Dominic Antonini
President and Founder

Ernie Antonini
CEO

Nancy Ridge
Vice President

Nancy Ridge has served national and key accounts in the telecommunications and utility industries for 20 years, acting in senior management positions the majority of that time.

She was principal of a successful demand side energy services company for 10 years. During her tenure, the company revenues grew 1,000%. Nancy was a leader in the energy management industry, serving on the Los Angeles Board for the Association of Professional Energy Managers and signing multi-million dollar energy retrofit projects with Prudential Realty, Beckman Instruments, Honeywell and Federated Stores.

She moved into the telecommunications arena where as Vice President of Communications for a leading cost containment consulting firm, Nancy created their Communications division and built it to a profitable business generating $2M in less than three years. Through Nancy's efforts, long term strategic alliances were established with top tier vendors AT&T, MCI, Sprint, Qwest, and SBC Communications as well clients she brought to the firm including Hyundai Motors, Virgin Entertainment, K-Swiss, and many other Fortune 1000 companies. Nancy built a successful direct sales team and "back office" staff to provide an additional layer of support to customers as well as systems and procedures for tracking sales revenue and profit. Nancy laid the groundwork for promoting the concept and service of Telecom Expense Management (TEM) during its infancy in the industry.

In the early 2000's, Nancy was recruited by telecommunications reseller, ATI, to create their distribution channel and lead the sales effort. Under Nancy's guidance, ATI focused 100% of its sales distribution through the independent agent channel and formed relationships with the top Master Agents in the telecom industry. In 2004, ATI was recognized by "Inc." Magazine as #41 on their list of Fastest Growing Companies, #5 in the Telecom sector having achieved over 2000% growth. Nancy's breadth of knowledge in the wholesale telecommunications market as well as her dedication to customer service and agent support was a key factor in the tremendous growth and success of ATI.

Nancy joined Telcombrokers in 2005 with a vision for creating a strong, interwoven network of successful agents, engaged and committed vendor partners and high performing direct employees. These forces join together to deliver cutting edge telecommunications solutions and outstanding service to the customers of Telcombrokers and its agents. Focusing on building authentic relationships while automating the processes has created an environment for growth of over 300%. Nancy continues to strive for excellence in the dynamic and highly competitive telecom sector, never losing sight of her underlying philosophy to be of service and have fun!

Dan Taggart
Sales Director

Dan holds a degree in Biochemistry and started his career in Telecom with Dominic at Frontier Communications in 1996. Dan has held sales positions at Frontier, MCI WorldCom, and AT&T, consistently earning “President’s Club” honors. He has provided Telecom solutions to key accounts including American Airlines, America West Airlines, Pepsi, Tyco, and Media One.  Believing in the Telcombrokers vision Dan left his position with AT&T and became Telcombrokers first National Account Manager in 2000.  Four years later Dan received the Telcombrokers "Million Dollar Man" award for building a personal customer base with revenues over $1,000,000.  On the wholesale side of the telecom business Dan has helped over 20 telecom companies to lower their long distance costs using Telcombrokers vendors. Now in his 8th year with Telcombrokers he manages a personal customer base with revenues in excess of $4,000,000. As Sales Director Dan is working to help our direct sales team to achieve higher levels of success by providing proven solutions to new customers nationwide. 

Jessica Hernandez-Wilson
Sales Manager

Jessica started her career while attending a highly respected communications BA program at the Sacred Heart University of Puerto Rico. In 1998, she was recruited by Fortune 500 computer hardware & software reseller MicroAge to join their marketing team in their New York City location. Her work ethic, creativity and bi-lingual skills generated such positive response from clients that after 6 months, Jessica was promoted to Marketing Manager. In 2000, Jessica relocated to Southern California and joined the ICG sales team as an account executive. Her passion for sales soon resulted in Jessica becoming a consistent performer and one of the top three sales reps on the team. As Sales Manager at Telcombrokers, Jessica is committed to the vision of growing the customer and agent base by building long term relationships and providing the best advice, products, and rates available. Her dedication to customer service combined with her high power selling ability will be an asset for both the agents and the end users.

Randi Lynn Tancini
Sales Manager

Randi started her career with a degree in Computer Science and Business and a focus on IT. Randi rapidly developed a solid foundation in applications and internal networks, including a role with Nortel Networks as a Validation Engineer for Optical products. Randi transitioned into Telecom in ‘94 with Sprint/Nextel obtaining substantial experience with wireless and wireline products. From there, Randi moved into Channel Sales as a Channel Manager for a leading Master Agent and CLEC, recruiting and managing Agents. Randi’s diverse background includes a combination of business analysis and sales along with knowledge of back end processes. Her success is partially due to her skill in communicating at all levels of business. Throughout Randi’s career she has consistently worked with agents, end-users and customers. Her dedication to prompt response and support has contributed to existing and new relationships built over the years. As Sales Manager for Telcombrokers, Randi’s passion and focus will be developing relationships with agents and end users to promote customized solutions.

