Altman Vilandrie & Co. Names Telecom Experts Jha and Kelley as Directors

New leadership team members add to significant company growth in 2010

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Altman Vilandrie & Company, a strategy consulting firm focused on the communications, media, clean tech and related technology sectors, today announced it has named two telecom, broadband and mobile experts, Sujit Jha and Moe Kelley, as directors at the growing company. Kelley joins Altman Vilandrie & Company after 15 years of consulting and industry experience, while Jha was promoted by the firm from the position of principal. In 2010, Altman Vilandrie & Company has added more than 20 new employees, bringing the total firm headcount to 60.

“We are very pleased to bring Moe aboard and to reward Sujit for his consistently strong performance”

“We are very pleased to bring Moe aboard and to reward Sujit for his consistently strong performance,” said Altman Vilandrie & Company Chief Operating Officer Steve Conway. “We have further deepened our expertise in areas critical to our clients, including cloud services, mobile devices and broadband. Altman Vilandrie & Company is very fortunate to have such a strong team that has enabled us to build our client base and create jobs during this historic economic downturn.”

Kelley is a recognized broadband and mobile thought leader with 15 years of professional experience in strategy, finance and project management focused on the converging worlds of broadband and mobile. He comes to Altman Vilandrie & Company from Endeavour Partners, a boutique high-tech and telecom strategy consulting firm with offices in Boston and London. Prior to joining Endeavour Partners, Kelley was a partner at Mercator Partners and worked in industry for Global Crossing, MediaOne, Continental Cable, and Harvard University. He has an MBA from the Darden School at the University of Virginia.

Kelley has specific expertise in strategy development, innovation management, strategic due diligence, service provider economics, broadband and wireless network technologies, mobile devices, cable STBs, mobile wallet, fixed-mobile convergence, and needs-based market segmentation.

Jha, who joined Altman Vilandrie & Company in 2007, has developed new product strategies and business management tools for telecommunications and technology companies. He has defined some of the leading new product strategies for M2M, FTTx, cloud services, triple-play services, wireless data and advanced advertising. He has developed industry leading business management tools to manage market portfolio, marketing mix, media mix and network deployment.

Prior to joining Altman Vilandrie & Company, Jha was a manager in Deloitte Consulting's Telecom Strategy Practice. He holds an MBA from Cornell University and a Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering from Regional Engineering College, Kurukshetra, India.

About Altman Vilandrie & Company

Altman Vilandrie & Company is a strategy consulting group that focuses on the communications, media, clean tech and related technology and investor sectors. The company’s consultants are experienced in strategy, marketing, finance, M&A, technology, regulatory and operations disciplines. Based in Boston, Altman Vilandrie & Company enables clients to seize new opportunities, navigate mounting challenges, improve business performance, and increase investor value within complex and converging industries. Ninety percent of the boutique firm’s operator clients are large- to mid-cap companies including service providers, content creators and aggregators, and equipment and software developers. Altman Vilandrie & Company’s financial clients include many of the largest and most prominent investors in the communications, media and related technology markets. More information can be found at www.altvil.com.