R. J. “Chip” Anderson
President

Chip joined Volt Telecom Group in 2001 as Vice President of Global Infrastructure, bringing with him over 20 years of management experience within the telecommunications industry. His success in managing and streamlining operations led to his promotion to Vice President -- Western division, and subsequently to President when all operations were consolidated to provide central oversight and management.

As President of Volt Telecom Group, Chip oversees a premier global services organization that is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Volt Information Sciences, Inc., our parent company (2006 revenue of $2.3 billion). Operations include the design, engineering, construction, installation and maintenance of all voice, data and video infrastructure, including wireless, for both government and private sectors.

Chip’s career in telecommunications began as a technician in 1980 with Volt Telecom Group. He then accepted a position with GTE Telephone Operations, first as a technician and then as an engineer. In 1988, he moved to CONTEL Federal Systems to manage a communications infrastructure build-out project for the US Air Force, and spent the next 13 years overseeing various projects at over 100 military installations. During his tenure at CONTEL Federal Systems (which became GTE Government Systems and then General Dynamics), his responsibilities included Program Manager, Director and Vice President of Network Infrastructure.

Charles "Chuck" Scott
Chief Operating Officer

Chuck Scott joined Volt Telecom Group in June 2007 as Vice President of Enterprise Solutions, later renamed Integrated Technologies Global Solutions (ITGS). Bringing with him 27 years of industry experience, he successfully directed the nationwide operation of structured wiring and cabling, telephone/VoIP systems, security, call center/Field Force and Pay Phones, along with related services within his business division. His achievement in this position as an innovative leader with exceptional interpersonal skills, successful track record in operations management, cross-organizational integration and high-quality service delivery in the telecommunications and security sector led to his promotion to Chief Operating Officer in June 2008.

As COO of Volt Telecom Group, Mr. Scott reports directly to the President and is responsible for company operations. He provides direction for each of our operating units and ensures the implementation and execution of company objectives nationwide. This appointment reflects the company’s commitment to enhancing strategic growth while providing our clients with best-of-class, cost-effective service.

Chuck’s career began in 1980 as a technician with Pacific Telecom. His career has produced a trail of accomplishments in positions of greater responsibility throughout the telecom industry. He began as a Customer Service Supervisor with GTE, where he was later promoted to Customer Service Manager. From there, he moved to Juneau, Alaska as General Manager for CellularOne. He traveled to Iowa as President and Chief Executive Officer of Iowa Wireless Services, a limited partnership between T-Mobile and Iowa Network Services operating over 225 cell sites in the mid-West. His most recent position prior to Volt Telecom Group was President of Automated Technologies and Integration, an Engineering, Installation and Maintenance company for a variety of Electronic systems.

Rick Bevill
Vice President

Construction - East Division

Rick has worked in the telecommunications construction industry since 1981, and began with Volt back in 1984.  His division provides a host of outside plant construction services to the telecommunications industry, involving substructure, placing, splicing and turn-up and testing of copper and fiber cable, both underground and aerial.  Many of these same construction services are provided to gas, water and water-service providers.

Rick has held positions of increasing responsibilities over the years at Volt Telecom Group, managing master contracts for Verizon and Sprint in Florida. His office is located in North Port, FL.

Jerry Cotten
Director

Contracts / Purchasing

Director of Contracts and Purchasing, Volt Telecommunications Group, Inc. - Jerry is located in Cary, NC, and is responsible for all contract and subcontract-related activities for VTG, as well as purchasing for the BSI, OSP, and OSPE Divisions of Volt.

Jerry joined Volt Telecom Group, Inc. in December 1999 after serving three plus years with Lucent Technologies Services Company, a subsidiary of Lucent Technologies Inc., where Jerry worked as Contract Manager. Prior to Lucent, Jerry held contract positions with such companies as ManTech Environmental, Walter Kidde Company, Northrop Services, and TRW. Jerry has a BS degree from North Carolina State University in Business Economics, a Masters in Global Contract Management from George Washington University, and approximately 32 years contracts experience, including commercial and government contracts with both domestic and international applications.

