COMMS PEOPLE Gaskin gets ahead
HEADSET specialist Sennheiser Communications has appointed Charlotte Gaskin as Channel Marketing Manager. Having worked previously in channel marketing for a large company in the data centre sector, Gaskin brings much experience in managing the channel marketing activities of large scale enterprise at the highest level. Gaskin’s appointment follows the recent recruitment of Michael Waterworth for Sennheiser Communications Sales North and Paul Turner as Business Development Manager. Steve Bailey, Business Area Manager for Sennheiser UK, stated: “A key part of Charlotte’s role will be to communicate our strengths to the channel and in turn business users. We have some great new products in the market such as our recently released Circle Line headsets, and Charlotte will play a vital role in positioning and driving these products into the market.”
ebillz Meghani makes his mark
Arvind Meghani
PROVIDER of billing and customer care solutions ebillz has a new man at the helm. Arvind Meghani has been appointed Managing Director following 13 years of service at the company. His former role was Operations Manager and he started as a
programmer, and has always kept his ‘hand in’ on new projects and research and development. Meghani has already overseen the launch of a new web-based billing engine called ebillz. lite aimed at the smaller reseller market, as well as targeting new entrants in telecoms and IT VARs. According to the firm, ebillz. lite has caught the eye of a global IT services distributor as a product to resell into its UK customer base. And Meghani has ambitious plans to take the ebillz brand further forward. “A customer led development roadmap was launched at the start of the year which has been a tremendous success in delivering features customers want but at no extra cost,” he said. “ebillz has seen a 20 per cent increase in customer numbers in 2011 and we are confident this can be surpassed in 2012.”
James Gillespie
MODERN Communications has appointed James Gillespie as Director of Mobile Services. In a previous role he was credited for successfully building the mobile division at Southern Communications. Gillespie will be responsible for developing a dedicated Modern mobile division while also building relationships with customers receiving Modern ICT solutions. “I join Modern at an exciting time in its evolution,” said Gillespie. “Aggressive plans for expansion are in place with mobile forming a key part of the plan. With a portfolio of products that extend beyond converged communications and into outsourced IT services, Modern is well placed to capitalise on the changing communications market.”
Gillespie proves a Modern man
Roden ranked by distributor
NEOWAVE has promoted Martin Roden to the role of Operations Manager. His remit includes developing Neowave Technical Services, a division set up by the company to help resellers who want to concentrate on sales activities and may want to outsource some of their end user training and technical
Martin Roden
support. Roden commented: “I have been field- based for some years and I know first hand the challenges facing resellers. Outsourcing their technical support is an excellent way for us to support their efforts.” Justin Blaine, Managing Director, commented: “Martin will be developing the team and rising to the challenge of supporting our ever increasing reseller base.”
Enoch takes on new role at STL
STL Communications has appointed Neil Enoch as Account Manager. He has over 20 years experience in the telecoms industry including a number of roles within BT. Enoch will be joining STL’s Account
Neil Enoch
Management team to look after existing customers and to develop new sales opportunities. Philip Donigan, STL’s Sales Director, commented: “With the new telecoms technology now accessible to SMEs, STL is able to help all our customers use their communications to save costs and work smarter, not just our larger customers. Neil is a key part of our growth plans and will make sure our customers get the most from their telecommunications.”
RETELL has strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of Peter Fernando as Sales and Marketing Manager. Former roles include a stint at ASC Telecom as Marketing Manager and time with Business Systems as Telesales and SME Sales Manager. He commented: “I am looking forward to supporting Retell’s partner network and driving business development initiatives in the future.”
58 COMMS DEALER DECEMBER 2011
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