Kevin Thigpen, Vice President Business Development
Mr. Thigpen has over 20 years of experience in the wireless telecommunications industry, having built and launched entire wireless networks from the ground up. Currently, Kevin is the Vice President Business Development for Actsoft, Inc.

At his previous position, Kevin worked directly with the lead investor to start the company and launch the company's GPS and Location Based Services (LBS) wireless business solutions. He successfully negotiated strategic agreements with Sprint/Nextel and other key business partners to deploy GPS applications across the United States. Kevin helped position the company to be aquired by Actsoft in 2006.

At Boston Communications Group (BCGI), he served as Vice President and General Manager of the Prepaid Wireless Services Division. Under his leadership and strategic direction, BCGI's prepaid wireless business surpassed two million subscribers in North America. In 1999, Intele-Card News Magazine named Kevin one of the industry's "Top 25 Most Influential People in Prepaid".

Kevin started his career in 1987 with GTE where he held a variety of positions in sales, marketing, distribution, operations and general management in several key regions. During his career at GTE, Kevin earned many different awards and recognition for his performance. He consistently exceeded his objectives for sales, revenue contribution, net growth and performance against budget. Mr. Thigpen was a member of several GTE company-wide leadership teams, including GTE's Workforce Diversity Program and he served as an Advisor to the Culture Steering Committee. He also represented GTE as a member of the LEAD Board of Directors. Prior to leaving GTE, Mr. Thigpen was responsible for GTE's first commercial launch of Personal Communications Services (PCS) and the CDMA digital wireless network in the Cincinnati-Dayton Major Trading Area (MTA).

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