Trudy has been in the Telecommunications industry since 1979 at which time she was working with American Business Communications of Denver, CO. She worked for ABC until 1981, First as a Sales Consultant then promoted to Sales Manager for a specialized team. Late in 1981, ABC was sold and Trudy left the company to assist with the operation of Mile High Telecom. Mile High Telecom was a contracting company providing installation services to local interconnect companies in Denver and on a national basis. Mile High Telecom's assets were purchased by Interwest Communications Corporation in 1985.
After the sale of Mile High Telecom, Trudy took a position as Controller for Omnitech, Inc. a Telecommunications Consulting Firm in Denver, Colorado. In 1987 Trudy left Omnitech to rejoin the Mile High Telecom Team which had been restarted. with particular emphasis on servicing customers with AT&T manufactured systems. From January,1999 until June, 2002 Trudy managed the accounting department for Teleco of the Rockies. During this period, Teleco moved from a small key system interconnect company with revenues of less than $2,000,000 per year to an Avaya Business Partner with revenues greater than $8,000,000 per year.
In August 2002 Trudy assisted with the restarting of American Telecom and Data, DBA Axess Communications as Chief Financial Officer. Axess Communications was restarted with the intent of becoming an Avaya Business Partner specializing in Avaya converged voice and data solutions for the small to mid-sized enterprise.
