Develop. Deploy. Disrupt.
Our mission is a simple one. To empower you to build whatever you can imagine utilizing software-defined telecom capabilities. Whether it’s a product, service, application, or enterprise communication tool, we want you to focus on your idea instead of worrying about developing, scaling, maintaining, and of course, overpaying for complex communications technology and services.
The Original Geeks
This is not a new mission for us. Over the past 15 years, our team has developed the number one open-source communications platform in the world, FreeSWITCH. No one knows more about software-defined telecom than we do. No one is more committed to the success of our customers and community. Let’s change the way the world communicates.
Leadership Team
Anthony Minessale
CEO
Creator of FreeSWITCH and a pioneer in the advanced communications industry. At SignalWire, Anthony is now bringing his vision of the next generation of communications to the mainstream and working together with some of the great minds and personalities of the industry.
Sean Heiney
COO
Led, developed, launched and marketed new products at Barracuda Networks to over 300M in revenue and IPO. Built and sold security SaaS company Periscan. 18 years startup experience.
Evan McGee
CTO
An expert in microservices and realtime cloud architectures, with 15+ years of experience in telecom and startups. Evan helped create and grow the RingPlus MVNO from initial conception to 120k+ mobile users and founded an AI-backed realtime voice company.
Aseem Asthana
VP of Product Management
Aseem brings over 15 years of experience developing rapid growth product strategies for companies like Symantec and Barracuda Networks, where he grew the flagship email security product line from inception to hundreds of millions in annual revenue.
Ezra Hookano
VP Global Channel and Business Development
After building channels for Barracuda Networks, Fusion-io, SonicWall, Exablox and Drobo, CRN named Ezra as a top 100 sales executive in the world. Today, Ezra is working with partners to bring SignalWire technology to the masses.
Kacy Bassignani
VP of People Operations
A startup veteran, Kacy built and oversaw the People Operations function at multiple companies prior to joining SignalWire. She is responsible for building out the SignalWire team and ensuring all employees have a fulfilling and supportive place to work.
Evan Woolley
EVP of Strategy and Partnership
Evan has over 15 years of advising, lending and investing experience in real estate and technology startups alongside his partners and investors. His goal is to leverage Strategic Partnership and Enterprise Growth to elevate the SignalWire platform to evolve the way we all work and play.
Christopher Rienzo
VP of Engineering
Christopher is lead of the engineering team, which is responsible for building the SignalWire platform. Prior to joining SignalWire, Chris was the director of engineering for voice systems at Grasshopper.
Bryan Rite
Chief Architect
An experienced full-stack engineer and developer with 20+ years in the industry across a wide range of fields. Before SignalWire, he co-founded the small business telecommunications platform Felix, helped build, scale, and innovate for RingPlus, a nationwide wireless MVNO, and founded other successful companies in many areas such as point of sale service and the education industry.
Jill Minessale
VP of Finance and Business Success
Jill has a career spanning 15 years working with Software-Defined Telecom. Previously, she oversaw the financial growth of FreeSWITCH Solutions LLC leading to its acquisition by SignalWire in 2018. At SignalWire, as a veteran of the remote work movement, she continues to help build the foundation of the business with a focus on financial affairs and human resources.
Michael Jerris
Program Manager
One of the founders of the FreeSWITCH open source project, and an advanced communications pioneer. Michael is deeply embedded in the developer community and committed to their success using SignalWire.
Brian West
Director of Support
One of the founders of the FreeSWITCH open source project, and an advanced communications pioneer. A key player in helping SignalWire to build a cutting edge platform that will disrupt the telecommunications status quo. In his role as director of support, Brian enjoys interacting with and helping customers to solve some of the unique challenges they encounter.
Jason Atkins
Assistant Director of Support
With over 15 years of support experience, Jason is responsible for managing day to day support operations and inventing innovative ways to help our customers succeed.
Daniel Gotlieb
Director of Sales Operations
12-year veteran at Barracuda Networks where he built the company’s sales and business operations from the ground up. Now he is responsible for building and streamlining SignalWire’s business operations to enable rapid growth while maintaining a best-in-class customer experience.
Gregg George
Director of Marketing
Formerly part of the marketing team at Barracuda Networks with SignalWire co-founder Sean Heiney, where he helped build the social media and video marketing efforts for the company. What excites him most about SignalWire is its potential to revolutionize the way people use technology to communicate, ultimately giving people the ability to connect anyone with anything, anywhere, in real-time.