Leadership Team

Neal Stanton, President, CEO
Thomas Melville, Executive Vice President, COO
Raymond Nelson, Executive Vice President, CTO
Dan Tassone, Executive Vice President, National Sales Director

Neal Stanton

Neal Stanton is President, CEO and a founder of Consultedge.

Neal Stanton received an A.S. degree in Business from CCM and a B.S. in Business Management from Rutgers University. He co-founded Consultedge in 2000 and serves as its President and CEO. He is responsible for all aspects of Consultedge's strategy, operations, and execution, including mergers and acquisitions. His focus on integrity, execution, and professionalism sets the tone for the organization and has led to rapid growth. Consultedge was named to CRN Magazine’s annual list of the nation’s 100 fastest growing technology solution providers each year since 2005. From 2005 to 2008, Consultedge also was named to NJBiz’s annual Fast 50, which recognizes the state’s fastest growing companies across all business sectors.

Prior to founding Consultedge, Neal served as a Director at AlphaNet Solutions, a $190 million data integrator, where he grew the telecommunications division by 500% in less than two years. Neal was also a founder of Flagship One Communications, a turnkey provider of voice communications technologies. In his role as President of Flagship One, he led the company to its rapid growth that enabled its merger into AlphaNet Solution.

An industry veteran with more than 15 years of experience, Neal’s entrepreneurial spirit has gained him recognition. He was honored with NJBiz’s 2006 Forty Under 40 award, which recognizes exceptional business and community achievements by a business leader younger than 40. He also was named a finalist for Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year in 2007 and 2008. He serves on the Avaya Business Partner Council and represents the US channel community as co-chair of the Avaya Services Sub-Committee.

Contacting Neal Stanton:
e-mail: nstanton@consultedgeinc.com
office: (800) 626-2515

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Thomas Melville

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.

Thomas Melville is a co-founder of Consultedge and serves as the company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.  In his role as Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Melville directs all operations functions including business development, financial management, human resources, and service delivery.

Prior to founding Consultedge, Mr. Melville served as Director of MIS with AlphaNet Solutions, an information technology services provider, where he held responsibility for the performance and support of more than 700 employees.  Earlier, he served with WindSoft, Inc., a provider of customized sales automation software.  Mr. Melville served in multiple roles with WindSoft, most recently as Vice President of Operations following the company’s spin-off from Phoenix Technologies, where he served as Manager of Technical Services. 

Mr. Melville earned a BS in Engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology and is a recognized authority in the planning, implementation and support of information technology and telecommunications systems.

Contacting Thomas Melville:
e-mail: tmelville@consultedgeinc.com
office: (800) 626-2515

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Raymond Nelson

As Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Consultedge, Raymond Nelson is responsible for the company's technical vision.

Mr. Nelson has over 20 years of technology experience. Prior to joining Consultedge in 2001, Mr. Nelson served as Director of Application Development at a large regional systems integrator, where he managed the growth from startup in 1997 of the company's full-service web and application development practices.

Mr. Nelson has also served as Vice President of Applications and Systems at WindSoft, Inc., a turnkey provider of sales force automation systems to the pharmaceutical, utility and telecommunications industries.

Mr. Nelson holds a Bachelor Degree of Electrical Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology.

Contacting Raymond Nelson:
e-mail: rnelson@consultedgeinc.com
office: (800) 626-2515

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Daniel Tassone

Dan Tassone is Executive Vice President and National Sales Director with Consultedge.  As National Sales Director, he drives market development, directs the company’s expansion of services and office locations, and manages Consultedge’s sales and engineering personnel throughout the US.

Mr. Tassone’s expertise reflects a unique combination of engineering, project management, and sales.  Prior to joining Consultedge, he served as Director of Technology with Expanets in the NY Metro Region, a spin-off of Lucent Technologies.  In that role, he held responsibility for the company’s voice and data convergence division, managing pre-sales engineering, data infrastructure, carrier services and web development.  Previously, as Sales Manager of Lucent Technologies New York region, he directed a sales team for enterprise telephony platforms, growing the region’s sales from $5 million to $12 million in one year.

Mr. Tassone earned an M.B.A from Pace University and a B.A. in Finance from the University of Akron, where he was a member of the Golden Key National Honor Society.

Contacting Dan Tassone:
e-mail: dtassone@consultedgeinc.com
office: (800) 626-2515

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