Meet the Telegration Management Team

Denis V. Raue, President and CEO

Denis Vincent Raue is President and CEO of Telegration, Inc. Raue oversees the direct strategic success path of the company and day-to-day management of Telegration's financial, marketing, service, and sales support processes. He is also responsible for developing and managing partnerships and agreements with providers of usage, access, data and Internet services. In addition, Raue's responsibilities include product development, pricing, and implementation, as well as managing the growth of the company's alternate channel sales program.

Prior to founding Telegration, Raue was Area Manager at Telecom USA, Tyson's Corner, VA serving the Baltimore, Washington D.C., Maryland, and northern Virginia regions. He was responsible for sales and regional customer and sales support. Telecom USA was purchased by MCI in the early 1990s before the merger with WorldCom. Before coming to Telecom USA, he served as manager of major accounts, Michigan and Ohio territories, for LCI International, Inc., Birmingham, MI. LCI later merged with USA to form Qwest.

Raue holds a BA in Economics from The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is a member of the Detroit Economic Club and the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Alumni Association. He resides in Clarkston, MI with his wife  Brenda, children Kristen and Michelle, and dogs Lucky and Coconut.

Daniel G.  Williamson, Vice President of Sales & General Manager

Daniel Williamson is Vice President of Sales for Telegration, Inc. Williamson oversees the inside and outside sales channels for the company. He is chartered to control the day-to-day activities of these channels and ensures all personnel are carrying out the sales management process. His main areas of concentration in this process are product and skills training, activity performance and revenue performance for the channels. In addition, Customer Service & CAM, Finance, Human Resources, Commissions, and Technology divisions all report to Williamson.

Before joining Telegration, Williamson spent 13 years at Sprint in numerous roles, including direct sales, branch management, national account management and regional management. He also spent three years as the Director of Local Services at MCI where he led a team of 10 managers in the Midwest market.

Williamson holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI. He resides in Milford, MI with his wife Joanne, and children Cory, Joey and Drew. He will celebrate 8 years with Telegration in October 2006.

Debra Hutcherson, Director of Commissions

Debra Hutcherson is Director of Commissions, responsible for overseeing the payroll and commissions to the sales reps. She is the liaison with the technical team and responsible for maintaining the commission database for all sales personnel to ensure correct and timely payout deadlines are met. In addition, Debra is responsible for communicating and updating all compensation processes to the system as well as to all sales personnel. This is achieved through the reporting process that is managed by Debra and her commission staff. Reports are sent out to the field bi-monthly in accordance with payout guidelines. The Commission Department works in collaboration with various vendors and their respective commission teams to ensure proper payouts are received and investigations are resolved within expected timeframes.

Prior to joining Telegration Debra worked for SBC, formerly known as Ameritech, and was responsible for their commission processes, personnel tracking and paying out commissions to the EBS division, which consisted of approximately 250-300 sales representatives. Prior to her promotion to this position she worked as Accounts Payable Manager.

Hutcherson is a graduate of Wayne County Community College with an Associate Degree in Accounting.  She celebrated eight years at Telegration in March 2006. In her spare time, she enjoys gourmet cooking, bowling and supporting her children in their extra curriculum endeavors.

Carina Rodriguez, Director of Finance and Human Resources

Carina Rodriguez is Director of Finance and Human Resources, responsible for overseeing and management of credit analysis and approval, collection efforts for the entire customer base, resolution of contract matters with customers, all financial day-to-day operations processes, including payables and receivables, leaseholds, purchasing for all offices, workmen's compensation and employee issues. She is also responsible for implementation and enforcement of corporate policy and procedures, benefits administration and negotiations, as well as execution of various audits and projects as developed by and with the President. Before coming to Telegration, Rodriguez was Operations Manager at Linear Systems, where she was responsible for all financial and operational functions for an automotive design engineering firm. She also has experience as the office manager for Pals International, a language and cultural diversity school for international business travelers, where she managed all financial operations.

Currently pursuing an MBA, Rodriguez holds degrees from University of South Florida and Macomb College. She has been a member of the Telegration team for six years.