Bracken Fields and Cameron Weeks started their journey in tech back in 2006 in Lapel, Indiana, when they realized their shared love of problem-solving. While attending Purdue University, they took on their first serious project: designing a custom PBX system from scratch for a high-rise in Indianapolis. This initial adventure turned into a love for communication tech that set them on a path together to innovate and explore new tech challenges.
By 2008, they left Purdue to focus on their business full-time, evolving from Weeks Networks to Weeks Communications and later becoming Fathom Voice. That little PBX project grew into a global operation, connecting data centers and building one of the first cloud-based PBX systems. By 2016, they had pivoted to tackle the contact center space, laying the foundation for what would become a suite of unified communication and contact center solutions under Sharpen Technologies.
In 2018, the duo launched Edify, their latest venture, aiming to unify UC, CC, and API capabilities in one platform. They introduced Edify Huddle in 2019, giving businesses a fresh take on customer engagement. Now, through BACK Ventures, Cameron and Bracken bring that same spirit of creativity and hands-on support to help other founders get started, build something lasting, and bring their visions to life—minus the high-rise phone lines.
About
Bringing an idea to life is hard. Likely harder than you can imagine.
It's never wise to say "we've seen everything", but we've seen signicantly more than most.
After more than two decades of being Founders and working with the Venture community, it's clear to us there is a better way. The "jokes" on from @vcstarterkit are too close to the reality.
We are four humans who would rather our actions speak for our character than our LinkedIn headlines. We are passionate about the work we do, and building products, teams, and companies that make a difference and are sustainable. We believe that the best way to do this is to work with others, and to be willing to take risks.