Jeri Wait

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About Jeri Wait

JERI S. WAIT, FOUNDER, Orca Wave, LLC. Orca Wave provides significant international telecommunications and software experience that encompasses several key areas of expertise in the industry. As one of the co-founders of Orca Wave, LLC, a globally oriented software company providing revenue assurance solutions for telecommunications companies in the USA and worldwide. Her expertise in this industry includes global business development, P&L management, marketing, and sales. Prior to founding Orca Wave, Ms. Wait was co-founder of Global Connect Partners, LLC which evolved into a rapidly growing telecommunications business providing a wide range of carrier solutions. Global Connect Partners, was renamed, edge2net, LLC with offices in London, USA, Hong Kong, Singapore and Sydney. Edge2net was a venture backed entity exceeding $150 million in annual revenue. Previous to her step into the world of entrepreneur, Jeri was the Vice President and General Manager for!NTERPRISE Networking Services, the data network integration division of US WEST Communications. Her responsibilities included the development of new markets domestically and internationally. Prior to!NTERPRISE, Jeri was the Vice President of Major Business customer sales for the 14 state region of US West Communications. This included 600 customers and an annual revenue stream of $500 million dollars. Under her leadership this unit experienced significant growth in the voice and data networking communications market. Ms. Wait also has many years of experience in marketing, with specific depth in market strategy implementation. Her career has included leading product management, advertising and quality improvement strategy. Ms. Wait’s career began in the network technology arena where she managed and directed operations for switch services. Jeri has an Executive MBA from the University of Washington.