Mark Kruger is a Veteran of the United States Air Force and started his career 38 years ago providing maintenance on Central Office equipment at Elmendorf Air Force Base; home of the Alaskan Air Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Headquarters. This responsibility included Central Switching Offices, satellite point-to-point communications and assisting two White House Communications teams to provide President Carter set-up and logistical support during stops in Alaska in route to China.

Mark is a proven leader and has pioneered many of the changes the industry has come to know during the last three technological evolutions. These paradigm shifts include the change from electromechanical switching and mainframe technology to digital switching, the development of basic Local Area Networks and Wide Area Networks and finally the evolution of the Internet and Global IP Networks for Voice, Data and Cloud communications technology.

As a respected businessman and entrepreneur, Mark has previously built and successfully exited three different companies. His reputation for cost-effective voice & data infrastructure engineering and implementation has afforded him repeat business as companies design their migration path to the future. Being true to form, he has been teaching his sons Robert and Ryan the business as they share his passion for technology. The values he has instilled in them is evident in their commitment to the customers and their unique needs.

Mark is published regularly, invited often to present his vision publically at industry conferences and consults decision makers as to their investments in their Global Voice & Data Networks. Converged Solutions and Services (CSS) is poised as a leader in the marketplace to provide seamless communications and collaboration to customers as business technologies move to more efficient hosted environments. The return on investment (ROI) for customers is the cornerstone of every design. Mark does an excellent job simplifying very complex designs and helping customers migrate from a CapEx environment to a more efficient OpEx strategy.