Corporate Info
Board
Mike St. John
Chairman
Mike St. John is an entrepreneur, president and founder of many successful businesses. Mr. St. John's businesses have spanned many different industries; including office equipment and supplies, audio and video recording and duplication, re-selling of IT hardware and software, data and document management, professional services for finance and IT, and broadband franchise negotiation with state and local governments. Mr. St. John was instrumental in the development, design and installation of key sports arena technology as well as higher education infrastructure. Mr. St. John invests in select real estate ventures, private equity funds and small business start ups.
Mr. St. John received his BSBA from Denver University and an MBA from the University of Colorado.
William P. Ernstrom
Board Member
Bill Ernstrom currently serves as a director on the Community First Foundation, a non-profit foundation, in Denver, Colorado. He is also serving as the chairperson for the Accountability Committee at his children's elementary school.
Mr. Ernstrom was the President, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Voyant Technologies. In 2004, Mr. Ernstrom led the successful sale of Voyant to Polycom, Inc., returning over 20 times the initial investment. In 1999, Mr. Ernstrom founded Voyant Technologies through the MBO/LBO purchase of Confertech Systems, Inc. from Frontier Communications. Under Mr. Ernstrom's leadership, Voyant grew revenues from about $13M to over $50M and achieved profitability for 17 consecutive quarters. The company was fueled by his commitment to the following five core values: innovation, passion, courage, integrity and results. Previously, Mr. Ernstrom served as President of Confertech Systems. In this capacity, Mr. Ernstrom was responsible for the sales, marketing, engineering and manufacturing of Confertech Systems' audio conferencing bridging systems.
Mr. Ernstrom began his career at Hewlett-Packard as a Sales Development Engineer in the Optical Components Division. After three years, Mr. Ernstrom left Hewlett-Packard to attend business school. During business school, Mr. Ernstrom served as Assistant to the President at MicroTouch Systems, a start-up firm that manufactured touch screen technology for the computer industry. After completing business school, Mr. Ernstrom became a Market Manager at a start-up firm, T1 Systems, Inc., a manufacturer of interactive voice response systems in Golden, Colorado. After the acquisition of T1 Systems by Confertech International, Mr. Ernstrom was promoted to the role of Director of Engineering in 1993, Vice President of Systems Operations in 1994 and President of Confertech Systems in 1997.
Mr. Ernstrom holds a Bachelor of Arts in physics from Hamilton College, a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from Columbia University and a Masters of Business Administration from Harvard University.
Carolyn Bradfield
CEO & Board Member
Carolyn Bradfield is a pioneer in the conferencing industry and has founded several of the industry's largest and most successful technology providers. She has been the driving force behind the adoption of many of the most significant innovations in the conferencing industry over the past 20 years. She adds a strong dimension to Copper Conferencing's Board of Directors based on her successful track record in the industry and her business innovations.
Bradfield began her conferencing career in 1991 as one of the co-founders of InterCall, now the largest service provider in the world specializing in conference communications. In 1995, she founded Quorum Conferencing, which was sold to Citizens Conferencing, now a division of Premiere Global Services in 1998. In 2000, she founded InterAct Conferencing, which was acquired in 2002 by Raindance Communications. Bradfield led the growth of Raindance for two years as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, before InterCall and West Corporation acquired the company.
Ed Larson
Board Member
Ed Larson was the founder and CEO of The Conference Depot, recently acquired by Copper Conferencing. He started the company in 2001 with the idea of providing a higher level customer service based value-added conference calling. He built the company using creative methods of marketing to establish a significant customer base of small to medium companies. His firm grew rapidly as his innovative business tactics capitalized on this under-served market.
Mr. Larson also developed an effective sales process to produce significant growth in vertical markets such as non-profits and higher education. He has successfully acquired major Universities and state organizations as clientele. Mr. Larson was on the forefront of email marketing and Search Engine Optimization and has fine tuned a variety of innovative marketing strategies that continue to fuel Copper Conferencing's growth.
Prior to starting The Conference Depot he co-founded Micro Alliance. Micro Alliance was sold to SBS Technologies which is now part of General Electric Fanuc. Micro Alliance was a manufacturer of Industrial Computer platforms. These platforms played a role in a number of military installations as the company expanded, built, and engineered systems for the telecommunications industry.
Brad Dupee
Founder & Board Member
Brad Dupee has more than 16 years of industry experience in telecommunications and internet services. Brad has served as CEO of Copper Conferencing, as well as Vice President of Business Development and Channel Sales at Raindance Communications, now InterCall. At Raindance, he founded and developed the company's highest-performing sales division, producing more than $60 million in sales in its first five years. Brad has also served in managerial sales and marketing roles at Hill | Holliday Interactive, General Interactive, Inc. (co-founder), and Network Plus, Inc. Each of these firms provides communications services for small- and medium-sized businesses.
Brad holds a B.A. from Bentley College.