David Beckemeyer

I am presently in the process of launching TelEvolution, a company with a technology called PhoneGnome, an innocuous-looking device that mediates the landline phone, PSTN line and Internet. The result is "unbundling at the edge", where the user can acquire new features without the involvement of their landline operator.

Prior to forming TelEvolution Inc. I was with EarthLink Inc. for ten years, as VP Engineering, CTO, and VP R&D.

Before joining EarthLink, I founded Beckemeyer Development (BDT.COM) in 1985. BDT.COM provided general Internet consulting and design engineering services, including Intranet design and implementation, security consulting, firewalls, intruder detection and response, and Internet integration.

BDT.COM had a world-wide customer base consisting of corporations, universities, and government agencies. Out of demand from customers, in 1994, I added regional Internet access to the company's services.

I met Sky Dayton in 1994 and helped him determine the technology requirements for his ISP venture. In July 1994, BDT.COM delivered, installed and configured the router, Sun servers, and 10 modems which started EarthLink Network. The company provisioned their first account that day.

In 1995 EarthLink acquired Beckemeyer Development and hired me as vice president of engineering.

Prior to founding BDT.COM, I was a senior software engineer at Integrated Automation, Inc. and before that, I was a software engineer at Nicolet Zeta Corporation (formerly Zeta).

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