John McAleer brings over 30-years of experience as an entrepreneur, strategic advisor, artist, racer, philanthropist. Among his myriad of business accomplishments, John spent 17 years as a CEO of CAS Group. John founded CAS group, a company that has delivered the highest dollar-for-dollar ROI in the telecom industry for $350M in consulting for transformative, leading-edge projects. John’s fearless approach to business helps him develop big, bold ideas that produce tangible results. Creating clarity from complexity is central to his ability to deliver positive outcomes in challenging environments. With deep experience in building adaptable and high-performing teams, he’s tasked with structuring the organization to allow for maximum growth. His purview spans from picking the right creative partners to build a successful brand, to managing strategic collaborations that will allow the company to advance.

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Meggie Upchurch began her career as an HR professional, where she met John McAleer asa corporate suitemate in 2009. He quickly convinced her to join him in his venture: CAS Group. Meggie steadily expanded her role in the company, moving from sales operations manager to director of sales operations, ultimately becoming partner of internal operations. Meggia grew the team of twenty individuals to roughly 170 dedicated advisors by the time CAS Group was acquired by Wipro. Meggie helped facilitate the acquisition and stayed on with her cohorts as they navigated life as part of a $11B consultancy. Now, Meggie is stepping up once again, this time to lead as COO of QuantumRev, where she hopes to build a culture of inclusivity, accountability, and deep industry knowledge. Meggie is passionate about using technology to “do no harm,” particularly when it comes to AI and automation, advocating for ethical and intentional usage. She’s also keen on leading by example as a woman in STEM, showing that the sky’s the limit when you work with the right people.

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Yulia Petru is a strategic CFO and Controller with over 15-years of experience helping companies navigate complex financial operations. She initially began work as a routine accounts payable specialist and accounting system administrator learning the very basic skills of company operations from the ground up. She was promoted into managerial positions where she implemented accounting processes to increase both efficiency and productivity. Yulia assisted the Company’s predecessor through a successful and substantial merger and acquisition requiring detailed compliance, accounting and document production, also addressing and satisfying the demands and scrutiny of the proposed buyers and their accounting and legal representatives.

Cecil Kelley is a seasoned telecom consulting professional with over 19 -years of experience leading large-scale transformations across mobile and MSO environments. As Head of Program Management, he is a trusted advisor to clients and a go-to leader within the organization, known for bringing clarity and structure to complex initiatives.
His expertise spans billing systems, program and project management, testing, defect management, and business readiness. Cecil is also a dedicated mentor and team builder, committed to developing talent while consistently delivering high-impact results.

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Ravi Molugu is an established Telecom Consulting leader and Solutions Architect with over 25-years of experience in leading/designing enterprise BSS/OSS systems. Ravi played a lead architect and people manager role in  planning and delivering large-scale transformation projects, data migrations, new product designs across Billing, Network Integrations,  Sales and Customer operations domains across some major clients like Comcast, Charter, Sprint, Cox Communications.

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Tim is a career consultant supporting client delivery and business development efforts. He has 25 years experience in the communications industry with focus on the architecture, strategy, organizational and operational needs of the nations largest MSO’s and wireless carriers.​

Tim started his career in communications with Sprint in 2000 and has held multiple management positions supporting architecture, development, account management, operations, strategic project delivery, and business process re-engineering. Among other projects, Tim has been a key player in the execution of 8 technology transformations/conversions for the nation’s largest communications providers.​

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Dipali Parikh is a result driven technology and transformation executive with an established record of driving operational excellence across complex, large-scale technical infrastructure and software delivery programs. As Head of Agile Transformation & Delivery, she plays a multi-faceted role at QuantumRev, serving as a trusted advisor to clients while maintaining deep technical oversight of the product development lifecycle.

Her core focus centers on cultivating strong client relationships and guiding external organizations through successful, high-impact agile transformations. Deeply skilled across Agile (SAFe), hybrid, and waterfall frameworks, Dipali acts as a vital bridge between abstract business requirements and engineering execution restructuring development workflows, optimizing product backlogs, and streamlining global onshore and offshore delivery pipelines.

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