Mark Gianinni, Chief Executive Officer and Director

Mr. Gianinni provides the vision and innovation that is the engine of Accel’s success. His ability to recognize market needs and deliver solutions has been evident throughout his career, beginning 25 years ago when he co-founded of Home Cinema, Inc. With proprietary software system and processes as its core, Home Cinema was the first to bring to market a “video store within a store” concept which was deployed by top supermarket chains like Albertsons and Kroger, Later in his career he founded Strand Communications, Inc. which provided a single gateway for multiple disparate systems within hospital environments.  Immediately after selling SCI to Telco, Inc. in 1989, Gianinni founded Datalinc to pursue using satellite as a broad medium for communications applications. Datalinc was the first independent shared VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) hub in the U.S, providing a VSAT platform to Fortune 500 companies that included Ashland Oil, Standard Register, Providian Insurance and US Bancorp. In 1994, Mr. Gianinni recognized that an online data communication network was a natural and necessary progression for retail, where the use of multiple dial-up lines for various countertop point-of-sale devices and back office applications is the rule. In April 1998, Datalinc changed its name to ThruComm and began to pursue the market for an end-to-end managed network solution for retail and EFT businesses. Mr. Gianinni went on to develop the concept for Accel Networks which he co-founded in 2002.



Elaine E. Healy, President, Chief Operating Officer, and Director

Ms. Healy is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the company, including management of sales, marketing and all aspects of operations at Accel. Prior to co-founding Accel Networks in 2002, Ms. Healy was formerly Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Director of ThruComm, Inc., which position she held beginning in August of 2001.  Ms. Healy’s career has focused on the private equity markets having spent eighteen years as a private equity investor.  From May 1993 to July 2001, Ms. Healy was Managing Director, Private Investments of Pecks Management Partners Ltd., during which time she invested over $200 million in 25 transactions as lead investor and served on numerous boards. Previously, Ms. Healy was a General Partner of Quantum Partners Ltd., a venture capital partnership, with which she was associated for eight years.  Ms. Healy also served two years as Vice President of The Revere Fund, Inc., a public closed-end investment fund.



Shad Ahmed, Vice President of Technology and Product Management.

Mr. Ahmed, is responsible for Accel’s overall network architecture, product development, quality assurance, and customer engineering.  As a co-founding member of the Accel team, Mr. Ahmed has been instrumental in the design and implementation of the proprietary systems and processes that have led Accel to the forefront of delivering broadband using a fixed wireless platform.  Mr. Ahmed has over 10 years of experience in networks architecture and wireless networking.  Prior to co-founding Accel, Mr. Ahmed held various engineering management positions at ThruComm.  During his career at ThruComm, he designed and deployed ThruComm's IP backbone network, designed network solutions and products, managed product releases, managed high profile customer accounts, and was in-charge of its POS support group. 




Eric Sandoval, Vice President of Sales & Marketing

Mr. Sandoval has worked within the telecommunications industry in various executive sales and marketing roles over the past 12 years. Currently, Mr. Sandoval oversees the direct and indirect sales and marketing efforts at Accel. Prior to joining Accel Networks in 2007 Mr. Sandoval held various sales management positions within both the direct and indirect channels at Epoch Networks, Netifice Communications and what later became Megapath Inc.  Over the years Mr. Sandoval has worked with several large startups providing leadership during the early stages of growth. Most notably Mr. Sandoval managed the Southern California region for Relera a Denver based data center startup, which raised over $350 Million in venture capital. Mr. Sandoval held Vice President roles at Itericom Inc. and Southern California based Internet Service Provider, First Internet Alliance.