James Messer is the Founder and CEO of Gotransverse, a 25-year veteran of global enterprise software with a focus on monetization. He served as Vice President of Sales for LHS Group, one of the largest implementation and support networks in the global customer care and billing marketplace with more than 300 customer sites worldwide and 18 global and regional partners. James later served as Vice President of Sales for Sema Group plc, which became the world leader in communications software and solutions after the acquisition of LHS for $4.75 billion. Sema then surpassed all global competitors in revenue, subscribers, sites and solutions. Related to B/OSS, James also served in senior management positions for CSG Systems, US Telecom Advanced Telecom Service (sold to CSG) and LocationSmart– a leader in wireless location-based services.
Additionally, James also served as Vice President of Federal Programs for Schlumberger (NYSE: SLB), and served on the staff of U.S. Senate Leader Bob Dole focusing on telecommunications, IT and foreign policy. James also participates as a partner in Spectrum Five LLC, the largest holder of DBS spectrum with full U.S. coverage. James is a frequent speaker and writer on entrepreneurship, FinTech, enterprise software, and monetization. In December 2016, James was awarded Fellow status from the World Technology Network and was a finalist (5 out of 2500+), along with the founders of Snapchat and the CTO of Uber, for the 2016 World Technology Awards in Communications Technology.
