Pioneering Seamless Connectivity Solutions

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NextGen Technology Group is a national organization comprised of a select group of technology integrators who seek business growth rewards by embracing next-generation IP based solutions and drawing on the best practices of other ‘Best in Class’ members. Our members represent nearly $90M in revenue and service over 30,000 customers.

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NextGen members actively mentor, coach, educate and support one another so each member can attain their individual company’s business goals faster using proven management techniques while competing in a technically complex and rapidly evolving marketplace.
Our members learn how to capitalize on next-generation IP telephony to build stronger individual businesses by parlaying the cost-savings and productivity benefits of this technology to customers of all sizes.

NextGen was founded by a core group of six leading telephony partners who were among the early IP telephony pioneers and who have who have a combined 117 years of experience in the telecommunications industry.

NextGen Technology Group Co-Founders:

David Roberts

Founder @ Ascend Technologies and current CTO @ Core Technologies (active)

Clyde Zimmerman

Founder @ Fibercom and current SVP @ United Datacom Networks, Inc.

Joe Distefano

President @ Data Tel, LLC (active)

David Jones

President @ Superior Telephone (active)

Robert Rankin

President @ Telephony & Data Solutions (active)

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