GENBAND Adds Industry Veterans Tom Smith and Brian Toomey to Sales Leadership Team
Frisco, Texas, May 22, 2014 – GENBAND, a leading developer of multimedia and cloud communications solutions, today announced two key additions to its sales leadership team. Tom Smith will lead the company’s Multiple System Operator (MSO) cable team and Brian Toomey will head up GENBAND’s US Regionals sales team. Both Smith and Toomey will report directly to John Ryan, GENBAND’s Senior Vice President of Americas Sales.
“GENBAND is the unquestioned market share leader in the IP cable market and having a world-class sales executive such as Tom Smith leading our MSO team only serves to reinforce our commitment to extending our leadership position in this key segment,” said Mr. Ryan. “Our US regional markets are experiencing a great deal of growth as our customers increasingly look to migrate their networks to IP-based technologies. Brian Toomey thoroughly understands the telecom marketplace and brings a customer-focused leadership approach that will be critical in helping our customers enhance their networks with the revenue-generating solutions and services they are seeking.”
Mr. Smith has more than 20 years of experience in senior sales, sales management and business development in the North American MSO, mobile and carrier service provider markets, focusing on core infrastructure solutions, software and telecommunications services. Prior to joining GENBAND, Smith held various senior leadership roles at innovative telecommunications solutions providers Comverse Network Solutions, Broadwing Communications, Inc. (acquired by Level 3 Communications), and MCI Communications (acquired by Verizon). He most recently served as the head of Global Sales at GENBAND technology partner, CounterPath, a leading developer of SIP-based VoIP and Unified Communications software solutions.
Mr. Toomey has more than 25 years of sales leadership experience in the telecommunications industry, dedicating the majority of his career to the service provider industry – focusing on the domestic and international Tier 1 and Tier 2 markets. Previously, Toomey served as North American Sales Vice President for Westell, a provider of intelligent site and outside plant solutions. He has held a wide variety of senior management positions throughout his career including leadership roles at AT&T, Nortel Networks, Veraz Networks and Corvis Corporation.
Mr. Smith earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Mr. Toomey earned a bachelor’s degree from the State University of New York, and an MBA from Fairleigh Dickinson University.
GENBAND is the global market leader in cable VoIP. The company bolstered its market leadership position with the 2010 acquisition of Nortel Networks’ carrier voice assets and the 2011 purchase of Cedar Point Networks. The company is also the market share leader in IP switching and Network Transformation, having migrated over 41 million lines to IP.
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FROM THE CORE TO THE EDGE TO THE EXPERIENCETM, GENBAND is a global leader in smart networking solutions for service providers and enterprises in over 80 countries. The company’s technology improves IP networks by making them more scalable, secure, profitable and efficient. GENBAND’s market-leading technology supports multimedia voice, data and video sessions and fixed-mobile unified communications applications that scale on public and private networks. With a flexible, cloud-ready platform, GENBAND’s IMS, edge and application solutions help its customers compete effectively by increasing revenues, improving profitability, and attracting and retaining customers. To learn more, visit us on the web at www.GENBAND.com.
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