Scott Welch was elected Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of UCN in September 2004, and began his association with UCN in September 2003 as Chief Information Officer. Mr. Welch has fifteen years of IT experience in the telecommunications industry. He has eight years of experience developing Enhanced 800 applications in the SS7 environment. He served as Vice President of Information Technology at Access Long Distance, Vice President of Application Development at McLeodUSA, and Director of Information Technology at Mpower Communications. Mr. Welch received his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Utah Valley State College.