company's overall revenue.

Harvey holds a BS in Computer Science from Indiana University.

Bill Miller / Vice President, Product Management

Bill Miller brings over 20 years of telecommunication experience to his role as vice president of product management. Miller joined Digium in June 2006, heading up both marketing and product management. Today, Miller is responsible for managing Digium's expanding product lines including all hardware, software and appliance families, technology partners and expanding Digium's open source Asterisk Community.

Prior to joining Digium, Miller led 3Com's voice product management team where he led voice product line revenue growth while re-positioning the enterprise voice products and driving new strategies for the future.

Miller has held senior positions in Product Management, Marketing, Strategic Alliances and Business Development for Andes Networks, Fujitsu Business Communications Systems, General DataComm, Rockwell International and Prime Computer.

Miller holds a BS in Computer Engineering Technology from Northeastern University.

Joshua Stephens / General Manager, San Diego Operations

Joshua Stephens joined Digium in September, 2007 after Digium's acquisition of Switchvox. As General Manger, Stephens oversees the day to day operations in the San Diego office, as well as setting the direction of Switchvox based products and associated business applications.

Stephens has been a key engineer in a broad range of industries and has distinguished himself as a visionary in the hi-tech arena. He is known for his ability to deliver practical, innovative solutions to difficult problems and to manage the many facets of complex, large scale engineering projects.

Prior to joining Digium, Stephens co-founded Four Loop Technologies, and served as CEO where he helped create Switchvox. Previously Stephens served in the Architects' Group at Vivendi Universal Net USA/ MP3.com, where he pioneered development of scalable data management systems, and was awarded a patent for a system of providing access to electronic works over a network. He also served at Qualcomm, where he was one of the developers of Eudora, at the time, the world's leading email application.