Mammoth Networks' History
Mammoth Networks was created in November, 2004 to provide regional Service Providers with a footprint outside of their traditional coverage areas. The company quickly grew into a wholesale data aggregator, combining services such as DSL, Frame Relay, ATM, TDM and Ethernet onto a single platform for Service Providers. By September of 2009, Mammoth had become the first company to tie together all 27 Qwest LATAs by building out interfaces for DSL, Frame relay and ATM. The company then set its sights on building out a national private-line network.
Today, Mammoth offers a full suite of aggregation and WAN connectivity services to the lower 48 contiguous states and Canada. Mammoth is circuit and carrier-agnostic, sourcing capacity from select carriers and driving those circuits through our own POPs and equipment so we can conduct line testing and confirm circuit health. We work only with carriers that are conscious of our focus and products, and are responsive and approachable. The end result is a product line that is a perfect match for Service Providers (ILECs, CLECs, DLECs, ISPs, Wireless ISPs, VoIP Providers, etc.) and multi-site enterprise businesses that are looking to expand beyond their current geographical scope, or drive greater physical and cost efficiencies into their current network architecture.
Mammoth is operated as a division of Visionary Communications. Visionary opened its doors in December, 1994 as the pioneering ISP in Wyoming. Originally founded in a basement with six modems and a 56k Frame Relay connection to the Internet, Visionary grew to become the largest and most geographically diverse ISP in a three state region, providing more than 20,000 customers with internet access via dialup, wireless, DSL, T1 and fiber. The company was the first to deploy broadband in more than a dozen rural communities. As Visionary grew, so did their expertise in broadband communications and carrier management -- that knowledge eventually became the genesis for the Mammoth operation.
Executive Team
Brian graduated from the University of Wyoming with a bachelor's degree in Small Business Management, with an emphasis on Finance. Brian grew up in the family motorcoach business and after college was instrumental in the company’s sale to Coach USA, which later went through a series of public offering, acquisitions and rollups. Prior to departing the transportation industry, Brian was overseeing more than 300 employees in five states. Brian purchased ownership in Visionary Communications in 2001 and worked to develop the company’s broadband portfolio in Wyoming. Seeing an opportunity in 2005, Brian and his management team formed Mammoth Networks to wholesale telecommunications services to ISPs. Mammoth quickly evolved into a Layer 2 Aggregator of disparate technologies and services onto a single, managed platform. Brian's blue-collar background translates into a hands-on approach to all facets of Mammoth’s business, from circuit ordering to project management to sales and support.
Sean started in 2002 as a Web Developer creating and maintaing custom websites. In 2005, Sean became the head System Administrator managing all hosted and internal services. Later in 2010 Sean begain taking on the role of lead Network Engineer with planning, designing, implementing, and maintaining the service provider network infrastructure for both core and customer-access scenarios. Then in 2012 Sean was promoted to Chief Technology Officer where he currently serves as Mammoth's technical leader, leveraging his background in networking technologies to design, implement and manage Mammoth's network operations, and overseeing all switch and router deployment. Sean has obtained his CCNP certification from Cisco and also has Juniper’s JUNOS certification, all self-taught.
John started in the telecommunications industry working as an intern in the accounting, operations and sales departments of Touch America while attending the University of Montana. John graduated in 1997 with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with emphases in Finance and Decision Sciences. Shortly after graduation, he started working full time for Touch America, initially in the Field Operations group and then in a Wholesale Private Line sales position. In that sales role, John built strong, long lasting relationships with carriers, CLECs, ISPs, and independent telephone companies. With the 360networks acquisition of the Touch America assets in 2003, John worked eight years as a Senior Account Manager in the Carrier Sales organization where he was consistently a top producer, fostering and growing customer relationships and bringing new customers to 360networks. Zayo acquired 360networks in December 2011, and after a short stint at Zayo John came to work for Mammoth to head up Carrier Sales, where he is focusing his sales efforts on regional carriers, independent telephone companies, and network service providers.
Brian received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Denver and his Master of Business Administration from the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver. While at the University, Brian authored a business plan designed to leverage the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and the FCC PCS spectrum auctions of 1995 to form a regional PCS carrier and facilities-based CLEC. For the next 15 years, Brian led the deployment and operation of San Isabel Telecom as the Vice President of Operations. In 2010, Brian left San Isabel to form Wagner Telecom Management LLC and to take a teaching position at the University of Denver’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) program. While at Wagner Telecom Management, Brian specialized in aiding carriers, ISPs and municipalities with a variety of planning, technical, and regulatory issues. In December of 2013, Brian accepted a position at Mammoth to lead the sales engineering and carrier management efforts of the organization.
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