FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 17, 2012
Stage 2 Networks Appoints Matt Kessler as Vice President of Business Development
Former operations executive to drive business expansion efforts
New York, NY (January 17, 2012) - Stage 2 Networks, a cloud communications leader in the New York metropolitan area with a portfolio of hosted voice and data services, today announced the appointment of Matt Kessler as Vice President of Business Development.
Mr. Kessler will be responsible for building strategic alliances that will optimize Stage 2’s core hosted VoIP and cloud communications business, extend and maintain the company’s partner program through recruitment and relationship building efforts, and driving the company’s revenue growth efforts in both the channel and wholesale services areas.
“Matt's been a key performer at Stage 2 from the beginning. Our stable network and excellent reputation for customer care are in large part a credit to his extraordinary efforts. The company’s operations team has matured and grown a great deal in the last year in order to make it possible to put Matt in a business development role,” said Joe Gillette, CEO of Stage 2 Networks and a founding member of the Cloud Communications Alliance. “With his knowledge of our products and applications, his innate customer skills and his drive to succeed, I'm personally excited to have Matt focused on taking Stage 2 to the next level in his new revenue growing capacity.”
Mr. Kessler served in the Marine Corps as a corporal from 1994 to 1998 and was stationed around the country and in Japan. It was in the Marines that he was first introduced to the field of telecommunications working on various microwave and satellite communications projects. Since his return to civic duty, Mr. Kessler has held several operations management positions, including 3 years with On-Site Access where he managed Field Operations. Prior to joining Stage 2, Mr. Kessler was Manager of Network Operations and Customer Engineering at Eureka Networks.
About Stage 2 Networks
Stage 2 Networks, a New York City-based communications provider, is among the forerunners in opening up the cloud-communications universe to companies of all sizes. Stage 2’s robust network allows businesses to access a comprehensive portfolio of communications services including hosted PBX and VoIP, cloud-based unified communications (UC), advanced voice applications, and network services for both voice and data. Stage 2 delivers creative, customized solutions to businesses that will receive streamlined communications with enhanced quality of service, while drastically lowering their capital expenditures. Stage 2 is a founding member of the Cloud Communications Alliance. For more information visit www.stage2networks.com.
For further information contact:
Stage 2 Networks
Suzanne Urash
+1.813.649.8504
suzanne@cre8groupinc.com