Chris Rothlis, an industry veteran with nearly 30 years of telecommunications experience, is ANPI's chief technical officer. Chris oversees technology evaluation, selection, deployment, ongoing provisioning, maintenance of transmission systems, IP networking and IP switching.
Prior to joining ANPI, Chris served as the chief technology officer at Cypress Communications. While at Cypress, Chris staffed and managed an organization that delivered a nationwide VoIP product targeted at small-to-medium enterprise businesses. At PointOne, an enhanced services VoIP provider, Chris was the vice president of network engineering where he managed the creation of business and residential VoIP product sets. As vice president of engineering and network operations at Broadwing Communications, Chris oversaw the deployment of the nation's only all-optical network. Chris held senior positions in engineering and software development while at MCI where he helped deploy several of the company's most profitable products, including 1-800-COLLECT and Operator Services. Most recently, Chris created a consulting company, Telespective, LLC, from which he provided consulting services to companies such as CenturyTel.
Chris served four years in the United States Air Force, and he earned a bachelors of science in business administration from Regis University, Denver, CO, where he graduated summa cum laude.