John Anthony Antonio
Birth Date 07/26/54
Married with five children.
Degree BLS Bowling Green University 1976
From January 2003 until present, Mr. John Antonio has been the Vice President of Network Technologies International, Inc. In this position he has provided critical negotiations for carrier contracts and interim funding of the corporation.
From 1996 to present Mr. Antonio has been the manager of Intertel LLC. Mr. Antonio recognized the opportunity presented in the Mexican telecom market when the government issued several international voice licenses. In response he created this company to do distribution of prepaid phone cards in Mexico. Mr. Antonio negotiated and signed the required carrier contracts and Intertel LLC set up profitable distribution of these prepaid phone cards in over 25,000 locations. From there he moved into other foreign markets and proceeded to set up several contracts for international termination. Mr. Antonio signed an agreement with the largest privately held phone company in the US to represent their interests in the international markets. Intertel LLC is currently operational in Mexico and Africa.
From 1992 till 1996 Mr. Antonio was a partner in international business consulting and trading for Intergo International. He facilitated the establishment of relationships and operations in foreign countries. Mr. Antonio personally accompanied several clients into different countries, while either recommending or establishing Joint Ventures for them, advising these entities on how to do business in these foreign marketplaces.
During the four years from 1988 to 1992 Mr. Antonio was Vice President of American Pride Corporation, out of Washington, DC. This company was originally one of his clients while working for the Farnham Ottokar Trust. As Vice President Mr. Antonio assisted the company in fund raising, and business development. He also signed the contract to represent the Small Business Association for American Pride, and then put together a sales force of over 100 salesmen.
Before working for American Pride Mr. Antonio served three years for the Farnham Ottokar Trust as Assistant Trustee. This Trust, owned by the Hapsburg Family in Austria, allowed Mr. Antonio, a Assistant Trustee, to orchestrate millions of dollars in commercial trades. These dealings were often with high ranking foreign government officials, ruling Royal Family members from around the world, and large international banks.
For the three years previous to working for the Hapsburg;s, 1981 until1984 Mr. Antonio was partner in Higgs and Antonio Consulting. Mr. Antonio raised millions of dollars for Limited Partnership Investments, primarily in the oil and gas industries. Mr. Antonio also represented Union Pension Funds for construction financing. Additionally being mandated by several large companies including Scott and Fetzer to find lower cost investment money in the European Market to reduce interest costs.
From 1977 – 1981 Mr. Antonio worked at Xerox Corporation as a salesman. Some highlights of his years
there include: Top Trainee in sales and Presidents Club as Salesman (2 years).
Mr. Antonio can be reached at jantonio@nettecint.com.
