KonaTel, Inc. announced the appointment of Chuck Griffin as President and Chief Operating Officer effective January 1, 2022. Mr. Griffin will lead KonaTel's sales and marketing and all company operations. Prior to joining KonaTel, Mr. Griffin served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lingo Communications, a provider of IP-based Cloud voice and data solutions, following its merger with Impact Telecom in 2018.

In this role, he led the successful integration of Impact Telecom into Lingo Communications under a private equity purchase and facilitated the financing of the transaction in collaboration with a private equity investor. Impact and Lingo continue to operate as global providers of voice and data communications services spanning Residential, SMB, Enterprise and Wholesale markets. Prior to the merger of Lingo and Impact Telecom, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Impact Telecom where he completed 11 accretive M&A transactions and led the successful restructuring of multiple technology portfolio companies including PacWest, TNCI and Unipoint Holdings, which resulted in record high net income.