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Travis Skweres and Louis Sokol are now friends

November 16

Louis Sokol is attending Eric Standlee's event

Entrepreneurs Festival Break Out Session at Coffee Groundz

November 19, 2009 from 2pm to 4pm

November 19th proclaimed as Houston Entrepreneurship Day by Mayor Bill White. TAKE A COFFEE BREAK WITH US! Special EO 09 Break Out Session November 19th • 2:00 - 4:00 pm Keynote speakers Ed Garza, Anowar Shahjahan and Special Guest, Eric Standle...

November 16

Louis Sokol commented on Scott's group 'Galleria Area'

If they have better food let's join theirs LOL

September 21

Louis Sokol is attending Leroy Gibbins's event

The Village at Plonk

September 1, 2009 from 4pm to 8pm

Come join us at The Village, Sept 1, 2009, for a great networking event, at a cool new wine bar Plonk. I hope to see you there!!

August 21

Louis Sokol is now friends with Mark B. Johnston, Nell Stevens and Alberto Luis Arroyo

August 5

Louis Sokol commented on Chen Sun's event 'Asian Markets and Restaurant Tour and Mixer'

Have to go to Austin for the day for a business meeting, will make the next tour.

August 4

Louis Sokol is attending Scott's event

Galleria Area Networking Happy Hour at Post Oak Grill

August 19, 2009 from 5:30pm to 7pm

The Galleria Area group is having our first networking mixer and happy hour on August 19th, 5:30pm, at the Post Oak Grill (the one near San Felipe). We should be gathering at the bar.

August 3

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August 3

Louis Sokol commented on Scott's group 'Galleria Area'

I will be there.

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August 2

Louis Sokol is now friends with Carolyn and Steve Stockham

August 2

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How did you hear about this site InHouston?

Industry

Telecommunications

Niche (Services/Products your company provides:)

VoIP phone systems, including a customized application for every client. We market the SpartanPBX, a phone server built for Asterisk/trixbox (our Linux-based Free Open Source Software). No license fees because it is open source means that our phone systems typically run half the cost of other systems with many more customizable features. Never buy a phone system 'off the shelf' where you have to modify your business to the phone features! Invest in a customized system that will not be obsoleted in a few years and offers you exactly the features YOU need for YOUR business.

About Me:

I have owned an IT company since 1992 and focused on VoIP phone systems for the last four years. My background is as a Geologist and Chemist but I have performed IT repairs, network design, implementation and maintenance, and telecommunications support for 27 years.

City, State

Houston, TX

Area of Houston

uptown/galleria

Website:

http://www.selectphonesolutions.com

Blog:

http://www.wordpress.com/louissokol

Open Networker?

yes

Servant Leader, Give It First Networker?

yes

Have Attended Live InHouston Netweaving Events (ever):

yes

Perfect Client

Growing company with multiple distributed locations. We can connect them into a single unified communications system and increase productivity. Connected locations can be across a city, a state or in different countries (no long distance charges). Call centers and special applications are welcome in our systems.

Example = a medical company in Austin, TX where they had nine locations and over 300 phones. All were coordinated into a single system including two call centers.

Target Market(s)

So far we have had many clients in the medical and legal industries but can work with any industry.

Urgent Needs and Compelling Desires of Target Market(s)

Is your phone system five or ten years old or older? You are missing out on the newest features which would truly benfit your company. Your competitors are all into VoIP (the entire Fortune 500 is there or is in plans), shouldn't you be considering that change?

"Other interests" (Traveling, wine, books, etc...):

I am an Assistant Director in the local Houston-West region of BNI (12 years as a member, 3 years as a Director).

I am active in the Greater Houston Partnership in several committees, a CEO RoundTable, and also as an Ambassador.

Other than that I love to play cards and schmooze with my wife of 34 years and our friends.

What does your company do to focus on its purpose?

Educate people and companies we meet who have ignored their ancient phone systems and wonder why they are not keeping up with their competition.

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At 9:42am on August 3, 2009, Cyndi Gutowski said…: Welcome to the networking inHouston family!
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At 9:06pm on August 2, 2009, Gail Stolzenburg said…: It is an honor to have one of the top network trainers as a friend on InHouston. I look forward to seeing you at the Bob Berg event on September 18th.