Michael Tessler brings over 20 years of business strategy and technology experience to his role as co-founder, CEO and president of BroadSoft, focused on bringing advanced carrier-grade communications systems to service providers worldwide. At Alcatel USA, where he was Vice President of Engineering in the Celcore organization, Tessler was responsible for all product development activities for several product lines. As a member of the senior staff, Tessler participated in the business strategy, helped manage the business day-to-day activities, and led the business development activities in China. Prior to Alcatel, Tessler held numerous senior management roles at Nortel and founded and led a services development business unit that helped local exchange carriers build and deploy advanced services on their digital networks. Tessler has two patents in the area of local switching, AIN, and advanced call management services and was a recent winner in Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year award program. Tessler received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering from McGill University in Montreal, Canada.

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