Ting Leadership

Our leaders at Ting are working to build the foundation for the Internet of the future: one that is more equitable, sustainable and accessible for everyone.

Elliot Noss

CEO

Under Elliot, Tucows challenged how software was distributed in the 1990s and how domain names were offered and managed in the 2000s and is challenging how mobile phone service and fixed Internet are provided today. For nearly twenty years, Elliot has loved and championed the Internet as the greatest agent of positive change the world has ever seen. Through his role at Tucows, his involvement in ICANN and his personal efforts, he has lobbied, agitated and educated to promote this vision and protect an Open Internet around the world.

Kerris Hougardy

VP, People

Kerris is a Human Resources leader with over 20 years of experience fostering strategic employee-business partnerships, facilitating talent management practices, championing employee experience excellence, leading employment brand initiatives, advocating diversity & inclusion, promoting employee wellness, and driving continuous process improvement. With an untraditional journey into HR leadership, she has lived across multiple continents. She has worked in numerous industries - but always with a passion for people and fostering environments that drive employee engagement and fulfillment. Kerris obtained her MBA from Simon Fraser University in 2021 and joined Ting Internet in October 2022 to support Ting’s growth in leading the human resources function.

George Kopas

VP, Finance

George joined the Tucows Finance team in August 2017 and brings over a decade of audit and public company financial experience. In 2020, he transitioned to Ting with the mandate of establishing, scaling, and leading a Finance function to support Ting's ongoing organic growth, acquisitions, and capital requirements. George straddles both Finance and Operations, enabling a vital bridge between the two to propel business growth.

During his initial years at Tucows, George held a wide range of roles and responsibilities, which provided him exposure to all Tucows' businesses and Corporate Finance matters. Prior to Tucows, George spent three years at Deloitte in Toronto focused on public company audits in the Financial Institution and Technology sectors.

George is a Chartered Professional Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario. George holds an Honours Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario.

Neith Myrick

SVP - Sales & Business Operations

Neith Myrick joined Ting in 2022 as the Senior Vice President for Sales & Business Operations with a proven track record of driving growth and innovation in the telecommunications and technology sectors.

Neith is known for his mentorship and advocacy for promoting Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion in leadership roles, embodying a dedication to fostering an inclusive workplace. His leadership philosophy revolves around the idea that success is achieved through empowering teams, cultivating innovation, and delivering unparalleled value to customers.

Prior to joining Ting, Neith held an executive leadership role at Verizon, where he served as Managing Director and Area Vice President. He led an award-winning enterprise sales organization responsible for creating strategic relationships with some of the organization’s largest enterprise customers. Neith has also held various leadership and business development roles with Capital One, Apogee, American Express, and AT&T.

Neith received his MBA from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin (Hook ’Em) and earned his undergraduate degree from the State University of New York at Cortland.

Ross Rader

Chief Customer Officer, EVP IS

Ross has been with Tucows since the earliest days. After helping hundreds of thousands of Canadians settle on the newly discovered Internet in the 1990s at Internet Direct Canada, Ross led Tucows' launch of OpenSRS in 2000. He has managed Tucows' retail operations, including the launch of Hover which provides its clients simple, yet powerful tools for managing domain names and email services. Today he leads the teams that ensure every customer experience is a good one.

Ross is an active contributor to international and Canadian Internet policy and played a central role in the development of several key policies, including domain name portability, the evolution and the launch of new gTLDs and consumer protection and privacy. In addition to his work at Tucows, Ross served as a long-time board member of CIRA, the steward of Canada's top-level domain, and is the chair of its Board Governance Committee.

Ross is also an accomplished ultra-distance cyclist who in addition to cycling across Canada for charity in 2008, holds the current world record for the fastest crossing of the province of Ontario

Jason Smith

Chief Networks Officer and EVP of Operations

Jason Smith is a military veteran who has over 25 years of experience in telecommunications. The majority of his career has been spent working with competitive service providers. Seven years as an engineer served as the foundation for the following twenty years as a business leader for Level 3 Communications, Google Fiber, and now Ting Internet. His business and operational leadership responsibilities at Level 3 Communications included operations and PnL management as a Manager/Director/Sr. Director of Long Haul Networks, Data Centers, and Metro Enterprise Fiber Systems. His technical and operational leadership at Google Fiber as Head of Metro Technical Operations, continually improved and increased network construction and operations, enabling scale and growth of the business. His training and experience in technical roles on wireless and fiber systems, as well as IP provisioning and management brings invaluable practical, real-world experience.