Sam Edmondson
Vice President

Solar Solutions

Sam Edmondson has 24 years of industry experience, including 12 with Volt Telecom Group. He is responsible for our wireless business, including maintenance, upgrades and infrastructure builds in both government and private sectors. He began with Volt Telecom Group as a Director of National Sales in 1995, and was instrumental in developing the company's first professional sales department. In addition, he restructured and expanded sales' focus from one-dimensional (Customer Premise) disciplines to represent our companywide capabilities that included Outside Plant Construction & Engineering, Central Office EF&I, Wireless and Telecom Staffing within his first two years of employment. In 2004, Sam achieved 136 percent of revenue target with an effective cost of sales ratio of 5 percent, earning him the annual President's "Excellence In Management" Award.

Prior to Volt Telecom Group, he was a Director of Sales and Marketing for Brumfield Network Communications, a start-up distributor of Broadband components in Alameda, CA. Previous, he assisted in a start-up business initiative to offer Pacific Bell turn-key engineering and installation services of telecommunications Controlled Environmental Vaults (CEVs) and above ground Huts for Pacific Telesis Group.

Joe Libertucci
Division Manager

Outside Plant Engineering

Joe Libertucci heads the Engineering Division in the Eastern US, which has its headquarters in Clearwater, FL.  He has been with Volt Telecom Group since 1980, when he began his career with Volt as a Senior Project Engineer working with Southern Bell on a Rapid Transit Relocation project for three years.  Over the next seven years, Joe was Volt Area Manager in Miami, Engineering Supervisor for an AT&T System 85 Project at Iowa State University and Volt Regional Engineering Manager for Florida.  In 1990, he was appointed Division Manager of Engineering Operations for the United States. 

Laura Lindsay
Manager, Human Resources

Laura Lindsay joined Volt Telecom Group on March 17, 2008 as our new Human Resources Manager, reporting directly to Louise Ross with a dotted line to Chip Anderson. Laura’s responsibilities include people processes management, employee relations and training

Laura has held a number of challenging positions over her tenure in the Human Resources field. Prior to Volt Telecom Group, she worked as a consultant to the Orange YMCA, auditing chapters’ personnel records to ensure compliance with state and local regulations. Once each chapter met the legal requirements, she then was able to write grants for funding.

Other prior experience includes working for Bed, Bath & Beyond as a District HR Manager, Circuit City as a Regional—West Coast HR Manager for service and distribution, and Auto Zone as a Regional HR Manager. Her extensive experience in business education, non-profit and retail brought her to Volt Telecom Group.

George Maquieira
Vice President

Network and Enterprise Solutions

George Maquieira is the Vice President of Central Office engineering, furnishing and installation work (EF&I).  The division has its headquarters in Sayreville, NJ.  George began work with Volt Telecom Group as a Senior Engineer and Account Manager in 1991, and progressed to Operations Manager Engineering and Installation and then, in May 1995, to Division Manager, Central Office.

Prior to Volt, George worked for 23 years at AT&T Technologies in various engineering and management positions, in Customer Interface Engineering, Operations and Technical Support, ISDN deployment, electronic and crossbar switching, power and transmission systems.  HE holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and an MS in Industrial Engineering. 

Kingsley Nelson
Vice President

Marketing and Sales

King Nelson is Vice President of Marketing and Sales for Volt Telecom Group.  He joined Volt in early 1997 after a career with NYNEX (later Bell Atlantic, and now Verizon), where he held positions in sales and marketing, customer services, installation and maintenance, PhoneCenters, training and several staff functions.  During the last four years at NYNEX, he had planning and business development responsibilities for NYNEX Entertainment and Information Services and managed the relationship with Viacom and NYNEX’s Cable Company in the United Kingdom.

Volt Telecom Group’s sales team reports to King.  He is responsible for all sales and marketing activities, internal and external communications programs for the company. 

Brian Ryan
Vice President
Construction - West Divison

Brian Ryan is the Vice President of Volt Telecom Resources (VTR) and Volt Telecom Commercial Construction.  VTR provides professional recruiting, screening and placement services for every facet of the telecommunications industry.  Brian started with Volt in 2002 bringing with him more than 13 years of experience with telecommunications service providers and broadband infrastructure construction companies such as SBC, AT&T Local Services, Fluor, and The Walt Disney Company.  Past projects have included deployment of metro fiber rings for Global Crossings, Level (3), FiberNet, Adelphia, Disney, Fluor Enterprises, and Wilshire Connect.