About Us

Robert A. Jones - CharityCall Founder/President

Robert Jones has a 28 year history in the development and marketing of various telecommunications based offerings. In 1981, during the early stages of the FCC's divestiture of AT&T he co-founded what is today one of nations largest and most successful telecommunication service providers, XETA Technologies, based in Tulsa, Ok. During his career Mr. Jones has participated in the creation and introduction of a variety of innovative, consumer driven, telephone offerings. These offerings have benefitted several clients, most notably Marriott, MCI, US Long Distance, Qwest, Wyndham Hotels, Accor and La Quinta Hotels.

In 2008 Mr. Jones developed the concept that lead to the creation of the CharityCall platform. In such, a revolutionary means of generating charitable donations from a very mobile general public was launched.




Ronald L. Siegenthaler - CharityCall EVP

Mr. Siegenthaler has been an active director of Xeta Technologies since the Company"s inception in 1981. He served as the Company's Executive Vice President from July 1990 until March 1999. Since 1974, he has been involved as partner, shareholder, officer, director, or sole proprietor in a number of business entities with significant involvement in fabrication and marketing of steel, steel products and other raw material, real estate, oil and gas, and telecommunications. He is also CEO of Myriad Technologies, Inc., through which he has managed his personal investment portfolio and promoted sales activities for his own private investments.




Ron B. Barber - Advisor

Ron B. Barber is a shareholder and one of the founders of Tulsa based law firm Barber & Bartz. He is a graduate of the University of Arkansas with a B.S.B.A. in Accounting. He received his Juris Doctorate in 1980 from the University of Tulsa. He was admitted to practice law in Oklahoma in 1980, to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma and to the United States Tax Court in 1981. Mr. Barber is also a Certified Public Accountant. He is a member of the Tulsa County, Oklahoma, Cherokee Nation, and American Bar Associations; the Oklahoma Society of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. His practice includes Taxation, Business Organizations and Transactions, Estate Planning and Real Estate law.

Mr. Barber oversees Barber & Bartz business division, including the areas of business transactions, real estate, tax and estate planning law. He has represented a wide variety of business organizations, such as manufacturing, telecommunications and computer companies, franchisors and franchisees, financial institutions, electric cooperatives, Native American tribal business enterprises, private foundations, charitable organizations, real estate developers, professional service groups and venture capital organizations. He has served on the Board of Directors of a variety of business, nonprofit and charitable organizations.




Robert D. Hisrich - Advisor

Dr. Hisrich holds the Garvin Professor of Global Entrepreneurship and is Director of the Global Entrepreneurship Center at the Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale, Arizona. He is also a marketing and management consultant. Previously he occupied the A. Malachi Mixon III Chair in Entrepreneurial Studies and was Professor of Marketing and Policy Studies at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Prior to assuming such positions, he occupied the Boviard Chair of Entrepreneurial Studies and Private Enterprise and was Professor of Marketing at the College of Business Administration for the University of Tulsa. He has also held a number of other academic positions and served on several editorial boards, including the Editorial Board of the Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, of which he is currently a member. Dr. Hisrich is a member of the Board of Directors of Noteworthy Medical Systems, Inc. and NeoMed Technologies.




James R. Jones - Advisor

Mr. Jones' practice focuses on international trade, investment and commerce, business-government relations and financial services as a partner with Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP in Washington DC. Formerly having served as a U.S. Ambassador to Mexico , Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Chairman and CEO of the American Stock Exchange in New York (1989-1993) and President at Warnaco International, Mr. Jones has also worked extensively with global distribution and marketing organizations targeting Latin America, Asia and the Middle East.

Mr. Jones currently provides business development advice and consulting for clients primarily in Mexico and Latin America. Additionally, Mr. Jones counsels clients on both business and government strategies in the U.S.