Former Sprint Executive Joins Aptela; Art MacDowell Enhances Team as Vice President of Alternate Channels.MCLEAN, Va. -- Aptela, the leading provider of Internet-based business communications services, today announced Art MacDowell, former vice president of wholesale services for Sprint, has joined the firm as vice president of Alternate Channels. In this role, MacDowell assumes responsibility for Aptela's channel sales including Wholesale, VAR and Master Agent programs and accelerating Aptela's growth via expanded channel partnerships. MacDowell joins a seasoned leadership team that includes former information technology and telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. executives from companies such as Proxicom and Cable & Wireless. "Aptela's unique application has best-of-breed functionality and is easily adaptable a·dapt·a·ble adj. Capable of adapting or of being adapted. a·dapt  a·bil to meet the needs of a wide range
of diverse partners," said MacDowell. "I look forward to
working with Aptela's partners to drive growth as we continue to
roll out this cutting-edge communications solution and deliver
extraordinary value to enterprises of all types and sizes."
"We're very excited by the deep industry experience and strong leadership that Art brings to Aptela," said Howard Freidman, Aptela's chief executive officer. "As we pursue strategic sales and distribution relationships, Art's knowledge will help expand our reach to new customers and markets, realize our channel support goals and significantly contribute to our industry leading offerings." A pioneer of hosted communications, Aptela has become a leader in the exploding business VoIP market by delivering unique capabilities for today's mobile, always-on world with no maintenance hassles, unmatched flexibility and superb ease of use. Aptela's unique technology delivers a hosted service that integrates business-grade voice, collaboration, group management and CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. , replacing traditional phone systems, enhancing existing on-premise phone hardware and complementing mobile services. "In light of Aptela's rapid growth and incredible potential, we are thrilled thrill v. thrilled, thrill·ing, thrills v.tr. 1. To cause to feel a sudden intense sensation; excite greatly. 2. To give great pleasure to; delight. See Synonyms at enrapture. to have attracted Art to the team," said Alan Peyser, Aptela's chairman and former CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Cable and Wireless. "He has the perfect mix of relevant industry experience and entrepreneurial en·tre·pre·neur n. A person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture. [French, from Old French, from entreprendre, to undertake; see enterprise. passion to help us as we build a world-class company that is already changing the rules for business communications." MacDowell spent more than seventeen years at Sprint, most recently as vice president of the wholesale services group, a $1.6 billion division where he delivered growth that consistently outpaced the marketplace. While with Sprint's wholesale services, MacDowell held a succession of senior management positions that focused on voice and data service growth for multinational accounts and on revenue growth in the eastern region of the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Prior to joining Sprint, MacDowell worked for Northern Telecom (now Nortel) and GTE GTE General Telephone & Electronics GTE Génie Thermique et Énergie (French) GTE Gas Turbine Engine GTE Global Tropospheric Experiment GTE Geothermal Energy GTE Gas Turbine Efficiency plc (Sweden & USA) . MacDowell received his bachelor's of business administration from Roanoke College Roanoke College is an independent, four-year, private, coeducational, liberal-arts college affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The college is located in Salem, Virginia, a suburban independent city adjacent to Roanoke, Virginia. in Virginia. About Aptela Aptela is a leading business VoIP and hosted communications provider, delivering unique capabilities for today's mobile, always-on world with no maintenance hassles, unmatched flexibility and superb ease of use. Aptela not only provides more power and better value than traditional phone systems but raises the bar over IP Centrex A telephone service in which an IP-based PBX is located in the telephone company's facilities. It connects to the customer via the LAN rather than by telephone wires. IP CENTREX offers voice over IP and other IP-based services as well as connectivity to the regular telephone system (PSTN). and other hosted options with an unmatched blend of cutting-edge technology and proven reliability. Aptela serves businesses of all sizes via its own branded Aptela service, white label solutions and channel partnerships with a select group of telecom- and IT-focused resellers. More information about Aptela and its services can be found at www.aptela.com. |
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