About Us!

Mission Statement

"AmeriTalks® is a Company whose goal is to consistently provide quality products with a spirit of goodwill to its agents, its customers, and its employees. As a Company, we strive to always be ready to listen and to serve as we truly believe in creating “win-win” relationships. By establishing a vast network of customers and distributors with contact points reaching across the marketplace, we will continually strive to achieve and maintain a recognized focal point in the global services and technology landscape."

Management

Mr. Keith C. Smith
(Founder, Chairman of the Board, President)

“The only caste in America is MERIT. A price has to be paid for success. Almost invariably those who have reached the summits worked harder and longer, studied and planned more assiduously, practiced more self-denial, overcame more difficulties than those of us who have not risen so far”…
                                                     B.C. Forbes

After graduating high school as a National Honor Society student, Mr. Smith attended Purdue University in the study of Electrical Engineering.

Throughout his tenure with Eastman Kodak and Danka Office Imaging, he accumulated over twenty years experience with the internal workings of large corporate infrastructure. Additionally Mr. Smith was the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of a private New York corporation that distributed Pre-Paid Phone Cards Nationwide. He has also developed a solid background in Information Technology as his career began with some of the earliest microprocessors and carried him through the growth of the computing industry.

As the Founder of AmeriTalks®, President and Chairman of the Board, Mr. Smith brings vision and organization, a strong knowledge of technology, and a constant awareness of maintaining corporate operational efficiencies to the corporate executive team.

Mr. Phillip L. Williams
(Director, Chief Information Officer)

“The more efficiently we disseminate information through the latest technology the closer we can get to tearing down the walls of ignorance.”

Mr. Williams attended Cleveland State University in the study of Computer Information Sciences where he also was an instructor for the continuing education department.  He has over a decade of experience with computer technology, including point of sales (POS) systems, Midrange and PC Servers, LAN and WAN network infrastructure as well as  PBX systems. His experience spans the spectrum from small to multi-billion dollar multinational corporations.

Well versed in programming in three internet languages and managing internet web servers, Mr. Williams had been the owner of a privately held Ohio base web hosting company for the 4 years prior to joining AmeriTalks®.

As CIO, Mr. Williams brings a vast understanding of the technology landscape and a thorough vision of the technical direction AmeriTalks® needs to take to achieve a solid foothold in tomorrows computing, communications and information technology infrastructure.

Mr. Don Ferro
(Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing)

“Give enough people what they want – and you’ll get what you want”

Mr. Ferro attended Siena College on a full academic scholarship where he majored in mathematics with a concentration in statistical analysis and a minor in business.

Directly from college, Don took an entrance level position with Mercury Records of NYC, where he, in just 5 years, rose to Manager of New Product Development.  After his tenure in the music industry, he moved to television production, where along with his business partner, owned and operated Top Shelf Television Productions (NYC), a company that quickly became a major player in the production of infomercials. 

His now 30 year career has included the launch of several extremely successful marketing campaigns, including Skypix (out of NYC) and Unlimited Telecom, a division of IBEX Telecom (NYC) where he functioned as Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

As Vice President of Sales and Marketing for AmeriTalks®, Mr. Ferro brings over 30 years of marketing, advertising, and sales training experience, and a very special talent for data analysis.  He is always watching for trends and shifts in the market place so as to always keep the company in a strategically advantageous marketing position.

Mr. Michael Mavrides
(Senior Vice President of Field Operations)

“When hi-tech and hi-touch fully embrace each other, the result is high profits”

Mr. Mavrides, educated at Albany Business College, has over 30 years of experience in direct sales organizations, specializing in recruiting and training enormous numbers of field agents en mass.  His first success, as Marketing Director for National Safety Associates brought national attention to his unique recruiting and training abilities and was immediately followed by his participation in the launch of NCN, the original customer acquisition program for Sprint. 

Success came again for Mr. Mavrides in the late 80’s when he directed the national launch of SkyPix,USA, a direct sales organization that introduced the first mini-dish T.V. and was ultimately acquired.  In the early 90’s, he was once again called on to launch the national field operation for Sports Direct.com and remained there until 1999, when he accepted the position of V.P. of Field Operations for IBEX Telecom, a “switch-based” company specializing in international telecom traffic and domestic flat rate telecom services.

As V.P. of Field Operations, he brings the invaluable wisdom of 30 years of understanding the relationship between the “Company” and the “Field,” a most delicate and vital relationship. His constant theme of “when hi-tech and hi-touch fully embrace each other, the result is high profits for all” keeps the team focused on one clear goal... more happy customers, agents, and shareholders.

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