Altaworx Hires Vice President of Finance

Altaworx, LLC of Fairhope welcomes Keith Singler as vice president of finance, the Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce announced. Singler brings 15 years of finance and information-technology management experience to Altaworx and has an extensive background in accounting, treasury and technology management and “a broad finance experience to… help Altaworx accelerate growth and profits,” President Forrest Derr said. Singler studied Business Administration at both Virginia Tech and Dixie State and has worked for businesses in the manufacturing, services and software industries. Altaworx was founded in 2003 by Rickie Richey addressing the emerging demand for Voice over Internet Protocol for business telephone systems. In 2011, Altaworx continued to focus on customer impact through emerging technologies, becoming an internet telephony service provider. The company began selling Altaworx-branded Session Initiation Protocol trunks and hosted Private Branch Exchange phone systems to business customers in the 22-state AT&T footprint. Today, the company operates its cloud-based solutions from two AT&T data centers in Dallas, Atlanta and Los Angeles. It has a presence in 46 states.