Patrick Ostiguy founded Accedian in 2004 and serves as president, CEO and member of the Board of Directors. Patrick has more than 15 years in the telecom industry. He has filed several patent applications and has published dozens of industry conference proceedings and technology articles. Prior to founding Accedian, Ostiguy was co-founder of Avantas Networks and launched the industry's first portable Ethernet and SONET field-services test-set.