Bill “PhoneBill” McClain

UponAI

As a Partner at Uponai.com, I will be responsible for a wide range of strategic and operational activities to drive the growth and success of the organization. Playing a key role in shaping the company's overall vision, strategy, and direction, collaborating closely with other partners and key stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:
1. Strategic Planning: Contribute to the development of the company's long-term strategy, taking into account market trends, customer insights, and competitive landscape. Help identify growth opportunities and potential risks, working closely with the executive team to formulate effective strategies and action plans.

2. Business Development: Foster and maintain strong relationships with key clients, partners, and industry leaders. Identify and pursue new business opportunities, strategic partnerships, and alliances to expand Uponai.com's market presence and drive revenue growth.

3. Operational Excellence: Oversee and improve the company's operational efficiency, including but not limited to finance, HR, marketing, and technology. Continuously evaluate and optimize internal processes and systems to drive cost-effectiveness, scalability, and overall organizational effectiveness.

4. Team Leadership: Provide inspirational leadership and mentorship to the team, encouraging a positive and collaborative work culture. Foster talent development, attracting top talent, and promoting a high-performance culture throughout the organization.

5. Financial Management: Ensure the financial health and sustainability of the company by monitoring financial performance, establishing sound financial controls, and driving profitability. Collaborate with the finance team to develop and execute financial strategies and goals aligned with the company's overall objectives.

6. Industry and Market Analysis: Stay abreast of industry trends, technological advancements, and competitive intelligence. Conduct extensive market research and analysis.

CEO Founding Partner

StratusDial, LLC

Does the idea of switching phone providers for your business sound like a permanent migraine? Here’s what’s worse:

Turning your customers away because you’re unable to provide a good phone customer experience because of lousy support from your business phone provider.

When you entrust ☎️PhoneBill (& the team at StratusDial) with your company’s new voice, here’s what you get:

✔️ Pre-installation audit to locate savings (sometimes $9000!) & lower your operating costs
✔️ Take care of allllllllll the prep, installation, routing, testing… everything done-for-you
✔️ Hold your hand through set-up & advise you on phone experience best practices
✔️ Latest phone features for maximum efficiency (hello, Office365 integration!)
✔️ Custom set-up the big providers won’t do (e.g. overhead paging system)
✔️ 60-day and 90-day check-ins to make sure you love your new system
✔️ Eager-to-help technical support, 24/7

As a smaller (but mightier!) provider, we can deliver the type of boutique service that the large competitors wish they could deliver. 😉

Ready to have your business phone system work for you (not against you) in bringing more clients to your business?

Message ☎️PhoneBill on LinkedIn. I’ll sort you out.

Founder President & CEO

Networking Solutions, Inc.

I take care of your business’s networking connectivity needs in a done-for-you fashion so you and your team can efficiently work from anywhere, anytime.

Here are some of the things we can do for you:

✔️ Set up your network infrastructure (servers, routers, firewalls, etc.)
✔️ Bring internet connectivity to your network
✔️ Install a unified VoIP phone system
✔️ Make sure your business is protected via cybersecurity
✔️ Seamlessly connect your internal resources (servers, storage, printers, scanners, etc.)

The Cloud Voice Alliance

The President of the Cloud Voice Alliance (CVA) is responsible for leading and managing the organization, which is focused on advancing the use and development of cloud-based voice technology. The role involves overseeing the day-to-day operations of the CVA, setting strategic goals and objectives, representing the organization at industry forums and events, and collaborating with members and partners to promote innovation and best practices. The President must have a deep understanding of the voice technology space and be able to navigate complex industry dynamics while championing the interests of the CVA members. The role requires excellent leadership, communication, and organizational skills, as well as the ability to drive consensus among diverse stakeholders.

President

Technology Advisor Alliance

As a member of the Technology Advisor Alliance, I am creating further value for our customers through critical discussions with industry leaders. The TAA is a peer community for solving problems, sharing best practices, & supporting each other

Advisory Board Member

Took a break fix company and created a Networking Services division that became profitable in less than one year and is still thriving today.

This position also gave me the motivation to start my own company with the following quote from one of the business owners: "If you think it is so easy, you should do it yourself"

Senior Networking Engineer

CMS IT Services

Assistant VP Lan Applications

Hunton & Williams LLP

Technology Support Services

You can call Gates, Joel, Murray, or Clinton…but only this Bill has the answer 💪 UCaaS Provider - VoIP- ☎️

Pioneering the intersection of AI and business communications as a 3X founder. 

Currently revolutionizing voice technology through UponAI while leading innovative UCaaS and CCaaS solutions at StratusDial, backed by extensive experience at Networking Solutions.

