Joe Rhem founded Star2Star Communications in his garage in late 2004, and was joined by Norm Worthington in 2005 and Kris Kielhofner in 2006. Star2Star now has over 300 employees throughout the United States. Joe ran sales and distribution for the company from December 2004 to October 2015 — in that time the company received 2 consecutive INC 500 awards followed by 3 additional INC 5000 awards, Forbes most Promising Companies in the World, Deloitte’s Fast Tech 50 as well as multiple awards and recognition from organizations like the Gartner Group and Frost and Sullivan. With over 210,000 users, Star2Star is the 7th largest UCaaS vendor in the United States, according to Infonetics Research.

Joe has innovated several new technologies and founded many successful high tech firms in his career. Prior to Star2Star, Mr. Rhem held the position of Global Principal Architect for Wireless Technologies at Computer Associates (CA), the world’s 4th largest software company. Joe also managed the integration of the WalMart supply chain to run over the Internet. In 2003, he co-founded Highwall Technologies and patented the long range wireless security sensor known as the Highwall Sentinel. In 2001, Joe co-founded Voyage Data Corporation, a successful wireless platform application development firm.

Alex Cruikshank is responsible for the front- and back-office processes that control the order, fulfillment and accounting functions at WiredIQ. He is the original developer of the Visual Cortex Configuration Portal, the web application used to configure the BrainBox. He also built our Quoting System, which is used by our partners to structure new orders.

Before moving to Florida, six years ago, Alex lived and worked in and around New York City for 17 years. He held senior finance and product management positions at UBS Wealth Management, Five Mile Capital and Yamaichi Securities. Alex graduated from Washington and Lee University, with a degree in Mathematics, and he learned how to develop software at UC Berkeley Extension.