A founder of Wired Island, Mike Sottak has more than 20 years experience in tourism and high-technology marketing, business development, PR and journalism. He is an 11-year and permanent resident of Turks and Caicos. He has consulted for many of the leading businesses, media and government organizations in the islands, with experience in the hospitality, financial services and travel industries. Mike combines award-winning writing and journalism skills with a strong background in Internet and digital marketing to help develop effective marketing solutions for Wired Island clients.

He is actively involved in the local community in TCI, serving as president of the annual Turks & Caicos Conch Festival, and president of the Rotary Club of Providenciales.

As part of Wired Island, Mike has also worked with a broad range of global high technology industry leaders. Prior to starting Wired Island in 1997, he spent ten years at Cadence Design Systems, one of the ten largest software companies in the world, where he was Director of Public Relations, overseeing the $1 billion firm's global PR program. He has worked as a journalist at daily newspapers in Boston and Houston, winning several Associated Press awards for writing during his career. Mike also worked in the public relations and marketing department of the Boston Celtics during the team's 1985 world championship season in the National Basketball Association.

Mike graduated with honors with a degree in Public Relations and Journalism from Boston University's College of Communication.

Toni has 20 years of experience in public relations and marketing communications. With a background that combines agency and corporate experience, she has worked with companies such as Apple Computer, Autodesk, Cadence Design Systems, Hewlett-Packard and IBM. A co-founder of Wired Island, Toni is actively involved in the firm's local business efforts, managing launches and projects for clients such as Digicel, FirstCaribbean International Bank, the Turks and Caicos Hotel Association and the TCI Conch Festival. Toni also maintains Wired Island's extensive database of contacts and relationships with writers, reporters, editors and web masters who cover news and events related to island businesses. She supports a variety of community programs, including the Wired Island's high school internship program, and is a volunteer director of the Turks and Caicos AIDS Awareness Foundation.

Prior to helping launch Wired Island, she was Director of Corporate Communications at Rational Software, a $1 billion provider of software development and testing solutions that has since been acquired by IBM, where she was responsible for worldwide public relations.

Toni has a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism from Lock Haven University in Pennsylvania.

Deborah is Wired Island's Internet specialist with extensive background and expertise in web site design. She has been involved with interactive media for the past 12 years. In addition to managing Wired Island's web business, Deb supports clients with event management and public relations services. Her design work can be seen on local companies' and organizations' web sites, including: The TCI Music and Cultural Festival, Leeward, Ltd., Danny Buoy's Irish Pub, The TCI Conch Festival and The Temple Financial Group.

Before Wired Island, she was a project manager at AppNet, a single-source e-business solutions firm in Washington, D.C. where she worked for several nonprofit international organizations including; CARE, International Committee of the Red Cross, Pew Center for Climate Control, and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. She has also developed corporate web sites for DNA New Media Group, an interactive ad agency based in San Francisco and worked for a non-profit multimedia events company known as the Interactive Media Festival, a three-day interactive art gallery and competition that was held in Los Angeles during the summers of 1994 and 1995.

Deborah holds a BA in Art, with an emphasis in Multimedia Studies, from San Francisco State University and is a member of IWA.

Val joins Wired Island from Pacrim Hospitality in Halifax, Nova Scotia, one of the largest hotel operators in Canada. At Pacrim, he lead the Intergy division, which oversaw Pacrim’s Reservation call center, on-line reservations and e-marketing operations. In that role, he managed the reservations operations for more than 60 properties and was responsible for more than $1.5 million in bookings per month. Val managed both the voice call center operations and agents, as well as e-marketing solutions for a broad range of properties across North America in the impressive Pacrim portfolio.

Originally from Trinidad & Tobago, Val graduated from York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1995, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Computer Science.

Jessica Hall is a web site design and internet marketing specialist. She manages the maintenance of Wired Island's clients' web sites, updating content, images and working on search engine optimization and web-based marketing strategies. Previously, Jessica worked as a website developer at Canadian Parents for French in Halifax, Nova Scotia; for Veterans Affairs Canada in Prince Edward Island; and as an intern at Adventurescape Web Design in Providenciales.

Jessica attended Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax where she is pursuing a Bachelors of Applied Arts degree in Information Technology and graduated from the Turks & Caicos Community College with a degree in Computer Studies. A native of the Turks & Caicos, she graduated from Clement Howell High School before beginning her university education.

Susan comes from wide variety of backgrounds including Human Resources, and Pharmacy technology. Most recently, she has driven the reservations strategy for a boutique style property in the Caribbean island of Tobago, and has also spearheaded the reservations for a booking portal for a Tobago based reservation website.

Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Susan graduated from St. Mary's University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Phsycology and French.