Jim Idelson, founder and CEO
Jim Idelson founded DesigNET International to help enterprise IT managers address the challenges they face as they implement conferencing and collaboration solutions in their organizations. He has extensive experience in the design and marketing of video, audio and web conferencing products and services worldwide. He has a perspective on the industry that spans the needs of the smallest end-users to the largest providers of network-based conferencing services.
Mr. Idelson brings a depth of knowledge and experience to DesigNET International. He served as Vice President of Marketing for Ezenia [EZEN.OB], a leading provider of highly secure collaboration tools used in the most sensitive military and intelligence applications. He was responsible for the company’s global marketing, corporate communications, demand creation, product management and market research functions. As General Manager of the Network Systems Business Unit at PictureTel [now Polycom], Jim managed development and marketing of a line of videoconference networking products that grew to a profitable $25 million in four years. As Director of Product Marketing for PictureTel, he was responsible for marketing the company’s entire product line, including the industry’s first affordable line of room videoconferencing systems, desktop videoconferencing systems, multipoint bridges and a variety of network management software tools. Before entering the conferencing and collaboration industry, he held product design and marketing positions with Concurrent Computers, Analog Devices and LTX.
Jim received his BSEE from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and his MBA from Boston University, both with highest honors.
