As President and Chief Executive Officer of NexTalk, Inc., Todd Wakefield is responsible for driving the overall strategic direction of the company and driving its current rapid growth. Through a combination of strategic vision, strong team-building skills and an eye for detail, Todd’s leadership has helped NexTalk rapidly take its place at the forefront of providing accessible telecommunications solutions to organizations around the globe.

An experienced technology entrepreneur, Todd was named one of 50 Worldwide Reader Favorites in Fast Company magazine’s Fast 50 Global Readers’ Challenge. Prior to NexTalk, he was co-founder, president and CEO of Attensity Corporation. There, he successfully led Attensity through three rounds of funding and the longest sustained revenue growth in the company’s history. Todd also was instrumental in the development and execution of the company’s strategy as well as its products and technology, for which he holds six patents. Attensity was named in 2005 to Fortune magazine’s list of 25 Breakout Companies. Before founding Attensity, Todd worked in private law practice in Park City, Utah and served as general counsel to the U.S. Ski Team and U.S. Snowboarding.

Todd currently serves as Chairman of the US Ski and Snowboard Association (USAA) Judicial Council. He also is a venture partner with the Entrepreneurs Fund, a San Mateo, California-based venture capital firm and is a member of the 85-lawyer firm of Jones Waldo Holbrook & McDonough based in Salt Lake City, Utah. He serves of the Board of Trustees of the non-profit Work Activity Center in Salt Lake City which helps people with disabilities become more active and independent members of the community. Todd has served on numerous corporate and non-profit boards including Attensity Corporation, SpectrumDNA, and the Park City International Jazz Festival, where he was a founding trustee.

Todd earned both his Juris Doctorate and his Bachelor of Science degree in Philosophy (Honors) from the University of Utah, and he has been admitted into Mensa.