Our Team

Suraz Ibrahim, President & CEO: Suraz has over 14 years of Telecommunication services industry experience in marketing, business/strategic planning, financial management and operations. At Intermedia Communications, Suraz was the Senior Director responsible for managing the marketing activities of Intermedia Communications, a $1B company. Prior to that, Suraz was a regional CFO at AT&T, responsible for it's Northeast Long Distance Business. Suraz has Master of Science degree from Carnegie Mellon University. 

Samuel Deen, Executive Vice President: MR. Deen has over 12 years of experience in Data and Systems Integration. Mr. Deen has implemented ecommerce solutions for Fannie Mae, Nextel Communications, Intermedia Communications, and others. Prior to joining Intermedia Communications, Samuel was the Vice President and CTO of First Guaranty Mortgage Corp., a $500M/yr mortgage brokerage firm. Samuel has a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration and Finance from Radford University.

Mukit Hossain, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer: MR. Muki has over 15 years of experience in Telecommunication services. Most recently, he has served as the President of ContinewTechnology.  Prior to ContinewTechnology, Mr. Hossain served at Teleglobe Communication Company as a senior executive in charge of ‘access’ development, and subsequently, for global buildout of web-hosting, collocation and POP facilities.  Before that, he held several executive level positions in charge of Program Management, Marketing, Network Planning, Data Services and Partnership Management at WinStar Communications.  He arrived in the DC area with an assignment to start the local telecom venture of LCI (now part of Qwest) – from business/product definition to implementation.  Mr. Hossain entered the CLEC industry via his assignment to develop market strategy for Teleport Communication Group (TCG – now AT&T Local).  Mr. Hossain also served in technical and marketing positions for telecommunication and IT services at Ameritech and GTE.  Mr. Hossain has Bachelors degrees in Economics, Mathematics and Philosophy from Duke University and a Masters degree in Economics with emphasis in Econometrics and Business Management from North Carolina State University.  

Ray Blazier, Senior VP: Ray has 25 years of distinguished service with the Federal Government at the United States Department of Agriculture. While in Federal service, he held many policy leadership positions, including Staff Assistant to the Secretary of Agriculture, Assistant to the Administrator of the Rural Electric Administration, Chief of Planning and Policy of the Farmers Home Administration, Director of the Management Services Division of the Rural Housing Service, and Supervisory Economist on the USDA Service Center Implementation Team. The major emphasis of his career has been in supplying economic expertise in information technology planning, procurement, and policy. Ray was instrumental in upgrading on a national level the information technology tools available to USDA employees. We believe Ray's impressive experience will enable him to build a robust IP, Data and Voice company and to continue its rapid progress into the future.

Matt Shlosberg. Senior VP, Marketing and Product Management. Matt has 13 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. Prior to joining OpticalBand, Matt was Director of Advaned Marketing Technology and Product Management at Intermedia Communications, a $1B firm. Prior to that, Matt co-founded Impera Corporation, an e-business consulting organization and LinuxComponents, a Linux products reseller that became the 3rd largest reseller of Linux products in the US. Prior to that Matt was a business consultant for a number of midsized and Global 1000 firms, including Deutsche Bank and Sylvan Learning Systems. Matt holds a BS in Information Systems from Excelsior College and MBA from Maryland University.

Carolyn McCoombs, Senior VP, Consumer Services: Ms. McCoombs has over 14 years of Telecommunication services industry experience in marketing, business planning, new business development and general management. At her most recent position, Carolyn directed the consumer long distance business at AT&T. Carolyn has an MBA from Rutgers University.