We architect the connectivity that operations depend on.
Future Technologies is an Operational Connectivity Architecture company and North American lead systems integrator. Since 1999 we have designed, deployed, and sustained the wireless networks that run industrial, enterprise, and government operations.
To help organizations connect and modernize critical infrastructure through secure, resilient connectivity that enables safer, smarter, and more efficient operations
As industries become increasingly dependent on connected workers, intelligent devices, automation, distributed operations, and real-time decision-making, connectivity has become foundational infrastructure. Future Technologies helps organizations design, deploy, and support the connectivity architectures required to keep critical operations running reliably today while preparing for what comes next.
For more than 25 years, we have helped customers across government, energy, utilities, transportation, manufacturing, and enterprise environments solve complex connectivity challenges in some of the most demanding operating conditions. Our focus is simple: align the right architecture to the operational outcome, validate the design, execute in the field, and support it across the lifecycle.
Critical Connectivity. Built Right.
A trusted advisor for mission-critical connectivity transformation
Future Technologies helps organizations design, deploy, and operate the communications environments that support modern operations. We combine advisory services, multi-network architecture, field deployment, and lifecycle support to improve reliability, visibility, resilience, and operational performance across industrial and critical infrastructure environments.
What makes us different
- Advisory-led, vendor-agnostic engagement model
- Deep expertise across industrial and critical-infrastructure environments
- Proven ability to orchestrate heterogeneous network architectures
- Living Lab validation to de-risk deployments
- Focus on aligning connectivity to operational outcomes
The leadership team
Peter sets Future Technologies' strategy and growth, building on 25+ years guiding the company from satellite integration to production private cellular and operational connectivity for critical infrastructure.
Sarah leads operations and delivery, moving engagements from design through deployment and lifecycle support with the rigor critical-infrastructure customers require.
Mary leads growth, marketing, and go-to-market strategy, aligning Future Technologies' positioning and offerings to the markets it serves.
Jeff leads finance and business operations, supporting disciplined growth and the financial foundation for long-term customer programs.
Gary drives innovation and solution architecture, bringing deep industrial experience to the company's engagement methodology and Living Lab.
Chris leads revenue and sales, helping operators map connectivity investments to operational outcomes across verticals.
Paul leads digital strategy and the AI operating model, building the apps, integrations, and analytics that modernize how Future Technologies runs and serves its customers.
Eric leads presales and solution design, translating operational requirements into the right multi-network architecture before deployment.
Taylor leads marketing, brand, and demand generation across Future Technologies' solutions and verticals.
Viji leads the Project Management Office, governing delivery, schedule, and quality across customer programs.
Nelson leads the Field Services Office, overseeing field engineering, site development, and deployment execution.
An advisory board of operating and technology leaders
Mary Peterson is a seasoned B2B technology marketing executive recognized for building global marketing organizations that drive brand awareness, audience engagement, and scale with channel partners. Over the course of her career, she has led marketing transformations in both medium-sized wireless networking firms and iconic enterprise IT and telecommunications companies. With expertise spanning vision, strategy, and execution, she has overseen marketing budgets exceeding $30M annually, integrated digital marketing technologies, and consistently delivered measurable results, including quadrupling share of voice relative to market share, achieving best-in-class Net Promoter Scores with partners, and generating strong inbound lead growth. Most recently, Mary retired in 2024 as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Cambium Networks, where she elevated the marketing function into a strategic driver of revenue growth. Before that, she served as Vice President of Marketing at Ruckus Networks (now part of CommScope), where she spearheaded a digital transformation that doubled share of voice relative to market share and significantly contributed to sales pipeline growth. Earlier, she spent 15 years at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, holding diverse leadership roles across business units, ultimately serving as Director of Marketing for the networking division. She joined HP through its acquisition of Compaq Computer Corporation where she held multiple marketing roles supporting both vertical industries and horizontal initiatives. Mary earned her M.B.A. with a concentration in Finance from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. She has also served as an officer and board member of St. Martin de Porres House of Hope in Chicago. Today, she resides in northern lower Michigan with her husband and is the owner of Tip of the Mitt Consulting, LLC.
