Roy spent 15 years in numerous executive positions within the telecommunications industry. As president and COO of C.P. National, a NYSE telecommunications company, he was responsible for the company's telecommunications, gas and electric utilities, as well as various non-regulated businesses, including Denro, Inc., a telecommunications switch manufacture, CATV and paging operations. Under Roy’s leadership, the company grew the business to total sales of $205 million in revenue with net after tax income of $21 million, and over 2,000 employees. He remained in that position through the sale of C.P. National to Alltel Corporation.
Prior to joining C.P. National, he held various positions at Contel Corporation. At 38 years old, he was chosen for his first operational post as President of Contel/Texocom, a division that distributed goods and services to the telecommunications industry both domestically and internationally. During the three years he was running Contel/Texocom, sales grew from $103 million to $205 million. He was then asked to serve as President, Marketing and Distribution of Contel Business Systems, which included Executone Systems. Other executive positions included Vice President, Secretary, and Chief Counsel of Contel Corporation.
Roy began his career as a Securities Lawyer at Cahill, Gordon & Reindel in New York City, where his responsibilities included drafting numerous corporate disclosure documents, including proxy statements and prospectuses.
Roy holds a J.D. from Hastings College of Law and a B.S. from Cal Poly. He has done additional Economic and Humanities study at the University of Uppsala in Sweden. He has served on numerous public and private Boards of Directors. Presently Roy is a venture capital investor, and has been leading classes for The Language of Business since the fall of 1999.