Management Team
Dan McDuffie CEO
With over a 20-year career in the Telecom, Internet and Wireless industries, Dan brings a wealth of experience, energy and vision to the Wyless team. He began his career in the long distance industry with Comtel Group and served as Senior Vice President of Interoute, the pan-European fiber operator. Dan started with Wyless in 2006 as the first North American employee and built the US business into the industry leader that it is today, taking over as Group CEO in 2011. In his spare time, Dan is a stand-in drummer for several over the hill 80s cover bands, and likes to think he can surf.
Joe Furnari CPA CFO
Joe Furnari oversees the Company’s worldwide finance and administrative operations, with responsibility for all of the financial reporting, balance sheet management, foreign exchange, audit and tax. Joe brings 20 years of experience providing financial, accounting and operational leadership to both small and global organizations. Previously, he was the director of North America accounting operations and director of Corporate Finance at Nuance Communications, along with seven years as a partner of a regional financial management-consulting firm and also worked for Deloitte during his seven years in public accounting. Joe is a CPA and holds a B.S.A. from Bentley College. During his spare time, Joe continues his life-long dream of becoming a professional golfer and with his 35 handicap he is inching ever closer.
Barry Nay CMO
Barry has been with Wyless since its inception in 2003, is one of the founding shareholders of the Company and is a relentless Marketing and PR man. Barry worked for Geneva-based Digital Equipment Corp International for 18 years and held a number of senior management roles in Sales and Marketing, including running the Unisource account globally. Later in his career, he ran marketing for Proxima, a chain of Internet Cafes in Spain. Barry splits his time between his home in Southern Spain and the Wyless London and Boston offices and is a fan of Rioja and stray cats.
Ryan Keefe VP Business Development
Ryan has 11 years of experience in the wireless industry, with eight of those years focusing on M2M. He spent 10 years with T-Mobile USA during which time he developed and managed the M2M channel in the Northeast. Ryan helped establish the Machine-to-Machine division at T-Mobile with strategic partnerships in all verticals and also led T-Mobile’s smart grid initiatives nationwide. In 2009, Ryan was named an M2M Pioneer by M2M International Magazine. Ryan joined Wyless in March 2011 as Vice President of Business Development. His focus is to increase carrier relationships and strategic partnerships, and to continue to provide all Wyless partners with the largest global multi-MNO network in the industry. Ryan has been known to fall asleep just about anywhere, and is inexplicably a New York Jets fan.
Iftikhar Ahmad Dar MSc, BSc VP Software Development
With more than 10 years’ experience after earning his M.Sc. in Computer Sciences in 1999, Iftikhar is a proven information systems resource who has driven processes at every organizational level. His core experience leverages implementing and managing solutions using a blend of project management, strategic and analytical thinking and people skills. Iftikhar is responsible for all areas of System Analysis, Application Architecture, Programming and Project Management, leading a team of over 35 full-time software developers and support personnel for Wyless. Prior to joining Wyless, he was the Operations Director at Nextbridge, where he led 22 project development teams delivering custom software for large enterprise clients. In his spare time, Iftikhar enjoys playing with his new MacBook and his family and friends, in that order.
Adrian Dybwad Chief Network Architect
Adrian has been with Wyless since its inception and has designed, implemented and managed the infrastructure, the management tools, and the network strategy. He pioneered the idea of using Private Fixed IP addressing in M2M long before it was fashionable and continues to innovate with out of the box thinking. Prior to joining Wyless, Adrian developed web applications for his own internet startup and was previously an electronics engineer with experience in developing, repairing and prototyping advanced surface mount electronics in London and South Africa. When he’s not writing code or looking at firewalls, Adrian jumps off mountains in hang gliders and plays with toy airplanes.
Jenni Weinast Director, Global Services Delivery
Jenni has a passion for customer service. She joined Wyless from Colt, where she worked as part of their rapidly growing Wholesale Division and was responsible for service delivery across Europe for two of their biggest customers. At Colt, she was successful in improving both delivery timescales and customer relations through process implementation and solid customer care. Jenni is proficient in billing engine implementation and administration for SMEs and she holds ITIL V3 foundation and service operations certifications. Jenni has a very strong personality and when she knows she’s right you can often find her pointing her finger at people and shouting.
Art Nava Director, Technical Services and Project Management
Art has been with Wyless since 2007 and was the first US hire. He has over 15 years’ experience in the telecom industry. Art has held various positions in technical marketing, product management and international field support with various telecom and data networking equipment companies, including AT&T, Comcast, ArrowPoint Communications and Cisco Systems. Art is responsible for Technical Support, Solutions Engineering and Project Management for Wyless. He can talk to animals, but it turns out they never have anything interesting to say.
Steve Boyd Director, Network Engineering
Steve has been working in the Information Technology field for over a decade after graduating from the US Naval Academy and serving as a naval officer specializing in communications and electronic warfare. A “soup to nuts” network engineer, he holds industry certifications from Microsoft, Novell, Citrix, Cisco, and CompTIA, and has experience managing PBXs/VOIP, videoconferencing, circuit provisioning, Windows LANs, server rooms, collocation sites, web development, and the security, planning, implementation, and maintenance of WAN infrastructure. Prior to joining Wyless, Steve was the Information Services Manager at ACT Conferencing, a global provider of business audio/video/web conferencing, where he was responsible for the global videoconferencing infrastructure. Steve has a wonderful and cheery workplace disposition, maybe because after work he typically heads straight to the shooting range to let out his daily frustrations with a variety of pistol calibers.
Nick Street Director, Sales Support, Training & White Label Solutions
Nick is officially the youngest member of the Wyless Management Team. After graduating from York University with a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, Nick spent a year in Sierra Leone managing the rebuilding of a hospital. Upon his return, he took a one year internship with Wyless and has been held hostage ever since. Nick is responsible for Sales Support and Training, ensuring production customers are on-boarded properly, and also Project Management for White Label Partners and special projects. Nick can usually be found near the sea, on his houseboat, or kayaking, surfing or SUP’ing and has been known to spontaneously and sometimes inappropriately shed his clothing when he gets within 100 feet of a body of water.