At StratusDial, I've transformed business communications by:
• Implementing cost-saving solutions that reduce operating expenses by up to $9,000
• Developing seamless Office365 integrations and advanced VoIP systems
• Building a 24/7 technical support infrastructure that maintains 99.9% uptime
• Creating custom UCaaS/CCaaS solutions for diverse enterprise needs

Through UponAI, I'm pushing the boundaries of:
• AI-powered voice recognition and natural language processing
• Intelligent call routing and automated customer service solutions
• Machine learning algorithms for enhanced communication efficiency
• Voice-enabled business intelligence and analytics

My entrepreneurial journey spans:
🔹 Advanced Telecommunications
🔹 Enterprise Network Architecture
🔹 Cloud Communications
🔹 AI/ML Implementation
🔹 Business Process Automation

Proud to be recognized by industry leaders, including Eric Hernaez, Founder & President of SkySwitch, for maintaining exceptional service standards and driving continuous innovation in business communications.

Specialties:
#AIVoice #UCaaS #CCaaS #CloudCommunications #NetworkingSolutions #VoIP #BusinessIntelligence #EnterpriseNetworking #ArtificialIntelligence #DigitalTransformation

Looking to connect with:
• Business leaders seeking communication solutions
• Technology innovators in AI and voice tech
• Enterprise clients exploring digital transformation
• Fellow entrepreneurs in the tech space

Let's discuss how AI-powered voice solutions can transform your business communications. Open to partnerships, collaborations, and innovative ventures.


Founder -

Networking Solutions 29 years
StratusDial 13 years
UponAi 2 years

3X Founder - 0X Exits

Bill (PhoneBill) McClain

Lynne Williams Ed.D. Candidate

Career News Today LLC

•	Writer of “Pretty” Resumes for Humans & “Deconstructed” Resumes for Bots for the ATS

•	LinkedIn™ Profiles for unemployed, employed, self-employed, and those reinventing themselves

•	Keyword Analysis for any industry

•	Value Proposition Letters & Cover Letters

•	Speaker, Trainer, & Career Professional Development

•	Author - weekly blogger, chapter in a book, writing doctoral dissertation on LinkedIn™ for Job Seekers

•	Career News Today LLC is a 2024 rebrand of Around the Clock Executive Helper, filed in CA in 1993 and PA in 1994. The company page is a relaunch and a fresh start, reflecting the here and the now!

Resumes & LinkedIn™ Branding | Keywords | ATS | Reinventions | Career Pivots | Speaker | Author

Great Careers Network

Virtual events on website: www.greatcareers.org @GreatCareersPHL #GreatCareersPHL

•	The Great Careers Network (legal name of the 501(c)3 is Philadelphia Area Great Careers Group) is a volunteer-run nonprofit that provides career-focused professional development, resources, support services, & networking connections to individuals for career transition and career management.

•	Serve the unemployed, the underemployed, the self-employed, and the employed, as well as the organizations (businesses and nonprofits) that employ them and we also support veterans.

•	Volunteer-run organization with over 8,500 members and alumni attendees and over 43K RSVPs on meetup.

•	Run 18-25 events a month and offer career success groups for jobseekers, meetings with speakers, purposeful structured networking, social events, & free or low-cost workshops on career transition, career management, entrepreneurship, social media, LinkedIn workshops, & more.

Executive Director | Career Transition Support Jobseekers & Entrepreneurs | Chief Connector

Association for Talent Development (ATD)

Wrote an article on the Applicant Tracking System, which turned into chapter 8 of this book on Applying to Positions. 

Foreword by Dick Bolles (Author of What Color is Your Parachute?)
 
© 2016 ASTD dba the Association for Talent Development (ATD)
Sue Kaiden, Editor
ATD Press, 1640 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 USA
ISBN-10: 1-56286-946-9
ISBN-13: 978-1-56286-946-5

Author "Applying to Positions" w/ Dick Bolles - What Color is Your Parachute? + 15 Career Coaches

Princeton Public Library, NJ

Instructor LinkedIn

Mt. Airy Learning Tree

Join me June 18, 2025 for How to Develop Successful Job Search Strategies.

