{"id":24646705,"date":"2019-09-03T20:34:17","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T20:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/airespring.com\/stagin-v2\/?p=24646705"},"modified":"2023-10-06T20:34:55","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T20:34:55","slug":"airespring-expands-channel-team-with-two-new-regional-channel-managers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/airespring.com\/stagin-v2\/airespring-expands-channel-team-with-two-new-regional-channel-managers\/","title":{"rendered":"AireSpring Expands Channel Team with Two New Regional Channel Managers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rick Komon Joins AireSpring as Regional Channel Manager, Midwest and Blake Gunn Joins as Regional Channel Manager, Southwest<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>LOS ANGELES, CA \u2013 September 4, 2019 \u2013<\/b>\u00a0AireSpring, a leading Managed Communications Provider\u00a0<\/a>and supplier of Managed Network and IT Services has\u00a0announced the addition of two industry veterans to its team of channel managers. Rick Komon has been appointed Regional Channel Manager – Midwest, to focus on the expanding business infrastructure of the Chicago area and greater Midwest region. Blake Gunn joins AireSpring as Regional Channel Manager \u2013 Southwest, where he is well known in the greater Dallas\/Ft. Worth area and beyond.<\/p>\n

Rick brings nearly 20 years in telecom to the AireSpring team, most recently serving as Channel Sales Manager for Chicago-based managed cloud services firm Netrix. His deep experience in solutions engineering includes a prior role as Sales Engineer for Channels at integrated cloud solutions provider Birch Communications (now Fusion), providing technical sales support for channel managers and partners. A lifelong resident of Chicago, he has built an extensive network of relationships that will help him to enlist new AireSpring channel partners, develop existing partners, and consult with them on the right solution for their clients. He has achieved multiple industry certifications, including the CCNA, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (CLSSGB), VMware Certified Associate, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) and others.<\/p>\n

Blake draws on 16 years in telecom, building extensive relationships with master agencies in the Dallas\/Ft. Worth area, South Texas and surrounding states to further develop already strong partner ties in the Southwest. He most recently served as Vice President for Boyd Connected Services (BCS) a structured Cabling, Telco, Data, Security, Commercial A\/V & Technology Integration company. Prior to BCS, Blake built a stellar sales record during 11 years with AT&T in Regional Sales and Technical Sales Manager positions, working with fiber, Ethernet and enterprise IP services.<\/p>\n

\u201cRick and Blake each bring a special understanding of the total channel process to AireSpring, having built strong records in both the partner and sales agent roles,\u201d stated Shane Speakman, AireSpring VP Channel Sales & Operations. \u201cThey are 100% committed to serving the channel with their expert understanding of the quality of service (QoS) and the high-touch customer experience model behind AireSpring\u2019s stable, family-owned operation. Their robust technical knowledge of cloud PBX communications, UCaaS, CCaaS, SaaS, SD-WAN and MPLS solutions, and all of the AireSpring product line will be an asset to AireSpring and our channel partners.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nAbout AireSpring<\/strong><\/p>\n

Founded in 2001, AireSpring is an award-winning Managed Communications Provider and supplier of Managed Network and IT Services, serving thousands of businesses nationwide. AireSpring provides fully managed and connected end-to-end, next-generation solutions for multi-location enterprise customers. Services include SD-WAN, AirePBX™ UCaaS, AireContact\u00ae Cloud Contact Center, SIP Trunking, MPLS, Disaster Recovery, Managed Security and Business Internet. AireSpring\u2019s solutions are offered through a diversified network of channel partners that includes distributors, master agents, managed service providers (MSPs), and value-added resellers (VARs). AireSpring\u2019s services are delivered over its nationwide fully meshed network, providing customers an integrated, end-to-end solution from a single\u00a0responsible vendor.<\/p>\n

AireSpring has received numerous industry awards, including \u201cExcellence in Customer Service Award,\u201d \u201cUnified Communications Excellence Award,\u201d \u201cNext-Gen Solution Provider,\u201d \u201cVisionary Spotlight Award,\u201d \u201cProduct of the Year,\u201d \u201cBest Telecom Deal,\u201d \u201cBest in Show,\u201d and \u201cTop Channel Program.\u201d AireSpring is privately held, diversified, debt-free, and renowned in the industry for delivering a broad range of innovative cloud communications and connectivity solutions at competitive rates, with white-glove service that extends throughout the entire customer lifecycle. To find product information or to become an AireSpring partner, please visit www.airespring.com or contact us at (888) 389-2899.<\/p>\n


\nAireSpring Contact: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Ellen Cahill
\nSenior VP, Marketing
\nellen.cahill@airespring.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Rick Komon Joins AireSpring as Regional Channel Manager, Midwest and Blake Gunn Joins as Regional Channel Manager, Southwest \u00a0LOS ANGELES, CA \u2013 September 4, 2019 \u2013\u00a0AireSpring, a leading Managed Communications Provider\u00a0and supplier of Managed Network and IT Services has\u00a0announced the addition of two industry veterans to its team of channel managers. Rick Komon has been […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24646705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/airespring.com\/stagin-v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24646705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/airespring.com\/stagin-v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/airespring.com\/stagin-v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airespring.com\/stagin-v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airespring.com\/stagin-v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24646705"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/airespring.com\/stagin-v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24646705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24646706,"href":"https:\/\/airespring.com\/stagin-v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24646705\/revisions\/24646706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/airespring.com\/stagin-v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24646705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airespring.com\/stagin-v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24646705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airespring.com\/stagin-v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24646705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}