about us

The Voice Data Experts

Founded over two decades ago, XOVOX remains the undisputed leader in voice and chat data format conversion, rescue, and preservation.

It takes the codebreaking (or, more accurately, codec-breaking) expertise of XOVOX to remove the technology barriers that prevent businesses like yours from finally putting your own data to use.

XOVOX's customers include Fortune 500 companies, financial services firms, insurance carriers, public safety organizations, and more. We also have partnerships worldwide with recorder companies, resellers, and integrators in North America, UK, EU, and Australia.

Our history

A Multidisciplinary Team

We’re XOVOX. Our mission is to reunite our clients with their audio data and unlock the immense value hidden within it. For over 20 years, XOVOX (formerly Electrical Science) has focused on recorded voice audio, finding elegant solutions to complex problems in a very well-defined, but business-critical space.

XOVOX is alone in offering a suite of unique audio services that many businesses need, but yet is so little-known that it does not even have a term to describe it. In effect, we created this space. Led by founder Andy Stevens, XOVOX has an international presence, having helped companies across six continents.

leadership

Andy Stevens

Founder and President

Andy has been working with all types of telecom equipment ever since he was a telephone repairman as an undergraduate at MIT. After receiving his bachelor’s degree in 1986, he worked at Bell Laboratories and IBM, and in 1995, he received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Columbia University. Since 2002, he has been president of XOVOX (formerly Electrical Science), an engineering consulting firm specializing in voice recording technologies. Andy holds three patents, has published articles in several scientific journals, and has co-written a college textbook on MATLAB.

Ed Tracy

VP Sales

Ed has spearheaded Electrical Science/XOVOX’s business development for the past 11 years. Before joining XOVOX, he held senior sales executive positions for two decades with FTI Technologies, National Data Conversion and Trusted Data Solutions in the fields of electronic discovery, computer forensics, and audio discovery. He is a graduate of The Ohio State University with a degree in Business Administration.

Andy Harrison

VP Marketing

Andy has three plus decades of product development and marketing experience with a technology focus. He started in marketing (Young & Rubicam, Harte-Hanks), segueing into banking and finance (Sallie Mae and JPMorgan Chase) before starting Sixth Man Consulting in 1999, working with startups and small businesses. He has a BA from Tufts University and an MBA from Harvard.

Jonathan Penn

VP Security & Operations

Jonathan brings a range expertise across both enterprise and consumer technology markets, with roles in corporate strategy, market research, business development, and product. He is a strategic advisor to companies in the areas of security and compliance, privacy, networking, and social media that range from early startups seeking product/market fit to mature companies adapting to changing market dynamics. Prior roles include leading technology and business strategy for Avast Software, and serving as VP and Research Director at Forrester Research.

Tim Meyer

VP Strategic Initiatives

Tim helps XOVOX find new sectors and marketplaces for its unique product line. His career spans large technology companies (Analog Devices, Ericsson, IBM) as well as co-founder of startups related to cellular systems, electric car charging and renewable energy. He is on the board of Inductive Robotics, a startup with a mission to solve EV charging at scale with autonomous robots. Tim holds a BS in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science from MIT and an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.