James Siminoff is a serial entrepreneur who has been building businesses for over a decade. In 2003 James was inspired by the archaic nature of voicemail to found the world's first voicemail-to-text company, PhoneTag. James drew from his experience of starting successful companies to develop a system to transcribe voicemail messages into text. In 2007 James received the Entrepreneur Award from Crain's Business New York in recognition for his accomplishments with PhoneTag.

In his position as the CEO of PhoneTag, James is responsible for the overall vision of the company as well as the day-to-day operations. Under James' leadership the company has established itself as the US leader in voicemail to text services and visual voicemail applications; and is operational on over 95 percent of US carriers. The company has received many awards and accolades including two PC Magazine's Four Stars Ratings, The Next Best Thing in Wireless from the Stevens Institute, and Business 2.0's Next Net 25.

James has always fostered an entrepreneurial spirit. His career started in 1998 when he founded Your First Step International, Inc., a company that assisted entrepreneurs in bringing ideas from concept to fruition. In 2000, the company transitioned its main focus to building a global wholesale Voice over IP network. The Voice over IP network merged with Nobel Ltd. in early 2002 creating one of the world's largest wholesale calling card companies. In four years James grew Nobel's business to over $60 million in sales a year and subsequently sold the company in 2006.

James holds a Bachelor of Science in entrepreneurship from Babson College.

Mark joined the PhoneTag team in 2003. As Chief Technology Officer, he is solely responsible for the development of all computing systems and software. Prior to joining PhoneTag, Mark worked for SCME Mortgage Bankers in San Diego, California, here he served as the lead software engineer and was responsible for developing the company's mission critical document imaging system.

Mark has also served as a senior software engineer for CMGI Solutions, S1 Corporation and IntraLinks in Boston, Massachusetts. Most recently, he architected and implemented one of the most competitive document management systems on the market. Mark has ten years of industry experience and is skilled in a wide variety of programming languages and computing platforms.

Mark holds a Bachelor of Arts in computer science from the University of Guelph.

Tony Wesley is a highly experienced senior executive who has led finance departments for a number of organizations over a range of industries. Tony oversees all PhoneTag's financial functions including: financial planning, reporting, revenues, costs and capital expenditures. Prior to joining PhoneTag, Tony served as Treasurer, then CFO, then COO of Dana Perfumes Corporation, an international manufacturer and marketer of classic fragrances and cosmetics. He is the founding shareholder of Wright, Wesley, Mills PC, a mid-market public accounting firm. Tony is a CPA and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame.

David is responsible for PhoneTag's marketing, positioning and outreach in the consumer, enterprise and carrier markets. Over the past 12 years David has served as an independent marketing consultant, successfully guiding numerous tech and telecom companies through their marketing challenges. David served as the Director of Corporate Communications for Cignal Global Communications, a global IP voice and data carrier. While there, he was responsible for all marketing programs and external communication including: media relations, web-based communications, marketing collateral, and brand positioning.

In addition to serving as CMO at PhoneTag, he is a professor of marketing and media relations at Emerson College. David holds a Master of Arts in integrated marketing communication from Emerson College and a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Boston University.

William Scholz, Ph.D., is a thought leader in speech-related applications and has been recognized as one of the top ten experts in speech technology by Speech Technology magazine. He has over 30 years of experience in cognitive science, computer-aided instruction, expert systems, advance software development and speech/natural language processing. He is a frequent industry speaker and has authored numerous publications. He has worked extensively with domestic and international organizations in architectural design, speech technologies, knowledge-based systems and integration strategies. Dr. Scholz's focuses are integration strategy; software architecture; speech application development and methodology; service creation environments; and technology assessments.

Ari has lead winning sales teams in highly competitive environments for large consumer brands and hedge funds. At PhoneTag, Ari is responsible for all business development and growth which includes growing PhoneTag's network of affiliates, resellers, and partners. Additionally, Ari is responsible for overseeing all of PhoneTag's corporate and enterprise integrations. To date, PhoneTag has successfully integrated with hundreds of law firms, real estate agencies, and corporations across the country. Ari is also responsible for ensuring that the PhoneTag brand and product are well represented in the marketplace, working closely with PhoneTag's marketing team to facilitate a valuable presence on the internet and within the industry.

Prior to his work with PhoneTag, Ari was employed by Estee Lauder (NYSE: EL), a Fortune 500 company, where he headed the New Business Development team. During his post, his team strengthened the brand in under-performing markets and ensured that Estee Lauder was consistently well represented in the marketplace. Previous to this, Ari was employed by Regen Capital, a successful hedge fund based in Manhattan. Ari earned a B.S. in Economics from Yeshiva University and currently resides on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.