As President and CEO, Bret leads the CallTower team in delivering integrated best-of-breed communication solutions. Bret has more than 25 years of experience as a senior financial and operational manager and investor. Prior to CallTower, Bret worked in senior, domestic and international, financial and operational roles at Symantec, Informix, Alta Vista, Portal Software, NetManage and JDA Software. Bret has also assisted several technology companies in various CXO and board positions and as an investor through England Consulting and Capital Group. He started his career as a CPA working for KPMG and Deloitte & Touche. Bret has significant experience with all aspects of mergers and acquisitions and has been involved in over 50 transactions in excess of two billion dollars. Bret has a BS in Accounting Weber State University, has a MS Taxation from Golden Gate University and has completed Stanford Business School’s Executive Education program.