Joseph Burton is the CEO of Telesign. Before Telesign, he served as CEO of Plantronics (now Poly) from 2016 to 2020, after joining the company in 2011 as Chief Technical Officer and then serving as Chief Commercial Officer. He started his career in 1990 as a software engineer, was acquired into Cisco in 2001 and served as Cisco's CTO for Unified Communications until 2010. Burton specializes in digital transformation, growth acceleration, corporate and go-to-market strategies, and has extensive expertise in technology and product development. He was most recently a Senior Advisor to the management consulting company McKinsey & Company. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems and completed the Stanford Executive program at Stanford University.

Thomas Dhondt is the CFO overseeing Telesign’s financial functions. Before joining Telesign, Dhondt spent eight years at Proximus in the corporate and enterprise business units where he specialized in strategy, finance, and M&A. The last two years he served as Director of the corporate M&A department and was responsible for transactions within the telecom, IT, a and software industries. He also led the buyout of Telesign by Proximus. Thomas holds a Master of Science in Business Engineering from Ghent University and a Specialized Master’s in Corporate Finance from ESSEC Business School in Paris.

Kristi Melani is the CMO at Telesign. Prior to joining Telesign, she led the global Growth Marketing organization at Anaplan, a leader in SaaS enterprise. Kristi brings with her over 27 years of cross functional marketing experience. In addition to Anaplan, she was Vice President of Marketing at Poly leading a global marketing team across demand generation, messaging, campaign creation, events, ecommerce, web, and digital transformation. Melani holds a Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations from San Jose State University.

Cynthia Ng leads the Legal and Privacy teams at Telesign. Ng is also the Data Protection Officer at Telesign and is a Certified Information Privacy Professional. Cynthia has more than 20 years’ experience in legal practice in IT. Prior to Telesign, Ng was VP at CA Technologies working first in their Sydney office, then moving to Beijing, and finally relocated to New York to work at their HQ. She has a dual degree in Science and Law from the Australian National University and a Master of Laws from the University of Southern California. She is called to the Bar in California, Australia, and Malaysia.‍

Jamie Girouard is the CPO at Telesign. Prior to Telesign, she served as the Chief Human Resources Officer for Quantum Corporation, where she was responsible for setting and executing the global HR strategy and specifically focused on improving the company culture and elevating the employee experience. Girouard brings to Telesign 15 years of executive experience driving cultural change and repositioning companies in the technology sector to better attract, develop, reward, and retain talent. She holds a B.S in Psychology from Colorado State University and an M.A. in Industrial/Organization Psychology from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology.

Aaron Seyler is the SVP of Sales and Customer Success at Telesign. Seyler brings with him 15 years of sales experience in the technology and SaaS industries. Seyler specializes in rapidly growing revenue and developing high performance sales teams. He previously served as Regional Sales Manager at Sumo Logic, Strategic Account Manager at Veritas Technologies, and Enterprise Account Manager at Symantec. Seyler holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from Arizona State University.

Ben is the Vice President of Business Operations responsible for Telesign’s global Customer Success, Customer Support, and Messaging Operations teams. Before joining Telesign, Ben served as the Head of Customer Success & Support for a portfolio company of Rockbridge Growth Equity, where he was instrumental in developing a customer retention program and growing revenues. Ben holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Chicago.

Nenad Vucinic is the GM of the Belgrade, Serbia team at Telesign. From 2012-2017, he grew the Serbian office to more than 160 employees in support of Telesign’s global operations. His background includes leadership roles in both enterprise and startup environments in IT, Telecommunications, and Consumer Goods. He holds a Bachelor of Laws in International Law from the University of Belgrade.

Chris Thompson is the Vice President and Product and Portfolio Management Officer overseeing Telesign’s product strategy and roadmap. Chris has over 30 years of experience in product management, product marketing, and strategic business planning, including leadership roles at Plantronics, Cisco, Network Associates (McAfee), Nortel and Gartner Group. Chris was once described as “the headlights of the company; best adept at looking around corners, plotting a course, and not afraid to step on the gas or press the brakes to make sure we navigate the turn successfully.” Chris holds an undergraduate degree in Economics and an MBA in Management of Innovation and New Technology both from McMaster University in Canada.