Avi Lonstein
Avi Lonstein has been a telecom entrepreneur for over 30 years. In 1989, Avi co-founded ADDTEL Communications. As President of ADDTEL, he was directly responsible for growing the company from a start-up operation to one of the country’s most successful nationwide long-distance resellers. Under his direction, ADDTEL was recognized as one of the telecom industry’s most innovative and well-managed companies, and experienced substantial growth during his tenure.
Avi’s next entrepreneurial venture was AireSpring which he co-founded in 2001. Avi and his team foresaw the massive changes in telecom technology, and rapidly built AireSpring’s own next-generation IP network to become a full-fledged VoIP carrier, offering a range of SIP Trunking and telephony services. He later spearheaded development of the company’s own nationwide MPLS network and created an innovative Mesh MPLS product that has won several awards. As chief executive officer for AireSpring, Avi is responsible for the company’s operations, strategy, and transformation into a nationwide provider of managed services for IP communications, intelligent networking, and cloud computing applications and services. He continues to lead AireSpring as the company expands its portfolio of award-winning services and applications to keep it on the cutting edge.