Management Team

Rob PhillipsRob Phillips - Chief Executive Officer

Rob has fifteen years of previous experience in finance and accounting for national and regional
companies; including two positions as Chief Financial Officer for large New England based
corporations. In addition, Rob has ten years of experience in Sales and Marketing including five
years as Major Accounts Manager for an industry-leading California-based company. Rob has also
served as Chief Operating Officer of a successful New England-based start-up. Rob is a graduate of
nearby Bentley College, Magna Cum Laude.

 



 

 

Matthew CrockettMatthew Crockett - Chief Technology Officer

Matthew Crockett has over ten years of professional experience in the IT and related fields. He
has spent the last seven years in the study, creation, configuration and management of complex
Internet infrastructures. Prior to NEDS, Mr. Crockett worked as a tier-4 engineer for Verio
Incorporated. In this role, he oversaw the migration and integration of acquired collocation, dedicated
circuit and manages services customers. Matthew was also instrumental in the building of Verio's
datacenter in Boston, Massachusetts in 2000. The company was later purchased in a $5.6 Billion
buyout by NTT America. Mr. Crockett has been working with the Internet since the mid 1980's
and continues to bring forth the latest technologies that support the Internet and managed
services communities.

 

 

 

Christopher SouzaChristopher Souza – VP Sales & Marketing

Christopher leads the development of an exuberant sales team and marketing department, which is
focused on offering cutting-edge e-business solutions to the SMB market. His responsibilities include
building a strong network of clients through the sales team’s efforts as well as heading up the research
and methodologies of the marketing strategies. He has over 13 years of sales and management experience
in the technology industry. An integral part, Christopher has proven to help build a successful sales team
from the ground up. Prior to NEDS, he worked for Industrial Communications as a Sales Manager.
Previously he was with the Denver Hispanic Yellow Pages where he assisted in the development stages
of a startup company.

Christopher has earned his BS in Accounting from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and his MBA in E-Business from the University of Phoenix satellite campus in Braintree, MA.