Dr. Telage is currently the Executive Advisor for Global Internet Strategy at Network Solutions, Inc. (NSI). He has been a leading industry strategist on the evolution of the administration and structure of the Internet required for continued commercial growth. He is the senior spokesman for NSI's net strategy, and author of its detailed policy publications on these matters.

From January of 1995 until February, 1997, Dr. Telage was the President and Chief Operating Officer of NSI. Under his leadership, NSI grew into a profitable Internet company, and the world market leader in Registration and Directory services. From 1997 to December of 1999 he was the Senior Vice President of Internet Affairs at NSI. Dr. Telage was a member of the NSI Board of Director from March 1995 to December 1999.

He has held the position of Senior Vice President with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), and served on the Board of Directors of the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) which he helped form in 1997.

Dr. Telage has a Ph.D. and M.A. in Mathematics from Clark University, a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from the University of Connecticut, and graduate training in Computer Science from the University of Rhode Island.