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September 9, 2019 |

Granite Telecommunications Adds 4 Regional Channel Managers

11 Channel Managers Added Within Last Six Months to Keep Pace with Growing Channel Sales of SD-WAN, Mobility and IP Voice Solutions

QUINCY, MASS., & WASHINGTON D.C. (PRWEB)†SEPTEMBER 09, 2019

Granite Telecommunications, a $1.4 billion provider of communications services to multilocation businesses and government agencies, has hired four new regional channel managers, for a total of 11 in the past six months, to strengthen local support for indirect sales partners wherever they are across the country.

New regional channel managers include:

Rick Giesea – Northern California & Nevada

Jay Gatto – Florida

Bob Crawford – Arizona, Colorado & New Mexico

Michelle Kirsnes – Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia & Northeast Ohio

“Granite is keeping pace with the incredible growth in our channel program by providing support for our sales partners with the addition of these new managers,” said Charlie Pagliazzo, vice president of channels for Granite. Today, Granite’s channel accounts for more than $200 million in annual revenue. “Rick, Jay, Bob and Michelle are exceptional additions to our regional channel management and will take great care of our partners, enabling them with the resources they need to succeed.”

Granite was built on nationwide aggregation of plain old telephone service (POTS), but today more than a third of its sales are non-POTS services, such as dedicated Internet service (DIA), broadband and IP voice solutions. Granite offers a range of business communications services, including hosted PBX, mobile voice and data, mobile device management, wireless WAN, SD-WAN, DIA, MPLS, managed firewall, managed Wi-Fi, network monitoring, structured cabling and more.

Granite’s channel management team now includes:

National Channel Managers

Russ Bishop, Director of Channel Sales

Dave Hanron, Senior National Channel Manager

Kevin Bednarz, National Channel Manager

Mike O’Neill, National Channel Manager, Public Sector

Veteran Regional Channel Managers

Dave Lannon – Director of Regional Channel Sales

Tom Cheney – New England

Angela Cedrone – North Central

Brian Thomas – Southeast

Meghan McKenna – West Coast

New Regional Channel Managers

Shawn Graham – Manager of Regional Channel Sales

Reid Starr – South Central

Jeff Beck – Central

Scott Rother – Northeast

Rachel Ferris – North Central

Andrew Stylman – Northeast

Brandy Smith – Southeast

Rick Giesea – Northern California & Nevada

Jay Gatto – Florida

Bob Crawford – Arizona, Colorado & New Mexico

Michelle Kirsnes – Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia & Northeast Ohio

Partners are invited to meet some of our new channel managers at†Channel Partners Evolution†September 9-12, in Washington D.C. Visit Granite at Booth 434.

About Granite
Granite delivers one-stop communications solutions to multilocation businesses and government agencies throughout the United States and Canada. The $1.4 billion company serves more than two-thirds of the Fortune 100 companies in the United States, and has 1.75 million voice and data lines under management. Granite launched in 2002 and grew quickly by helping businesses to simplify sourcing and management of local and long distance phone services with one point of contact and one invoice for all their office locations nationwide. Today, Granite is the leader in aggregating Plain Old Telephone Services (POTS), and has extended its unique value proposition – “one company, one contact, one bill” – to include a range of advance business communications services, including Internet access, SD-WAN, wireless WAN, hosted PBX, SIP trunking, mobile voice and data, mobile device management, managed security, network integration and much more. Granite employs more than 2,100 people at its headquarters in Quincy, Mass., and nine regional offices nationwide. For more information, visit†http://www.granitenet.com.


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