Allan Sulkin is the founder of the TEQConsult Group, which advises enterprise communications providers on product development for customer premises . He is widely acknowledged as the foremost expert in PBX (private branch exchange) and ACD (automatic call distribution) communications systems today. His clients include Cisco, Lucent, Siemens, and Nortel. Sulkin is also a columnist and seminar leader for Business Communications Review. His company has its offices in Hackensack, New Jersey.