about our leaders

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As a prolific and active inventor, Alek's name is associated with more than 100 US and international patents, along with his colleagues: Jim Owen, Jim Crooks, and Curt Marks, for hundreds of technological inventions and business solutions, including technologies upon which the global contact center industry and mobile telecommunications are built today.

Alek has been recognized in - 

Inc. Magazine as the “1991 Entrepreneur of the Year”, Southern Region, 

“Pioneer in the Industry” by Call Center magazine in August 1997,

“Induction to Call Center Hall of Fame” in October 2000, 

“Lifetime Achievement” award TMC and Customer Interaction Solutions magazine May 2006, 

while Melita repeatedly made Atlanta's prestigious “Fast Tech 50” list of fastest-growing profitable debt-free technology companies. 

Halina, whose career began in medical research, filled multiple roles in the company including:

operations, 

human resources, 

accounting, price negotiations, 

inventory management,

systems assembly, 

facility management. 

Under Halina's leadership in business operations, the company grew to over 400 employees and Alek/Halina along with the board of directors decided for company to go public on NASDAQ in 1997. 

Growth and profits were phenomenal with Melita's innovative technologies deploying and supporting call center customers in 45 countries on 6 continents.