Meet Our Leaders

Valicom has consistently been a thought leader in telecom expense management and telecom audit services, and part of that is due to our excellent leadership team. Combining many years experience in telecom management, they strive to offer our clients the best technology, best practices and best vendor relationships available anywhere. Their experience and contributions to the industry are significant, but what's more important is the guidance they can provide to you in your telecom expense management process.

Valicom's Executive Leaders

Nancy Peckham, CEO

Nancy began her career in telecommunications in 1983 as an account executive with Republic Telcom, a regional long distance carrier. She was named district sales manager for the Wisconsin region in 1987 when Republic Telcom was acquired by Mid American Communications. She recognized a need for independent, objective telecommunications consulting which led her founding Valicom. Since its launch in 1991, Valicom has been a leader in providing telecom expense management solutions and serves enterprise and mid-market clients in a variety of industries and verticals across the U.S. Nancy earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, founded and served as president of the Telecommunications Professionals of Wisconsin (TPW) from 1989-1992, and was executive vice president on the board of directors of the Society of Telecommunications Consultants (STC). Nancy is also a founding member and executive council chair of the Independent Telecommunications Expense Management Association (i-TEM).

Jeff Poirior, COO

Jeff brings 25 years of telecommunications and information technology management experience in voice and data networking, server support, and telephony and security; with a significant emphasis on customer service. Prior to joining Valicom, he was chief of the infrastructure support section for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Jeff was the vice president of operations for CC&N, overseeing telecommunications, help desk, data and desk side support services. Prior to that, he served as the associate director of technical resources for Covance, responsible for managing systems and network operations supporting 1700 users in Wisconsin and Virginia. He has also led data center operations at Magnetek Electric, supporting mainframe systems, client/server applications, telephony systems, and computer-aided design. Jeff holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Cardinal Stritch University and a master's degree in business administration from University of Phoenix. In addition, Jeff is a past board member of the Wisconsin Telecommunication Association.

Jeff Schultz, CFO

Jeff has served as an accounting executive in various capacities for a number of corporations over the past 20 years. Prior to joining Valicom, Jeff served as Controller for Cranberries Limited, Inc. and Legacy Bogs LLC from 2006 to 2007. Jeff helped provide a smooth transition for the new owner of these two companies after the owner purchased the remaining assets of Northland Cranberries, Inc. from Sun Capital. Jeff became an independent CPA in 2008 and still provides services for his former employer. Jeff served from 2002 to 2005 as Director of Financial Reporting and Budgeting and in 2006 as Controller for Northland Cranberries, Inc. Prior to working in the Cranberry industry, Jeff served as controller for ANIMAX Corp. of Green Bay and as Vice President Controller and Vice President of Finance for Prange Way, Inc. also headquartered in Green Bay. Jeff initiated the leveraged buyout of the Prange Way division of the H.C. Prange Company and successfully executed the plan, along with the Prange Way team, to replace all of the computer systems for the new company in less than one years time. In addition to the executive leadership, Valicom boasts a team of project managers who have been doing this work longer than some of our competitors have been in business.

The Best Telecom Audit Team in the Business

In addition to our executive leadership, Valicom boasts a team of Project Managers who have been doing this work longer than some of our competitors have been in business. Combined with the power of our telecom expense management software Clearview, their ability to find savings and educate you as to the best practices of TEM are unparallelled. Put the power of the best to work for you. Contact us to find out how!