Mike is a graduate of Ohio University with a degree in Engineering. Mike's background includes Pulp & Paper, with Mead and Georgia-Pacific (GP); Robotics & Software in his early career including Deputy Chairman and CEO of UK based Shepard, LTD; and Construction and Building Products as co-owner of Atlanta based McTech Group, a company serving Fortune 500 companies including Walmart, Lowes, Home Depot, and Kroger. In 2010, Mike left retirement to join GP as VP Transformation & Innovation, where the MBM philosophy and Mike's mindset of innovation were complimentary. In 2019, he was named Innovator of the Year by ASPI, the Association of Suppliers to the Paper Industry. He also received the 2020 Visionary of the Year award from Smart Industry Magazine. He is involved in numerous innovations and transformations across GP and Koch Industries and continues to be a frequently featured keynote speaker at industrial and manufacturing events around the world. He is recognized for his knowledge and experience in Leadership, Innovation, Organizational Transformation, and Humble Intellectual Honesty.
George retired from his role as the CEO of Cradlepoint and Ericsson's Enterprise Wireless Solutions global business unit in July 2024. He joined Cradlepoint in 2011 and over the course of his 13 years there, worked with an exceptionally talented team to build the company into the global leader for enterprise cellular wide-area networking, growing from 80 to 1,500 employees and hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue. He raised $170M in venture capital and in November of 2020 the company was acquired by Ericsson for $1.1 Billion. Post acquisition he spent three years leading the Enterprise Wireless Solutions business unit for Ericsson. Prior to joining Cradlepoint, George spent three years as a general partner at Highway 12 Ventures, a Boise based venture capital firm investing in early-stage technology companies. He began his career in technology at Hewlett Packard, where over a 20 year career he had responsibility for hardware, software and services businesses, his last position being Senior Vice President leading the LaserJet Global Business Unit. George currently serves as an independent board director for Cambia Health Solutions, Regence Blue Shield of Idaho, and Tracer. He attended San Jose State University on a Division I tennis scholarship, where he received his BS and MBA degrees.
Antonis Papadourakis founded AlphaPi Global Advisory, LLC in January of 2024 and is currently serving as its President. Prior to that, Antonis served as President and CEO of LANXESS Corporation, as the Head of the Americas for the LANXESS Group, and as a member of the LANXESS Global Leadership team from July 2015 until his retirement at the end of October 2023. He was also a member of the Board of Directors of the American Chemistry Council (ACC), the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), the American Coatings Association (ACA), and the German American Chamber of Commerce (GACC), Pittsburgh Section. Antonis began his career with Rohm and Haas in Bristol, PA, holding positions of increasing responsibility, and later held leadership roles across Europe in purchasing, logistics, and commercial management. He joined Engelhard Corporation (now BASF) as Global Business Manager, then Arkema as Business Director and later Regional Group President, Americas for Altuglas International. Born and raised in Greece, he earned a degree from the University of Thessaloniki and a PhD from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, both in Chemical Engineering.
Vijay Venkateswaran is a senior executive with over 20 years of experience in telecommunications, technology manufacturing, and information systems. His career has focused on advancing emerging technologies into commercially scalable models across broadband access, advanced connectivity, private wireless networks, and AI-enabled operational systems. He is recognized for guiding organizations through technology and market transitions in ways that drive financial performance, adoption, and measurable enterprise outcomes. Vijay has held senior leadership roles at Accenture, Corning, Verizon, Time Warner Cable/Charter Communications, and for the past 10 years has led Viventum Inc., a strategy and technology consultancy based in the DC-metro area. During his 10-year tenure at Accenture, he sold, guided, and delivered engagements across corporate and product strategy, mergers and acquisitions, and large-scale systems integration initiatives for Fortune 500 and international technology firms. At Corning, he advanced FTTx-economic models that supported FCC policy analysis related to nationwide fiber deployment strategies. While at Verizon, he led monetization strategy for FiOS digital services. At Time Warner Cable, Vijay led the operator's Mobile 4G Data strategy and managed multi-million-dollar public Wi-Fi deployments at high-profile venues such as Central Park, Waikiki Beach, and the U.S. Open tennis facilities. He also spearheaded the company's early CBRS technology strategy and ecosystem development initiatives. Vijay also serves in leadership roles with George Mason University, including the Board of Trustees, the President's Innovation Advisory Council, and the College of Engineering and Computing Dean's Advisory Board. He holds multiple U.S. patents spanning network session management, usage analytics, and device power management.
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