Company

Our Executive Management Team

Our executive team has extensive experience in the technology industry with a successful track record, completing diverse projects nationwide in over 35 states.

Scott Rediger, Chief Executive Officer, has been the CEO since AM3's inception in January of 2007. AM3 is a triple-play provider (Internet, TV and Voice) in the metro Chicago and Twin Cities are of Minneapolis / St. Paul, MN. Under Scott's leadership, AM3 has grown to over 300 buildings and 33,000 served RGUs.

Scott has extensive experience helping build successful companies that deliver exceptional products. Most recently the Chief Operating Officer of Oak Brook Terrace, Ill.-based CIMCO Communications, Inc., Scott co-founded and developed Ovation Communications - a competitive local exchange carrier business offering facility-based local, long distance, and data services to medium and large sized businesses in the metropolitan areas of Chicago, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Milwaukee and Detroit. After much growth and success in just two years, Ovation Communications was sold to McLeod USA in 1999 for $402 million. After the sale, Scott served as a Senior Vice President of Products and Development for McLeod USA, developing the company's still-strong presence in the Midwest.

Prior to his success with Ovation, Scott worked with MFS Communications, one of the pioneers of the telecommunications revolution, where he held various managerial positions, worked and lived in London assisting with the companies' U.K. launch, and helped develop MFS' entry strategy into Canada. Scott has been actively involved in fund raising activities which has produced $100m debt financing and $100m of equity. Scott also served as an investor and board member of Advocate Networks, an Atlanta-based communication services firm, and held key executive positions as President and Chief Operating Officer of Dantis, a Chicago-based web hosting and managed services firm.

Dean Matt, CFO, previously served as Chief Operating Officer of AFN, LLC, in which all functions reported to him. Other prior professional assignments include President of his privately held consulting firm; ConAgra, a leading branded food company, where he served as Director of Business Development and was responsible for strategy and mergers and acquisitions for a $13 billion business unit; Wizdom Systems and Wizdom Controls where Mr. Matt was Chief Financial Officer (concurrently) for these privately held software companies. In this role he executed an exit strategy for the owners leading to the sale of the company to a Fortune 100 company.

Prior to the Wizdom companies, Mr. Matt served as VP-Controller and was the third executive on board United Waste Systems, a start-up solid waste consolidation play where he was responsible for developing the accounting and IT infrastructure prior to and after its December 1992 IPO. From 1982 to 1989 Mr. Matt served in various capacities at Waste Management including Division Controller and Region Chief Information Officer. Mr. Matt received his Bachelor of Science in Accountancy from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and he received his MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Mr. Matt is also a Certified Public Accountant and registered with the State of Illinois.

Jim Johnson, Sr. Vice President of Sales, is responsible for Direct Sales, Channel Sales and strategic alliances at Access Media 3. Jim brings 25 years experience developing and leading high-performance sales teams and effective go-to-market strategies in the telecom industry.

Prior to joining Access Media 3, Jim has served as Vice President and General Manager at AT&T Wireless in Chicago and the Great Lakes where he was responsible for delivering all measures including P&L. He developed the AT&T Wireless Central Region "Go to Market" distribution strategy, building and launching the Chicago, Detroit, and Cleveland markets. He grew the Chicago market from start-up to $650M in revenue by 2005. He also led the integration of the Indianapolis market acquired from Cingular. Jim spent 10 years with Ameritech Cellular in a variety of increasingly senior sales and management positions, serving as Regional General Manager for both Detroit and Chicago markets.

Additionally, Jim’s entrepreneurial interests have led him to leadership roles in three privately owned companies, driving market penetration through strategic alliances and partnerships and developing high-performance teams. He served as Vice President of Sales and Customer Care at Revol Wireless, a carrier in the pre-paid, flat-rate wireless market operating in Ohio and Indiana. Previously he served as Vice-President of Worldwide Sales at Spotwave Wireless, the leading indoor wireless repeater firm, signing a key “rainmaker” alliance with Verizon Wireless’s CTO. And Jim served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing at CCG Communications, a pioneering “triple-play firm – wireless voice, commercial dial tone and Internet services, serving the commercial markets in Chicago.

Ines C. LeBow, Sr Vice President of Engineering and Operations, is responsible for service delivery, field operations, customer service, network operations, engineering, project management, and IT. Ines is an accomplished Senior Operations Executive with a fast-track career in the telecommunications industry. She has a rich background in domestic and international wireless and wireline services including satellite and terrestrial communications systems. Ines is highly experienced in start-ups, turnarounds, rapid growth, and Mergers & Acquisitions. Prior to working for AM3 Ines held many executive positions including Vice President of Next Generation Service Program at SkyTerra, Senior Vice President of Engineering & Operations at Xspedius Communications, Executive Vice President of Operations & Engineering at Conversent Communications, Vice president of Global Network Operations at Viatel, and Vice President of network implementation at Brooks Fiber Properties for Worldcom.

Ines has had many achievements throughout her telecommunication’s career. She created $614 million in revenue through on-time service delivery and achieved $67 million in cost savings. She held an integral role in turning around a recently acquired bankrupt company boosting revenue from $100 million to $215 million and moving margin from 0% to 51%. Directed a start-up organization and delivered $43 million in revenue in one year. She also led the integration of seven mergers and acquisitions as well as helped to secure $187 million in venture funding.

Rob Neumann, General Counsel and Vice President, Rob brings many successful years of experience in law, regulation, consulting and technology. As Access Media 3’s General Counsel he is responsible for all legal and regulatory matters.

Rob’s work includes mergers and acquisitions with twenty years experience leading strategic initiatives, acquisition integration and government regulatory oversight. His management consulting experience includes initiatives at Fortune 500 companies as well as companies in the energy, telecom and technology industries. Prior to joining Access Media 3, Rob was a Senior Vice President of Consulting and IP at a large, competitive telecommunications carrier in Chicago. Rob has also served as General Counsel at a technology-consulting firm working with clients on technology initiatives and managing the Telecom Practice and the Compliance and Risk Groups. He also held a leadership role in Accenture’s Strategy Practice as a Senior Manager. He has an MBA from the University of Chicago – Booth School of Business, a JD from IIT-Chicago-Kent College of Law and undergraduate degree from University of Wisconsin - Madison.

Eric Welles, Vice President Business Development, Eric is currently head of product management, technical evaluations, and customer relationship management. In this role, Eric is critical to rolling out Access Media 3’s product offering, and managing our existing client base thru his Customer Relationship Management (CRM) team. Eric has been with Access Media 3, Inc. (AM3) since October of 2007, when AM3 acquired the satellite television assets of Tunnel Vision Technology. Under Eric’s prior role as Vice President of Sales, AM3 has grown to over 300 buildings and 33,000 served RGUs. Prior to his time with Tunnel Vision Technology, Eric has held management positions at several traditional CPG companies, including management with Procter and Gamble, category management with Del Monte and national account management with The Guinness Bass Import Company-where he managed the national account team’s launch of Smirnoff Ice-which became the most widely distributed product in the company’s history. During his twenty year career in packaged goods, Eric has successfully sold every food, drug or mass merchant in the US. Eric has worked with DirecTV for eight years, and he was the sales and operational leader, while at Tunnel Vision Technology. During his tenure there, Tunnel Vision Technology grew its revenues over 300% in two years, and he also helped to propel Tunnel Vision to become one of Lutron’s top three shade distributors, nationwide.

If you want to put your company in the hands of experienced professionals that exceed your expectations, then THE ACCESS MEDIA 3 EXPERIENCE is for you!