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Dennis Ruffin
Mr. Ruffin is a senior member of the KappaWest
professional staff and president of an international consulting
company. He has over 27 years of experience in the telecommunications
industry, including executive positions in operations (plant and
network), sales, human resources, marketing, training and external
affairs. His experience has been obtained through line and staff
assignments throughout the United States and in
several European locations.
While at AT&T, Mr. Ruffin designed and
implemented the national market trial for the picture phone product.
He also held regional marketing positions associated with new product
development. On two separate occasions Mr. Ruffin led AT&T national
efforts at product introduction and then accepted field sales
assignments for implementation activities. The field sales
responsibilities included directing several hundred account
executives in all sales activities associated with new product introduction
and distribution.
Prior to his retirement from AT&T, Mr. Ruffin
conducted seminars for the executive level, including Officers,
addressing such issues as competition, finance, team building,
strategy/tactics and customer relations.
During the past seven years Mr. Ruffin has
conducted business and management seminars and conferences at the
Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow, the Ukrainian Academy of
Sciences at Kiev, Moscow State University in Moscow, University of
Tomsk in Tomsk, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications in Moscow
and at the Academician A.L. Mintz Radiotechnical Institute in Moscow.
In addition, Mr. Ruffin has worked extensively with the Ministry of
Posts and Telecommunications in Russia
and Ukraine
as it pertains to the introduction of cellular technology into the
Commonwealth of Independent States.
Prior to employment with AT&T, Mr. Ruffin was a
Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Mr. Ruffin
served as a helicopter pilot in the United States Army and currently
holds civilian FAA ratings as a single and multi-engine pilot.
Mr. Ruffin holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Arizona State
University and a M.B.A.
(Management) from the University
of Michigan. He
also holds a Juris Doctorate from Georgetown University.
Mr. Ruffin is a graduate of the Executive Program in Technology from
MIT and is a member of the Project Management Institute.
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