Founder of Vonage. Architect of the 2004 Pulver Order that freed VoIP from telephone regulation. Now: vCon Foundation, VoiceAI advisory, and the Voice and Conversations on the Net conference — helping the companies building conversational AI get it right, faster.
Board seats, advisory retainers, and integration briefings for companies building conversational AI — grounded in three decades of getting voice standards adopted.
Talk to Jeff 02 / STANDARDThe open standard for capturing and sharing conversational data. See who's already in, what membership unlocks, and how to bring your company's conversations into a shared, portable format.
Explore membership 03 / STAGE30 years on stage at VON, ITW, Enterprise Connect, and beyond. Talks on VoiceAI, the future of conversational infrastructure, and the regulatory fights that made VoIP possible.
Request Jeff 04 / CARRIERWideband audio interop across carriers is still broken in 2026. If you're an operator or vendor working on HD Voice termination, this is where that conversation starts.
Start the conversation 05 / ZULAA private, curated networking group — Monday nights, invite-only, no pitch decks. Today Meets Tomorrow. Apply if you know why that matters.
Request an invite 06 / LEGACYFeb 12, 2024 marked the 20th anniversary of the FCC decision that let VoIP exist without traditional telephone regulation. The full story, archived.
Read the historyThe Pulver Order didn't just help Vonage — it set the regulatory pattern the entire VoIP industry built on.
VON has run since 1996. He doesn't comment on the industry — he convenes it.
The same standards-first instinct that unlocked VoIP is now aimed at making conversational data portable and open.