Board of Directors

John Birbeck

John Birbeck has served as a chief executive officer of CTI Group since June 2001 and as Chairman of the Board of Directors since July 2005. 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.

Bengt A. Dahl

Mr. Dahl, a citizen of Sweden, has over 30 years of extensive experience managing growth in medium-sized companies. Through his company, Juvenis Merchant Partners AB, Mr. Dahl is now representing different international investors in addition to his role as advisor and working Chairman of Fairford Group. Prior to the creation of Juvenis, Mr. Dahl served as President of a Swedish venture capital company for a period of ten years. He currently serves as a director on a number of private and public European companies.

Thomas W. Grein

Mr. Grein became our director on February 2001 in connection with the Centillion merger. Mr. Grein served as director of Centillion from October, 1999 until the Centillion Merger. Mr. Grein has been Vice-President and Treasurer of Eli Lilly and Company, a pharmaceutical company, since January, 2000. He served as Executive Director of Investor Relations and Assistant Treasurer from 1994 to 1998 and Executive Director of Finance from 1998 to 2000 in Eli Lilly and Company. Mr. Grein is a member of the board of directors of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce, Walther Cancer Institute, LYNX Capital Corporation, Park Tudor School Board of Trustees, Fuqua School, Health Sector Advisory Board at Duke University and Indianapolis Symphony Investment Committee.

Salah H.Osseiran

Mr. Osseiran, a Lebanese citizen, is the President and CEO of Business Projects Company (BPC), a Lebanese company located in Beirut. BPC owns a bottled water company operating in Lebanon and interests in other business activities in Lebanon which include a department store, a supermarket, an investment and commercial bank, a satellite television station, an FM radio station, a hotel and an electronics manufacturing company, as well as a polystyrene manufacturing company.

Mike Reinarts

Mike Reinarts is currently the Executive Vice President of the Pohlad Companies based in Minneapolis, MN.  The Pohlad Companies are a private equity firm in the U.S. consisting of Pepsi Cola Franchises, Financial Companies, Sports Franchises, Commercial Real Estate, Entertainment and Media Businesses.
 
Mike serves as a director on several Private and Public Boards in addition to his duties at the Pohlad Company.  Mike was a founding Partner of an institutional broker dealer and started his career at Arthur Andersen and Company and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.