Regional Sales Manager, East
Wayport, Inc
Washington D.C. Metro Area
RSM focused on the development and management of Wayport’s WiFi network infrastructure deployed in Eastern region. Incremental revenue management responsibility (200+ hotels/9 states), on-boarding & management (6 Territory Sales Managers), and implemented proactive training programs to support & educate hotel sales teams. Value proposition: WiFi asset (conference rooms) to differentiate technology offerings from competitive set, while driving DHCP IP revenue, per in-house group/click. Utilized SalesForce.com as company CRM. Founded in 1996, Wayport, Inc. (now AT&T Wi-Fi Services) is a Wi-Fi broadband internet access provider, based in Austin, Texas Wayport provides hotspots in approximately 28,000 locations (as of October 2010) throughout the United States. Venues include hotels, airports, sports venues, retail chain stores, McDonald's restaurants and Starbucks locations. Wayport began a program in 2004, Wayport Wi-Fi World, which would work with telecommunications partners, creating unlimited-use Wi-Fi locations, paid monthly by the location itself. The telecom companies involved would be able to legally resell the services under their own brand. On November 6, 2008, AT&T announced the acquisition and buyout of Wayport for $275 million in cash, closing the acquisition on December 12, 2008.