ICOA is led by an industry-leading team, pioneers in creating next-generation broadband wireless solutions for top-tier brands, including: Starbucks, American Airlines, McDonald’s, AT&T, AT&T Wireless, Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Panera Bread, Au Bon Pain and Hilton.

George Strouthopoulos, Chairman & CEO

Utilizing his extensive experience in the marketing, production, distribution, and management of public access terminals, in 1998 he formed WebCenter Technologies, Inc., an ICOA company, to focus on the public internet access market. Partnering with SBC, WebCenter Technologies installed and operated Internet Terminals at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

Previously, Mr. Strouthopoulos founded GOFAX, and led the development and deployment of pay-for-use, public access, 'payfax' machines worldwide. GoFAX produced over 2,500 payfax machines for customers in the US, Canada, Caribbean and British Telecom, PLC (BT) in the UK, resulting in the largest network of public access terminals in North America. GOFAX provided customized hardware and software, as well as back-office credit card processing and hotline services for its customers.

Prior to arriving in the US and following service with NATO in Europe, Mr. Strouthopoulos marketed and operated a major resort hotel in Greece.

Erwin Vahlsing, Director and CFO

With nearly thirty years of corporate finance experience, Mr. Vahlsing served as Chief Financial Officer of ICOA from his appointment in 1999 through October of 2005.

Mr. Vahlsing’s numerous fiscal leadership roles include serving as: Vice President and General Manager of Connect Teleservices, an $8 million call center; Senior Financial Analysts for Monarch Industries, a $35 million manufacturer; Vice President and General Manager of Arctic Air, a $2 million contractor; Vice President of Finance for ROLO, a $12 million manufacturer; CFO for Bloom & Son, a $35 million manufacturer; Corporate Comptroller for Trimont Chemical, an $18 million chemical manufacturer; and Corporate Comptroller for Paul Alfred, a $15 million manufacturer.

Mr. Vahlsing holds an MBA from the University of Rhode Island and a B.A. in Accounting from the University of Connecticut.

William D. Ankerstjerne, Director, Field Operations
As the Director of Field Operations for ICOA, Mr. Ankerstjerne has overall responsibility for all of the ICOA Wi-Fi deployments including RF engineering, wireless LAN /WAN design architecture, installations, equipment provisioning, R&D and personnel management for field operation, field services, purchasing, provisioning and field services contractors.

Mr. Ankerstjerne is an innovative, high-tech practitioner skilled at every level of network planning, architecture, engineering, administration, sales and management with over 10 years experience in various facets of wireless technology design and deployments. Wil has played a leading role in the ICOA conversion from a pay-per-fax purveyor into a wireless network and managed service provider for the travel industry, including prominent hotels, airports and restaurant chains nationwide.

Prior to his employment with ICOA, Wil served as the Director of Solutions Architecture for Schlumberger, a New York based fortune 1000 company, where he was responsible for various field services activities, and Chief Technology Officer for ISUTA USA, a Malaysian owned US subsidiary company responsible for the design and development of the first commercially available in-vehicle navigation and computing systems.

Wil attended Kutztown University and Eastern University, various United States Air Force schools, and and holds various certifications, licenses, and certificates in Information Technology.

Christopher Browne, Director, OperationsAs the Director of Operations, Mr. Browne has responsibilities for the overall internal operations of the company including Help Desk Services, Network Operations Center (NOC), Corporate Infrastructure and Security. Mr. Browne is also responsible for the development of operational policies and procedures.

Before ICOA, Mr. Browne worked at McDonald's Corporate where he played an integral role as Lead Engineer for the national roll out of broadband and wireless services to the 13,000 US restaurants layered with mission critical applications that directly affected restaurant sales. Mr. Browne was also responsible for the development of the national support policies and standards.

Prior to McDonald's, Mr. Browne acted as the Director of Information Technology for CNDI, a Cisco reseller and integrator specializing in VOIP, wireless and security.

Mr. Browne attended Sauk Valley College and holds several highly recognized technical certifications.