Tony Holcombe yesterday (1 October 2011) came out of retirement to join Numerex’s board of directors; he was previously vice chairman of the board of directors of Syniverse, where he served as that company’s president and CEO from 2006 until his retirement earlier this year.
Numerex provides business services, technology and products for the worldwide M2M market. Holcombe (pictured) had been a member of the Syniverse Board since 2003. Holcombe joins as the seventh member of Numerex’s board of directors.
During his five years as president and CEO of Syniverse, Holcombe’s many accomplishments included diversifying the business through three major acquisitions. He defined a strategic vision that transformed Syniverse from a roaming and clearing house supplier serving carriers in North America to a key member of the mobile ecosystem providing diverse roaming, messaging and network services to more than 900 mobile operators, cable and internet service providers, and enterprises worldwide.
He led the acquisition of the NYSE-traded company by the Carlyle Group in January 2011 for US$2.6bn.
“On behalf of the board of directors, I welcome Tony to Numerex,” said Stratton Nicolaides, chairman and CEO of Numerex.
“His extensive knowledge and operating experience in providing technology and business services globally to enterprise and wireless network operators will undoubtedly prove tremendously valuable to the company.”
Before becoming Syniverse’s president and CEO, Holcombe served as president of Emdeon, formerly Web MD. He has more than 20 years of executive-level experience in the transaction processing and technology services industries. He was chief executive officer of Valutec Card Solutions and served in various executive positions at Ceridian.
He currently serves on the board of advisors for the Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University.
