Charles M. Dalfen

Institute of the Americas promotes cooperation between the public and private sectors to improve the economic, political, and social well-being of people in the Americas. Its programs are focused on energy, healthcare, telecommunication, information technology, and water. It was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.

Pacific Gateway Exchange Inc. was founded on August 8, 1991 to capitalize on the significant growth opportunities in the international telecommunications services market. It provided telecommunications, Internet and bandwidth services and operated as a state of the art high bandwidth fiber optic network connecting key metropolitan centers in the United States, Europe, Asia and the Pacific. The company acquired its own global network of undersea cables and land based facilities in the United States, Europe, Asia and the Pacific and it supports three major lines of business which include telecommunications, Internet and bandwidth services. Pacific Gateway Exchange business lines complements and creates synergies that are highly conducive to further growth and profitability and its fiber optic network lowers the cost of telecommunications operations.