articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . june 2016 yorktel is an eatontown new jersey based video managed services company that provides professional services for the assessment design integration and management of video and audio communications . 1 2 3 the company is recognized for its expertise in video interoperability cloud solutions and managed services as well as for providing high performance legacy video systems to large organizations . 4 5 6 7 yorktel s government customers include the united states department of energy doe the us treasury the united states department of agriculture usda the united states department of justice doj the us army us navy us air force and us marines . 8 9 the company s technology partners include cisco polycom vidyo microsoft radvision avaya lifesize acano pexip prysm crestron and others . 9 yorktel oversees high functioning and customizable video systems with more than 16 000 room system endpoints in 84 countries . it has offices in new jersey virginia massachusetts new york washington d.c. the uk france and ireland . 1 9 10 11 it has data centers in new jersey the united kingdom and singapore . ron gaboury serves as the company s current ceo ; judi pulig is cfo bin guan is chief technology officer and joe e hu is chief information officer . contents 1 history 2 services 3 awards and recognition 4 references 5 external links history edit yorktel was founded in 1985 by dr. york wang as a company called york telecom . dr. wang holds a ph.d. in solid state physics from the university of missouri and a specialist certificate in quantum electronics from the university of california . dr. wang was recognized in 2009 as ernst & young s entrepreneur of the year for entrepreneurial excellence in the category of technology . 12 ron gaboury joined yorktel in 1995 as the chief financial officer cfo and later assumed the role of chief operating officer coo . he went on to become the company s chief executive officer in 2011 . in april 2012 the company shortened its name to yorktel . also in that year yorktel acquired first connections a uk company with a presence in ireland specializing in many of the same video conferencing capabilities . first connections consolidated offices with yorktel s existing windsor berkshire office in 2013 . in 2014 the company acquired two more organizations ; expedite located in the us and multisense a uk based firm with a specialty in telehealth . the company has sustained continuous growth both financially approximately 140m in 2015 revenue and in staffing 420 global staff in addition to 750 partner employees . it is recognized by industry analysts as a key player in video conferencing and managed services . in 2014 frost & sullivan ranked yorktel third in market share for hosted managed services in north america . 13 14 15 16 17 yorktel recently earned commercial integrator magazine s integrator of the year at the end of 2015 . yorktel is a certified minority owned business and holds multiple state and federal government contracts including a nasa sewp v contract for video . it holds iso 27001 certification for international security standards . services edit yorktel serves government agencies and enterprise businesses in various sectors helping them to incorporate video conferencing streaming video and networking into their day to day operations . 1 11 18 19 20 in 2012 yorktel was recognized by systems contractor news as the sixth largest systems integrator in the united states and canada . 1 yorktel media services provides a range of professional media services for the creation production and distribution of audio and video communications . 1 8 yorktel maintains over 15 top level certifications with cisco tandberg polycom amx crestron audio visual solutions initia clearone onetouch ftr disambiguation needed microsoft nortel infocomm and international communications . 1 21 the company also offers the following services professional services including network and business use assessments system design integration approach recommendations user training and adoption services media services including video streaming digital signing video and event production . 21 this division has won numerous awards including an emmy and multiple telly awards . integration services including videoconferencing solutions customized options and unified communications . 22 23 cloud services including protocol support mobility and bring your own device byod public cloud and private cloud economic value personalized service and cost structures tailored to business needs . 2 24 25 26 27 28 in 2014 univago a video platform as a service was launched . managed services including end to end video management call launching and troubleshooting on site staffing & tech support centralized scheduling reporting and incident management . yorktel has video network operations centers in new jersey and in basingstoke uk . telehealth including telehealth carts wall systems and mobile kits . awards and recognition edit yorktel has received a variety of awards 29 for its customer service growth and business management commercial integrator s 2015 integrator of the year 30 emmy award media services 2015 msp mentor 501 ranked 106 2015 smartceo blue chip innovator category 2014 3rd in market share frost & sullivan s hosted managed services in north america 2014 crn solution provider 500 top tier each year frost & sullivan s best practices award north american video conferencing services product line strategy leadership 2014 telly awards silver winner 2014 videographer awards ; 3 categories motion graphics non profit tribute 2014 and 2015 commercial integrator s industry leaders corporate and government markets categories 2014 yorktel received frost & sullivan s north american csp videoconferencing services customer value enhancement award in 2011 . 31 yorktel also received the telepresence and videoconferencing insight editors award in 2011 under the category of videoconferencing reseller of the year . 32 national system contractor association nsca 2013 excellence in business award . 33 yorktel ranked 6th in scn s top 50 integrator 2012 and maintain presence in each subsequent year . 34 in 2012 yorktel was ranked as one of the 2012 njbiz top minority owned companies . in september 2011 yorktel was recognized in the list of inc. 500 top companies in new jersey . 35 references edit a b c d e f yorktel honored as top systems integrator by systems contractor news . prweb . retrieved 6 april 2013 . a b clancy heather . yorktel sharpens focus on cloud video services . zdnet . retrieved 6 april 2013 . avaya siemens polycom make uc video moves at enterprise connect . eweek . retrieved 7 april 2013 . nsca honors yorktel for exemplary business strategies . telecom reseller . retrieved 6 april 2013 . does videoconferencing replace business travel cbc interview with david phillips of yorktel video . investor.com . youtube.com . retrieved 6 april 2013 . carberry sonja . rock solid business strategy helps tech products glow . investors.com . retrieved 6 april 2013 . yorktel unveils yorktel videocloud at enterpriseconnect . njtc techwire . retrieved 7 april 2013 . a b yorktel to showcase media solutions portfolio at govcomm12 expo ; 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