Samantha Burkhalter
Sales Manager

Samantha Burkhalter started her career with a passion for sales in the Telecommunications industry over 10 years ago. She has held multiple positions on the Direct and Indirect Channel in both Sales and Management, with carriers such as ICG, Broadband Office, Allegiance Telecom, XO Communications and most recently as Business Development Manager at PAETEC. Samantha will soon add a Bachelors Degree in Finance to her list of accomplishments. Samantha brings a wealth of knowledge, leadership and strong relationships to Telcombrokers. "My goals and successes are driven from creating long lasting relationships, built on trust and integrity." As Sales Manager at Telcombrokers, Samantha will continue to build on that foundation, setting an example for her sales team and actively supporting the company's commitment to growth and outstanding customer service.

Kimberly Lynch
Controller

Kimberly Lynch started her Telecom career in 1998 as an analyst in the Telecommunications division of the URM Group.  As an analyst for the cost containment she performed bill reviews, audited clients phone bills and created savings proposals.  While working at URM she obtained knowledge of Long Distance, RBOC, and CLEC invoices, billing systems and products.  In 2003 Kimberly took a position with a long distance reseller where she managed QA for billing, agent support, and commissions. Kimberly has joined Telcombrokers to manage commissions, company accounting functions, and our Salestream agent portal. Kimberly’s dedication to accuracy and service is an asset to the company and its agents.

Stanya Taylor attended California State University Long Beach, majoring in Business Management. She has worked in various industries including the Medical field, Real Estate and IT. For 13 years, Stanya held a position as the IT and Operations Director of a multi location executive suite company that grew to 15 locations and as an IT consultant for other companies in her industry. In this position is where she was first introduced to Telcombrokers. Prior to working with Telcombrokers, she dealt directly with carrier representatives. "Trying to work with the Direct Reps there was never any consistency with carrier contacts or account management." In addition, she was never confident that she was getting the best deal for her company. Telcombrokers changed all of that! In her role as the IT Director, she evaluated and negotiated with multiple vendors implementing 15 PBX systems which supported hundreds of people in each location. Stanya was responsible for selecting carriers managing the implementation of local voice, dedicated long distance and Internet T-1 services. "As the IT Director, Telcombrokers became a huge asset to me. They were able to present several cost effective options for our business in a non threatening sales kind of way and offered recommendations I could trust."

Looking for new challenges, Stanya decided to join the Telcombrokers team to help others who were in her position. Having been on both sides of the table, Stanya clearly understands clients' needs. She is a firm believer in the Telcombrokers model because "they demonstrated their knowledge of countless products that I never knew existed that would benefit my company and their commitment to customer service was second to none". Her commitment is to work with other IT Directors and Business Owners to provide them with the utmost in customer care, knowledge of products, and best pricing to be the single source to help companies make informed and cost effective decisions.

Stanya's outstanding organizational, administrative, interpersonal and project management skills translate exceptionally well to the telecommunications industry. This proactive, high energy and efficient professional truly represents the old-fashioned work ethic and commitment to honest, fair and dedicated service.

Stephen started his Telecom career with Pacific Bell and was promoted to a management position within his first six months. As a manager at Pacific Bell he received the “Dream Team” award for the outstanding sales achievement of his team. Stephen left Pacific Bell for an offer from ICG Communications and accepted a sales management position with ICG. At ICG he was awarded the “Top Gun” award for being the #`1 sales manager for the State of California in 7 out of 12 months. Following the BK filing of ICG Stephen moved on to a management position with Pac West Communications. Due to his strong belief in our business model Stephen decided to join Telcombrokers. He is now a Master Agent for Telcombrokers building our presence and strategic partnerships in Orange County.

Dan earned his degree in Economics from the University of California in Irvine where he was recruited on a baseball athletic scholarship. Dan is Bi-Lingual in English and Spanish. His hard working attitude combined with his competitive athletic background led him to his success in sales with Telcombrokers. His commitment to customer satisfaction has allowed him to build long term relationships with the companies he assists. His knowledge and experience with multiple telecom carriers and technology have allowed him the opportunity to provide telecom solutions for companies like Brembo, BAE Systems and Lyles Construction Group. His outstanding organizational and project management skills combined with his customer care approach has driven him to become a National Account Manager for Telcombrokers. Dan lives in Orange County where he now focuses on helping companies with multiple locations increase their efficiency through the use of new technology.

Carl earned his Bachelors Degree and MBA from the University of La Verne.  Multi-lingual in English, Swedish, French, and Italian his focus was International Business and Language.  Carl began his Telecom career in 1994 and has held various positions such as Strategic Accounts Manager, Sales Manager, and General Manager for Allnet, Frontier Communications (acquired by Global Crossing), MIDCOM, SAVVIS, Worldwide Wireless Networks, Intermedia and MCI.  He has constantly earned “Presidents Club” honors and has achieved this status by selling voice and data solutions to both local and national corporations.  Carl joined Telcombrokers due to its unique business model of offering a suite of services from multiple carriers.  “Telcombrokers is best positioned to meet customers’ needs and goals with Best-Of-Breed solutions.”  As National Account Manager for the Los Angeles area Carl is focusing his efforts on national and key accounts with HQ and/or Branch offices in Southern California.