Tell us about your professional background and roles you’ve held prior to joining AireSpring.
I grew up in the suburbs of Birmingham, United Kingdom, and attended Sheffield Hallam University to pursue a degree in Business Management. When I graduated, I moved to Australia for a year with friends. When I came back to the UK, I settled in London where I got my bearings in the telecom industry and figured out how to design and price global MPLS networks and off net extensions for GTT. I was fortunate enough to be relocated to the USA with GTT, where I was successfully involved in wholesale and channel sales and became a subject matter expert in global connectivity.
I took roles with CMC Networks (an Africa and Middle Eastern Network Provider) to establish their presence in the United States and to support prime contractors to government entities in their efforts across the Middle East and African regions. After successfully establishing a presence in the US for CMC Networks, I joined the board of a global network aggregator, Brodynt (headquartered in Barcelona), took on the role of Managing Director, which involved expanding the Brodynt business to the US, and successfully helped sell the business to Expereo in 2021.
What do you like about working at AireSpring?
After exiting Expereo, I had numerous calls and meetings with AireSpring leadership about what AireSpring would need to do to accelerate and continue to successfully integrate a global solution offering in the channel. At that point it became clear that AireSpring was truly invested in seeing a number of core elements within the business grow and global connectivity is a key pillar of that success. When you look at the scope of AireSpring’s products along with their values, it is clear that we have been building something special with an unwavering commitment to customers. With consolidation taking place in the marketplace at the rate we are seeing, it's wonderful to witness this organic business thriving and continuing to reinvest in products and people, making AireSpring the provider of choice to channel partners and their customers.
Tell us about your new role at AireSpring and your goals for the channel team.
My role was a newly created role to help drive the significance of global connectivity solutions. My role consists of 2 key elements: 1) to drive the acceleration of our global ecosystem and global partnerships; and 2) to be a global subject matter expert to create true value when we are designing, pricing, and selling global connectivity services.
I've been at AireSpring for just over 14 months now and in that time, we have seen significant success in our approach to global connectivity solutions. When you combine that with our portfolio of other products, it really shows that AireSpring is a dominant telecommunications provider in the space.
Our goal is to continue to commit to AireSpring’s values and ensure these are consistent wherever we deploy connectivity solutions. If I had one message for the channel team, it would be to lean into global. My team and I are here for you and have the knowledge and expertise of how to manage these complex solutions.
Tell us about your hobbies outside of work.
I have been so fortunate to spend my career working internationally, as I love travelling, exploring, and getting to understand local traditions and influences. I have travelled to all continents except Antarctica. My wife and I actually met in an airport while we were travelling independently! We have 2 boys, so weekends are usually spent at the baseball fields or soccer fields for practice and games. When we’re not doing that, we’re usually looking for our next adventure.
