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Company History

After countless technical trends, business cycles, and industry twists and turns, Acuative continues to break into new dimensions, introducing industry-leading service offerings and helping clients leverage technology to meet their business goals in new ways.

Throughout our history, Acuative has displayed a distinctive, perceptive understanding of our clients’ needs and visions, goals and aspirations. We recognized from the start that our clients’ networks and applications were critical to their success. Our journey continues, driven by our clients business objectives.

For more than 35 years, Acuative has been providing an innovation approach to expand the communications Marketplace.

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Industry Recognition

Industry expertise is at the heart of our operation, giving our clients the confidence and knowledge that their network is in the hands of a technology leader. 

While we feel honored to receive industry awards, and are especially proud of awards we receive from our clients, recognition for our achievements humbles us as well. We are proud of what we’ve accomplished, yet we will never stop striving to achieve even more.

  • AT&T Partner Exchange Integrated Solution Award
  • General Dynamics IT (GDIT) Quality Service Provider, Bronze Award
  • AT&T Partner Exchange Strategic Product Award
  • Cisco Capital Partner of the Year - Americas East
  • Aetna Best Overall Supplier Metric Scorecard
  • Five Star Circle of Excellence Award for commitment and support of Cuyahoga Community College's internship and employment programs
  • Cisco Customer Satisfaction Excellence Award
  • Vertical Market Leader in Communications Award, VAR Business Magazine
  • NJBIZ 50 Fastest Growing Companies In New Jersey

1984

Founded by Vince Sciarra and Rich Ackerman as Telsource Corp - a field services company

1992

First Industry Recognition awards with Cisco & AT&T

1996

Acquired Pleiades Communications, a provider of intelligent hardware solutions for integrated access and interactive IP-enabled kiosks

2000

Global Technology Center opens in Strongsville, OH Engineering & Consultancy services arm added

2003

Acquired Secure Interiors, a provider of cost-effective, high-strength managed Internet security services and regulatory compliance solutions

2007

Acquired Prism Innovations, an expert network maintenance contract administration organization

2011

Changed name to Acuative Corporation to reflect diverse portfolio offerings

2014

Acquired 49% of Sky Communications Inc, certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE)

Acquired Thrupoint Inc USA & it’s EMEA subsidiaries - a global provider of IT consulting and professional services

2020

Cisco Success Manager Certification, Carrier Partner Awards and unified operations to become more client focused

2022

Acquired NaaS provider TenFour, adding a complimentary portfolio of assets that enables us to deliver an even deeper set of premier network services to our customers

2024

Acuative celebrates it's 40 year anniversary

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Leadership Team

Industry expertise is at the heart of our operation, giving our clients the confidence and knowledge that their network is in the hands of a technology leader.

Vincent Sciarra
Vincent Sciarra
Chief Executive Officer

As a co-founder and CEO of Acuative, Vince brings vast knowledge and understanding of converged networking, IT, and technology challenges, requirements and applications as well as the dynamics of the enterprise and carrier marketplace. Vince has been a key player in pursuing markets and developing products for a number of the largest, most successful public and private companies.

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Rich Ackerman
Rich Ackerman
Corporate General Manager

Rich is a co-founder of Acuative and has over 30 years of experience in voice and data communications working with large enterprises and service providers. Rich's experience gives him the ability to tackle complex opportunities that require collaboration with other organizations to develop innovative and responsive solutions.

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Patrick Danna
Patrick Danna
Chief Financial Officer

Patrick joined Acuative in 2007 and brings a diverse combination of technology and high-growth company experience to his position as CFO. With more than 25 years experience, he has responsibility for finance, administration, business process and information systems. Patrick is a CPA and holds a Bachelor of Science degree.

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Robert Foley Jr.
Robert Foley Jr.
President

Robert joined Acuative in 2014 as part of the acquisition of Thrupoint, Inc., a global provider of consulting and professional services. He brings over 25 years experience in managing worldwide operations, business development, and domestic and global expansion for technology companies

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Chad Mead
Chad Mead
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer

Chad is an experienced Executive with over 30 years of global, diverse, leadership experience within multiple industries. From Operations to Engineering, Sales to Security, he has led virtually every function across multiple industries. Chad is a frequent speaker on redefining how the business of IT is delivered in a high functioning, high performing manner.

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Greg Sweeney
Greg Sweeney
Executive Vice President Service Providers

Greg has an extensive record of structuring and scaling sales organizations that consistently surpass objectives. Greg is a disciplined sales cycle expert and accomplished driver of growth. He is responsible for Acuative’s Service Provider Business unit, which also includes system integrators and technology providers.

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Sean Jensen
Sean Jensen
Chief Revenue Officer

Sean brings 25 years of experience as a business technologist and change agent across sales, marketing, business development, product management, GTM strategy, and engineering operations. Sean has responsibility for Acuative’s revenue and growth strategy globally, helping our clients embrace full stack observability and site assurance across their digital transformation initiatives.  

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James Brown
James Brown
Global Marketing Director

Experienced marketer with over 20 years working in the advertising, IT, media & telecoms industries. James is responsible for Acuative's global marketing strategy, direct marketing programs, branding, social media and corporate communications.

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Alif Jegham
Alif Jegham
EVP of Middle East Operations

Alif is the new EVP of Middle East operations at Acuative with 15 years in the telecom industry, previously Director at Vonage Business. He has a Computer Science degree from Strayer University and is multilingual due to his diverse upbringing.

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