Instructor LinkedIn & Career Topics | Applicant Tracking System | Graphics | Job Search

Main Line School Night

Instructor LinkedIn & Career Topics

Princeton Adult School

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach, Realtors

•	Managed projects in various size and scope including "Invest in Our Agents" project coordinating with 22 CEOs across the country

•       Performed a variety of general operational and administrative duties related to the support of executives / management for over 65 offices, about 700 employees, and over 4,800 agents for company that sells $11B in real estate

•     Planned and executed regional manager meetings, sales manager meetings, and other events

Executive Assistant

Carnegie Mellon University

•	Designed and taught 3 hour workshops to K-6 gifted and talented students until the program ended after 22 years

P/T C-Mites Fall/Spring Weekend Workshop Instructor | K-8 Gifted & Talented

The Entrepreneur Option

P/T Local On-Site and Virtual Assistant | Support for Franchise Coach

ATS-friendly resumes | LinkedIn Branding | Pivots & Reinventions | Keyword strategies to beat the bots | Data-driven decision-making | Strategic Job Search Guidance | Online Career Development | Techie Boomer Cheerleader

Need help with keywords? Need an ATS-friendly resume? Is your LinkedIn™ brand memorable? You are in the right place if you want to engage in data-driven decision-making with keywords and learn how to painlessly customize each resume and optimize your LinkedIn™ profile, even if you are reinventing and making a career pivot! Although I started my business in 1994, I have pivoted too! 


🤓  WHY ME?

❤️ I love what I do, helping people shine with their career docs and land their next opportunity or client. Let’s work collaboratively on TEAM YOU!

💻 Book a call, and I’ll add Zoom so I can show you what I do! A picture is worth 1000 words! https://bit.ly/BookLynne

👩🏻‍🏫 As a teacherpreneur, I also am a team trainer on the topic of LinkedIn™ and other career topics for job seekers, entrepreneurs, nonprofits, government agencies, and corporations

🤓 Writing my doctoral dissertation on LinkedIn™ for Job Seekers


👉I AM LOOKING FOR
• Pro bono speakers on career topics for our nonprofit
• Opportunities to speak on career topics https://bit.ly/CareerTopics


🤡 FUN FACTS

🏆GreatCareers.org was #1 on the Philadelphia Business Journal’s Business Networking Associations Book of Lists in 2020, 21, 22, 23, & 24.

🤖 In 2016, I wrote a chapter in a book with Dick Bolles, author of What Color is Your Parachute? My chapter was titled “Applying for Positions,” which focused on the ATS. 

💡 My diverse background includes corporate, K-12 education, non-profit, and entrepreneurship in these industries: ceramic tile, construction, mental health, K-12 education, real estate, franchising, and career services.

✍️ I write a weekly blog. Did you subscribe to my LinkedIn™ newsletter, Career News Today? 

🤪 Call me crazy, but I don’t have a personal website ... yet. All my work comes in by word-of-mouth referral from happy clients and from speaking and writing sharing my expertise.

🎥  I work hard so I can Disney hard!


✅ CORE COMPETENCIES
• Adult Learning
• ATS Resumes
• Career Education
• Community Builder
• Event Planner
• Keyword Analysis
• LinkedIn™ Profiles
• Personal Branding
• Public Speaker
• Resumes
• Training


😎 CONTACT & CONNECT
• 610-405-9756
• Book a call http://bit.ly/BookLynne
• lynne@careernews.today
• director@greatcareersphl.org
• https://greatcareers.org
• Social Media @CareerNewsToday @GreatCareersPHL
• Sponsor a jobseeker givebutter.com/greatcareersphl

Executive Director | Chief Connector | Career Transition Support > Jobseekers & Entrepreneurs

Virtual events on website: www.greatcareers.org @GreatCareersPHL #GreatCareersPHL

•	The Great Careers Groups (legal 501(c)3 is Philadelphia Area Great Careers Group) is a volunteer-run nonprofit that provides career-focused professional development, resources, support services, & networking connections to individuals for career transition and career management.

•	We serve the unemployed, the underemployed, the self-employed, and the employed, as well as the organizations (businesses and nonprofits) that employ them and we also support veterans.

•	We are a volunteer-run organization with over 7000 members and alumni.

•	We run about 600 events a year and offer career success groups for jobseekers, meetings with speakers, purposeful structured networking, social events, & free or low-cost workshops on career transition, career management, entrepreneurship, social media, LinkedIn workshops, & more.

Lynne Williams, Ed.D. Candidate

December 2nd is Giving Tuesday 2025!

Thank you for your support or our 501(c)3. nonprofit!

Sponsor a job seeker on Givebutter and get an immediate tax-deductible receipt! It's a tough job market and we have members who are challenged to renew.

https://lnkd.in/ej8_y7Sd

https://lnkd.in/eea2npki

Sponsor a chair (we need 16) or a toner cartridge on our Amazon Gift registry! We are trying to support with in-person meetings. Who wants their name on a chair (for reals!)!
https://bit.ly/GCN-GT2025

We are a 501(c)3 nonprofit. Learn more at: https://lnkd.in/e-GSC6p7

#GivingTuesday #philanthropy #charity

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