Management Team

John Birbeck, Chief Executive Officer & President



John Birbeck has served as a chief executive officer of CTI Group since June 2001. Mr. Birbeck’s technology focused career includes over 20 years experience of leading high growth companies in the data and telecommunications industries including Timeplex, Case, Tricom and Retix. Mr. Birbeck was a founder and director of Scorpion Logic, which was acquired by Bay Networks.

In 1997, Mr. Birbeck founded and served as a director of Network Alchemy Ltd, developing the first, award-winning Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) system for the small/medium enterprise (SME) market. Network Alchemy Ltd. was acquired by Lucent and became part of Avaya Communications. From 2000 to 2001, Mr. Birbeck served as a director of Avaya Communications.

John Birbeck holds a Joint Honours BS in Geology and Chemistry from the University of Wales.

Fred Hanuschek, Chief Financial Officer

Fred Hanuschek is our chief financial officer of CTI Group, with over 20 years financial experience with public, multinational and high technology companies. Prior to joining CTI Group, Mr. Hanuschek served as chief financial officer for ICC Technologies, Inc. and IGI, Inc., both publicly-listed companies. Earlier in his career, Mr. Hanuschek served as senior audit manager at Coopers & Lybrand. Mr. Hanuschek is a certified public accountant, holds a bachelor’s degree from Pennsylvania State University and has completed international business studies at the University of Köln, Cologne, Germany. He also is an active member of the American and Pennsylvania Institutes of Certified Public Accountants

David Latham, Vice President Operations & Development

David Latham is responsible for software development, deployment, ongoing operations and support of CTI Group’s ebilling, bill analysis, and premise based communications management solutions. David has a background in software development, mathematical modeling and tariff analysis. Formerly employed by PA Consulting as Principal Consultant, David Latham has over 15 years of experience in the implementation of telecommunications billing solutions, financial/internet banking operations, change and configuration management, management information systems and 3G business planning for blue chip organizations within the financial, utility and telecommunications sectors.

Bill Miller, Vice President Business Development

Bill Miller is an information technology veteran with more than 25 years of experience working with high-growth telecommunications companies. As chief operating officer, Mr. Miller has managed the integration of three companies that merged to form CTI Group. Before joining CTI Group, Mr. Miller was senior vice president and general manager of the communications division of Centillion Data Systems, a software development and information services company delivering electronic billing solutions to the telecommunications industry, which merged with CTI Group in 2001. Mr. Miller previously held senior sales positions, including director of sales and marketing for CompuCom Communications, MCI Telecommunications and LiTel. Mr. Miller holds a bachelor's degree in marketing from Indiana University.

Sid Rao, Chief Technology Officer & Vice President Development and Operations Americas

With over ten years of professional experience with software companies, Sid Rao leads all new product development, product management and technology strategy functions at CTI Group. Prior to joining CTI Group, Mr. Rao served in product management and development functions for Microsoft, Nortel Networks, Infosys Technologies and Purdue University, where he was responsible for the development and launch of several product lines in a multitude of verticals, from consumer electronics to public telephone exchange software. Mr. Rao holds a bachelor's degree in Chemistry from Purdue University.

Susan Terry, Vice President Global Products & Marketing

Susan Terry is responsible for the global marketing and product management efforts of the organization. A graduate of Purdue University, Ms. Terry brings more than 15 years experience in building and marketing successful multi national channel programs for various industries including outsourcing, transaction processing and software.