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Northfield, OH, US

Spearheaded the growth and development of IP telephony product solutions through new product offerings and growth of existing business. Responsible for channel growth of Panasonic and Allworx business telephone solutions, evaluation of complimentary products and software solutions. Reporting to the EVP of Product Management.

NeTeam instant Communication Server (NiCS), is a unified communications appliance targeted at healthcare, retail and education to improve communication and productivity. NiCS works with Cisco's Unified Call Manager to provide added functionality to Cisco IP phones with features such as Push-to-Talk, Group Paging, Text Messaging, Group Text Alerts and.

Managed product development, marketing, and business development of the LVS Interactive Mini-Kiosk System. Responsibilities included business plan design and execution, market analysis, development of collateral, print advertising, direct mail campaigns, and customer facing presentations, coordination of direct to customer telemarketing campaigns, trade.

Managed marketing of IBM and HP retail solutions for this $45 million business unit. Duties included strategic planning, new business development, business unit planning, partner marketing, vendor relations, and supply chain.Managed Marketing function for a $40 million networking business unit including both direct and partner sales segments. Supported.

Spearheaded the growth and development of storage product solutions through new product offerings and growth of existing storage business. Responsible for the company’s storage strategy including the expansion of existing storage product offerings, evaluation of complimentary storage products, and planning and consideration of emerging storage.

Managed marketing and assets for computer products. Responsible for the management of relationships with brands including Canon, Panasonic, Connor, Goldstar, and Viewsonic.