Atilla Tinic is Vice President of IT for Level 3 Communications, Inc. where he is responsible for Business and Customer Support Systems (BCSS). Mr. Tinic has been in information and communication technology for over 20 years, where he has a long track record of deploying new and innovative solutions. Furthermore, over the course of his career he has significant leadership experience in mergers and acquisitions, system development for new products, and technology advancement for growth companies. In his current role, Mr. Tinic is responsible for simplifying the system operating environment through continued consolidation, integration and automation while maintaining a focus on additional customer capabilities and services. The specific platforms that Mr. Tinic has oversight and management of, include the following: sales management (including the Customer Relationship Management system), order management, corporate systems (including the Enterprise Resource Planning system), billing and mediation, as well as all customer facing platforms (including the Level 3 website, portal, API's and internal web systems). Before assuming his current role, Mr. Tinic was Vice President of IT for tw telecom leading all functions around business support systems. As well, Mr. Tinic was responsible for revenue assurance and billing operations. Prior to this, his career in telecommunications began with positions at Bell Canada, Bell Sygma, Saville Systems, and American Management Systems (AMS). Mr. Tinic has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Western Ontario and a Masters of Applied Science from the University of Denver.